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{{short description|United Kingdom music award}}

| website = {{url|www.mercuryprize.com}}

The '''Mercury Prize''', formerly called the '''Mercury Music Prize''', is an annual music prize awarded for the best album released in the United Kingdom by a British or Irish act.<ref name="Mercury Prize - About">{{Cite web | url = http://www.mercuryprize.com/about-the-prize| title = Mercury Prize – About|publisher= Mercury Prize| accessdate =24 May 2018}}</ref> It was established by the [[British Phonographic Industry]] and British Association of Record Dealers in 1992 as an alternative to the [[Brit Awards]]. The prize was conceived by [[Virgin Records]] managing director Jon Webster, and was originally sponsored by [[Mercury Communications]], a brand owned by [[Cable & Wireless plc|Cable & Wireless]],<ref name=spon>{{cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/sep/09/marketingandpr.mercuryprize2003 |work=The Guardian|title = 'By the time the list is agreed you wonder whether you like music at all'| first=Trevor|last=Dann|accessdate=10 June 2009|date=9 September 2003 }}</ref> from which the prize gets its name. It was later sponsored by [[Technics (brand)|Technics]]<ref>{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/404980.stm|title =Manics lead Mercury shortlist |work = BBC News|accessdate=10 June 2009|date=27 July 1999}}</ref> (1998 to 2001), [[Panasonic]]<ref name=spon/> (2002 and 2003), [[Nationwide Building Society]] (2004 to 2008) and [[Barclaycard]] (2009 to 2014).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newsroom.barclays.com/r/1530/barclaycard_mercury_prize_sponsorship_announced |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913120715/http://www.newsroom.barclays.com/r/1530/barclaycard_mercury_prize_sponsorship_announced |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 September 2016 |publisher=Barclays |accessdate=8 August 2010 |date=30 March 2009 |title=Barclaycard Mercury Prize sponsorship announced }}</ref><ref name="bbc_sponsor">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/mercury-prize-2015-florence-the-machine-tipped-for-success-as-blur-miss-out-on-a-global-shortlist-a6697491.html|title=Mercury Prize 2015: Florence + The Machine tipped for success as Blur miss out on a global shortlist|first=Adam|last=Sherwin|date=16 October 2015|work=The Independent}}</ref> The 2015 prize was sponsored by the BBC,<ref name="bbc_sponsor"/> while in 2016 it was announced that a three-year deal had been struck with [[Hyundai Motor Company|Hyundai]] to sponsor the event.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.hyundai.co.uk/about-hyundai/hyundai-partners-with-mercury-music-prize | publisher = Hyundai | title = Hyundai Partners with Mercury Music Prize | accessdate = 8 August 2016 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160918103412/http://www.hyundai.co.uk/about-hyundai/hyundai-partners-with-mercury-music-prize | archivedate = 18 September 2016 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>

Any album released by a British or Irish artist, or by a band where over 50% of the members are British or Irish, may be submitted for consideration by their record label. The shortlist is chosen by an independent panel of musicians, music presenters, music producers, music journalists, festival organisers and other figures in the music industry in the UK and Ireland.<ref name="Mercury Prize - About"/><ref name=bbcmusic>{{Cite web | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/musicevents/mercuryprize2008/prize/| title = Mercury Prize 2008|publisher= BBC Music| accessdate =22 June 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url = https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=aJVsB6IoXBH8 | title = U.K. Band Elbow Wins Mercury Prize as Judges Surprise Again | publisher = Bloomberg L.P. | accessdate = 24 June 2009 | first = Mark | last = Beech | date = 9 September 2008 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100321165747/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102 | archivedate = 21 March 2010 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> The prize is open to all types of music, including pop, rock, folk, urban, grime, dance, jazz, blues, electronica and classical. Presentation of the awards usually takes place at an Awards Show in October, after the shortlist is announced at the Album of the Year Launch in September. It is often observed that bands whose albums are shortlisted, or win the prize, experience a large increase in album sales, particularly for lesser known acts.<ref>{{Cite news | url = http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=940&id=1080702004|accessdate=10 June 2009|work= The Scotsman | date=15 September 2004|title = Band's debut album soars back into charts after Mercury success|first=John|last=Innes}}</ref> Each shortlisted artist receives a specially commissioned 'Albums of the Year' trophy at the Awards Show. Unlike some other music awards, the overall winner of the Mercury Prize also receives a cheque; in 2017, the prize money was £25,000. The winner also receives an additional winner's trophy.<ref name="Mercury Prize - About"></ref>

To date, [[PJ Harvey]] is the only artist to have won the award on more than one occasion (in 2001 and 2011). She was also the first female solo artist to receive the award, [[Heather Small]] from [[M People]], [[Beth Gibbons]] from [[Portishead (band)|Portishead]], and [[Onallee]] from [[Roni Size & Reprazent]] were members of winning bands from previous years as vocalist. [[Alex Turner]] has received five nominations as a member of [[Arctic Monkeys]] and [[The Last Shadow Puppets]], winning once. [[Thom Yorke]] has 6 nominations, 5 with [[Radiohead]] and one for ''[[The Eraser]]'', but has never won.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14815129 | title = PJ Harvey wins Mercury Music Prize for second time| accessdate =6 September 2011| work = BBC News| date=6 September 2011}}</ref>

The Mercury Prize can have a considerable effect on sales for those artists who are shortlisted. Elbow saw a 700% sales increase of their album ''The Seldom Seen Kid'' after winning the Prize in 2008.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/30/young-fathers-unreliable-magic-mercury-prize|title= Young Fathers likely to be touched by unreliable magic of Mercury prize|quote= Mancunian band Elbow, who won in 2008, enjoyed a 700% rise in sales of their album The Seldom Seen Kid in the week following their Mercury victory|work = The Guardian| accessdate =4 December 2014 |date=30 October 2014}}</ref> In their winner's speech, Elbow's frontman Guy Garvey said that winning the Mercury Prize was 'Quite literally the best thing that has ever happened to us'.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7606963.stm|title= Elbow elated at Mercury Prize win|quote= "This is quite literally the best thing that's ever happened to us," singer Guy Garvey told the ceremony in London.|work = BBC News| accessdate =4 December 2014 |date=9 September 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Elbow: 'Mercury win is best thing that's ever happened to us' {{!}} NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/elbow-115-1327147 |work=NME Music News, Reviews, Videos, Galleries, Tickets and Blogs {{!}} NME.COM |date=9 September 2008}}</ref> Similarly, sales of The xx's winning album rose by 450% the day after they won the 2010 Mercury Prize<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/30/young-fathers-unreliable-magic-mercury-prize|title= Young Fathers likely to be touched by unreliable magic of Mercury prize|quote= It was a similar tale for the XX after their 2010 win. Sales of their debut album soared 450% the day after they won, according to figures from music retailer HMV|work = The Guardian| accessdate =4 December 2014 |date=30 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a275439/the-xx-terrified-after-mercury-win.html#~oXue91geN4crdK|title= The xx "terrified" after Mercury win|quote= Their debut album, which had sold 125,000 copies prior to winning the prize, has experienced a jump in sales of almost 450% since Tuesday's award ceremony.

|work = Digital Spy| accessdate =4 December 2014 |date=9 September 2010}}</ref> and 2013 winner James Blake saw a 2,500% sales increase on Amazon after he was announced as the winner of the 2013 Mercury Prize.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/30/young-fathers-unreliable-magic-mercury-prize|title= Young Fathers likely to be touched by unreliable magic of Mercury prize|quote=After winning the 2013 prize, James Blake saw sales of his album Overgrown jump more than 2,500% on Amazon.|work = The Guardian| accessdate =4 December 2014 |date=30 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.musicweek.com/index.php/news/read/james-blake-album-sales-increase-2500-on-amazon-since-mercury-prize-win/056599|title= James Blake album sales increase 2500% on Amazon since Mercury Prize win|work = Music Week| accessdate =4 December 2014 |date=1 November 2013}}</ref> 2011 winner PJ Harvey's album ''Let England Shake'' jumped from number 181 to 24 in the UK official charts the week after the 2011 Awards Show.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/press/pixie-lott-and-example-all-about-number-one/ |title=Pixie Lott and Example – all about number one! |quote=Finally, the double Mercury Award winning PJ Harvey sees Let England Shake, last week's prize winner, jump a phenomenal 151 places from last week 181 to this week's 24. |work=Official Charts |accessdate=4 December 2014 |date=11 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628141801/http://www.officialcharts.com/press/pixie-lott-and-example-all-about-number-one/ |archivedate=28 June 2012 }}</ref>

Despite being regarded by many as highly prestigious, it has been suggested that having an album nominated for or winning the Mercury Prize could be a curse on a career in music.<ref>{{cite news |title=Curse of the Mercury |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/curse-of-the-mercury-6095447.html |work=The Independent |date=14 July 2006 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url =https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/jul/23/artsfeatures.mercuryprize2003 | title = Uneasy listening| work = The Guardian|accessdate=18 June 2009|date=13 July 2003|first=Nigel|last=Williamson }}</ref>

It has also been noted that [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] has been overlooked by the prize. A 2013 article by ''[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]'' on the Mercury Prize said "Metal certainly never gets a look-in, not even on the official entry information form: 'The Prize is open to all types of music, including pop, rock, folk, urban, dance, jazz, blues, electronica, classical…'"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/questions-the-mercury-prize-dont-want-to-answer-about-the-mercury-prize|title=Busting the Myths Around the Mercury Music Prize 2014|work=VICE}}</ref> The only metal record that has ever been nominated for the Mercury Prize is ''[[Troublegum]]'' by [[Therapy?]] in 1994. In 2011, Mercury chair of judges Simon Frith said "[Metal] is a niche that a lot of people don't listen to."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/features/five-points-for-mercury-prize-reform|title=Five Points For Mercury Prize Reform|work=Clash Magazine}}</ref> In a 2011 article in ''[[The Guardian]]'', [[Alexis Petridis]] agreed that the Mercury Prize underrepresented heavy metal, but he argued that this helped the genre maintain its "outsider status".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2011/jul/22/alexis-petridis-metal-mercury-prize|publisher=The Guardian|title=Alexis Petridis On Heavy Metal|author=Alexis Petridis|date=2011-07-22|accessdate=2019-08-08}}</ref>

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| rowspan=12 style="text-align:center" | [[1992 in British music|1992]]<br /><small>(1st)</small><br><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/rock--the-1992-mercury-music-prize-andy-gill-looks-at-the-winner-of-the-inaugural-mercury-music-prize-1550461.html|work=The Independent|accessdate=10 June 2009|date=10 September 1992|first=Andy|last=Gill|title=The 1992 Mercury Music Prize: Andy Gill looks at the winner of the inaugural Mercury Music Prize}}</ref>

|- style="background:#FAEB86"

| ''[[Screamadelica]]''

| [[Primal Scream]]

| ''[[Achtung Baby]]''

| [[U2]]

| ''[[Celebration (Bheki Mseleku album)|Celebration]]''

| [[Bheki Mseleku]]

| ''[[Chorus (Erasure album)|Chorus]]''

| [[Erasure]]

| ''[[Foxbase Alpha]]''

| [[Saint Etienne (band)|Saint Etienne]]

| ''[[Honey's Dead]]''

| [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]]

| ''[[The Protecting Veil]]''

| [[John Tavener]] and [[Steven Isserlis]]

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| ''[[Rising Above Bedlam]]''

| [[Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart]]

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| ''[[Road to Freedom (album)|Road to Freedom]]''

| [[Young Disciples]]

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| ''[[Soul Murder]]''

| [[Barry Adamson]]

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| ''[[Stars (Simply Red album)|Stars]]''

| [[Simply Red]]

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| rowspan=12 style="text-align:center" | [[1993 in British music|1993]]<br /><small>(2nd)</small><br><ref>{{cite web |last1=Staff |first1=MTV News |title=The London Suede |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/151194/the-london-suede/ |website=MTV News |language=en}}</ref>

|- style="background:#FAEB86"

| ''[[Suede (album)|Suede]]''

| [[Suede (band)|Suede]]

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| ''[[Connected (Stereo MCs album)|Connected]]''

| [[Stereo MCs]]

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| ''[[Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet]]''

| [[Gavin Bryars]]

|-

| ''[[New Wave (The Auteurs album)|New Wave]]''

| [[The Auteurs]]

|-

| ''[[No Reservations (Apache Indian album)|No Reservations]]''

| [[Apache Indian]]

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| ''[[Portraits Plus]]''

| [[Stan Tracey]]

|-

| ''[[Republic (album)|Republic]]''

| [[New Order (band)|New Order]]

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| ''[[Rid of Me]]''

| [[PJ Harvey]]

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| ''[[So Close (Dina Carroll album)|So Close]]''

| [[Dina Carroll]]

|-

| ''[[Ten Summoner's Tales]]''

| [[Sting (musician)|Sting]]

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| ''[[Walthamstow (album)|Walthamstow]]''

| [[East 17]]

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| rowspan=12 style="text-align:center" | [[1994 in British music|1994]]<br /><small>(3rd)</small><br><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/cries--whispers-1449544.html|work=The Independent|title=Cries & Whispers|first=Jack|last=Hughes|accessdate=10 June 2009|date=18 September 1994}}</ref>

|- style="background:#FAEB86"

| ''[[Elegant Slumming]]''

| [[M People]]

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| ''[[Everything Changes (Take That album)|Everything Changes]]''

| [[Take That]]

|-

| ''[[Give Out But Don't Give Up]]''

| [[Primal Scream]]

|-

| ''[[Head Like a Rock]]''

| [[Ian McNabb]]

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| ''[[His 'n' Hers]]''

| [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]]

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| ''[[Music for the Jilted Generation]]''

| [[The Prodigy]]

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| ''[[Parklife]]''

| [[Blur (band)|Blur]]

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| ''[[The Piano Concerto/MGV]]''

| [[Michael Nyman]]

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| ''[[Troublegum]]''

| [[Therapy?]]

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| ''[[What Silence Knows]]''

| [[Shara Nelson]]

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| ''[[Wild Wood]]''

| [[Paul Weller]]

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| rowspan=12 style="text-align:center" | [[1995 in British music|1995]]<br /><small>(4th)</small><br><ref name=where>{{Cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/arts_entertainment/music/mercury+winners+where+are+they+now/605557|publisher=Channel 4|accessdate=10 June 2009|date=18 July 2007|title=Mercury winners: where are they now?|archivedate=8 October 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091008131117/http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/arts_entertainment/music/mercury%2Bwinners%2Bwhere%2Bare%2Bthey%2Bnow/605557|url-status=dead}}</ref>

|- style="background:#FAEB86"

| ''[[Dummy (album)|Dummy]]''

| [[Portishead (band)|Portishead]]

|-

| ''[[Days Like This (Van Morrison album)|Days Like This]]''

| [[Van Morrison]]

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| ''[[Definitely Maybe]]''

| [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]

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| ''[[Elastica (album)|Elastica]]''

| [[Elastica]]

|-

| ''[[I Should Coco]]''

| [[Supergrass]]

|-

| ''[[Into the Blue (Guy Barker album)|Into the Blue]]''

| [[Guy Barker]]

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| ''[[Leftism (album)|Leftism]]''

| [[Leftfield]]

|-

| ''[[Maxinquaye]]''

| [[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]]

|-

| ''[[Sayings of Jesus on the cross|Seven Last Words from the Cross]]''

| [[James MacMillan (composer)|James MacMillan]]

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| ''[[To Bring You My Love]]''

| [[PJ Harvey]]

|-

| ''[[Wake Up! (The Boo Radleys album)|Wake Up!]]''

| [[The Boo Radleys]]

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| rowspan=11 style="text-align:center" | [[1996 in British music|1996]]<br /><small>(5th)</small><br><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/pulp-create-a-different-class-of-award-1362749.html|title=Pulp create a different class of award|accessdate=10 June 2009|date=11 September 1996|first=Marianne|last=MacDonald|work=The Independent}}</ref>

|- style="background:#FAEB86"

| ''[[Different Class]]''

| [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]]

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| ''The Beltane Fire / [[Caroline Matilda of Great Britain|Caroline Mathilde]]''

| [[Peter Maxwell Davies]]/[[BBC Philharmonic]]

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| ''[[Everything Must Go (Manic Street Preachers album)|Everything Must Go]]''

| [[Manic Street Preachers]]

|-

| ''[[The Help Album|Help]]''

| [[War Child (charity)|Artists for War Child]]

|-

| ''[[It's Great When You're Straight... Yeah]]''

| [[Black Grape]]

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| ''[[Modern Day Jazz Stories]]''

| [[Courtney Pine]]

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| ''[[Norma Waterson (album)|Norma Waterson]]''

| [[Norma Waterson]]

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| ''[[Return of the Mack (album)|Return of the Mack]]''

| [[Mark Morrison]]

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| ''[[Second Toughest in the Infants]]''

| [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]]

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| ''[[(What's the Story) Morning Glory?]]''

| [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]

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| rowspan=11 style="text-align:center" | [[1997 in British music|1997]]<br /><small>(6th)</small><br><ref name=where/>

|- style="background:#FAEB86"

| ''[[New Forms]]''

| [[Roni Size & Reprazent]]

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| ''[[Coming Up (album)|Coming Up]]''

| [[Suede (band)|Suede]]

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| ''[[Dig Your Own Hole]]''

| [[The Chemical Brothers]]

|-

| ''[[The Fat of the Land]]''

| [[The Prodigy]]

|-

| ''[[OK Computer]]''

| [[Radiohead]]

|-

| ''[[Spice (album)|Spice]]''

| [[Spice Girls]]

|-

| ''Svyati''

| [[John Tavener]]

|-

| ''[[Trailer Park (album)|Trailer Park]]''

| [[Beth Orton]]

|-

| ''[[Vanishing Point (Primal Scream album)|Vanishing Point]]''

| [[Primal Scream]]

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| ''Your Rockaby''

| [[Mark-Anthony Turnage]]

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| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | [[1998 in British music|1998]]<br /><small>(7th)</small><br><ref name=where/>

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| ''[[Bring It On (Gomez album)|Bring It On]]''

| [[Gomez (band)|Gomez]]

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| ''[[Decksandrumsandrockandroll]]''

| [[Propellerheads]]

|-

| ''[[International Velvet (album)|International Velvet]]''

| [[Catatonia (band)|Catatonia]]

|-

| ''[[Life thru a Lens]]''

| [[Robbie Williams]]

|-

| ''[[Mezzanine (album)|Mezzanine]]''

| [[Massive Attack]]

|-

| ''[[Proverbs and Songs]]''

| [[John Surman]]

|-

| ''[[Rafi's Revenge]]''

| [[Asian Dub Foundation]]

|-

| ''[[Red Rice (album)|Red Rice]]''

| [[Eliza Carthy]]

|-

| ''[[This Is Hardcore]]''

| [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]]

|-

| ''[[Two Pages]]''

| [[4hero]]

|-

| ''[[Urban Hymns]]''

| [[The Verve]]

|-

| ''[[When I Was Born for the 7th Time]]''

| [[Cornershop]]

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| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | [[1999 in British music|1999]]<br /><small>(8th)</small><br><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/441762.stm|title=Talvin Singh: Closing the divide|work=BBC News|accessdate=10 June 2009|date=8 September 1999}}</ref>

|- style="background:#FAEB86"

| ''[[OK (Talvin Singh album)|Ok]]''

| [[Talvin Singh]]

|-

| ''[[Asyla]]''

| [[Thomas Adès]]

|-

| ''Be Where You Are''

| [[Denys Baptiste]]

|-

| ''[[Beaucoup Fish]]''

| [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]]

|-

| ''[[Bengali Bantam Youth Experience!]]''

| [[Black Star Liner]]

|-

| ''[[Central Reservation (album)|Central Reservation]]''

| [[Beth Orton]]

|-

| ''[[Performance and Cocktails]]''

| [[Stereophonics]]

|-

| ''[[Sleepless (Kate Rusby album)|Sleepless]]''

| [[Kate Rusby]]

|-

| ''[[Sunday 8PM]]''

| [[Faithless]]

|-

| ''[[Surrender (The Chemical Brothers album)|Surrender]]''

| [[The Chemical Brothers]]

|-

| ''[[13 (Blur album)|13]]''

| [[Blur (band)|Blur]]

|-

| ''[[This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours]]''

| [[Manic Street Preachers]]

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| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | [[2000 in British music|2000]]<br /><small>(9th)</small>

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| ''[[The Hour of Bewilderbeast]]''

| [[Badly Drawn Boy]]

| ''[[Alone with Everybody]]''

| [[Richard Ashcroft]]

| ''[[Beyond Skin]]''

| [[Nitin Sawhney]]

| ''[[The Contino Sessions]]''

| [[Death in Vegas]]

| ''[[The Great Eastern (album)|The Great Eastern]]''

| [[The Delgados]]

| ''How to Steal the World''

| [[Helicopter Girl]]

| ''[[Little Black Numbers]]''

| [[Kathryn Williams]]

| ''[[Lost Souls (Doves album)|Lost Souls]]''

| [[Doves (band)|Doves]]

| ''[[Parachutes (album)|Parachutes]]''

| [[Coldplay]]

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| ''[[Rhythm and Stealth]]''

| [[Leftfield]]

|-

| ''[[Sincere (M. J. Cole album)|Sincere]]''

| [[M. J. Cole]]

|-

| ''[[Violin Concerto (Nicholas Maw album)|Violin Concerto]]''

| [[Nicholas Maw]]

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| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | [[2001 in British music|2001]]<br /><small>(10th)</small><br><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/sep/12/september11.usa5|work=The Guardian|title=PJ Harvey wins Mercury prize – after witnessing Pentagon attack|accessdate=10 June 2009|date=12 September 2001}}</ref>

|- style="background:#FAEB86"

| ''[[Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea]]''

| [[PJ Harvey]]

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| ''[[Amnesiac (album)|Amnesiac]]''

| [[Radiohead]]

|-

| ''[[Asleep in the Back]]''

| [[Elbow (band)|Elbow]]

|-

| ''[[Felt Mountain]]''

| [[Goldfrapp]]

|-

| ''[[Gorillaz (album)|Gorillaz]]''

| [[Gorillaz]] <small>(nomination withdrawn at the request of the band)</small><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2159934.stm|title=Mercury Prize's guessing game|work=BBC News|accessdate=10 June 2009|date=30 July 2002|first=Ian|last=Youngs}}</ref>

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| ''[[Here Be Monsters]]''

| [[Ed Harcourt]]

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| ''[[The Optimist LP]]''

| [[Turin Brakes]]

|-

| ''[[Rings Around the World]]''

| [[Super Furry Animals]]

|-

| ''[[Rooty]]''

| [[Basement Jaxx]]

|-

| ''[[Salt Rain]]''

| [[Susheela Raman]]

|-

| ''[[Simple Things (Zero 7 album)|Simple Things]]''

| [[Zero 7]]

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| ''[[Tom McRae (album)|Tom McRae]]''

| [[Tom McRae]]

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| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | [[2002 in British music|2002]]<br /><small>(11th)</small><br><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/sep/18/arts.mercuryprize2002|work=The Guardian|title=Ms Dynamite's victory blasts Mercury norms|accessdate=1 September 2009|date=18 September 2002|first=Angelique|last=Chrisafis}}</ref>

|- style="background:#FAEB86"

| ''[[A Little Deeper]]''

| [[Ms. Dynamite]]

|-

| ''[[The Coral (album)|The Coral]]''

| [[The Coral]]

|-

| ''[[Heathen (David Bowie album)|Heathen]]''

| [[David Bowie]]

|-

| ''[[Holes in the Wall]]''

| [[The Electric Soft Parade]]

|-

| ''[[The Last Broadcast (album)|The Last Broadcast]]''

| [[Doves (band)|Doves]]

|-

| ''[[Night on My Side]]''

| [[Gemma Hayes]]

|-

| ''[[Original Pirate Material]]''

| [[The Streets]]

|-

| ''[[Play (Joanna McGregor album)|Play]]''

| [[Joanna MacGregor]]

|-

| ''[[Run Come Save Me]]''

| [[Roots Manuva]]

|-

| ''[[Soundtrack (Guy Barker album)|Soundtrack]]''

| [[Guy Barker]]

|-

| ''[[Sunshine Hit Me]]''

| [[The Bees (UK band)|The Bees]]

|-

| ''[[Who I Am (Beverley Knight album)|Who I Am]]''

| [[Beverley Knight]]

|-

| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | [[2003 in British music|2003]]<br /><small>(12th)</small><br><ref>{{cite web |title=Still going strong after Dizzee rise to Mercury's peak |url=https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/still-going-strong-after-dizzee-rise-mercurys-peak-2477539 |website=www.scotsman.com |language=en}}</ref>

|- style="background:#FAEB86"

| ''[[Boy in da Corner]]''

| [[Dizzee Rascal]]

|-

| ''[[Anglicana (album)|Anglicana]]''

| [[Eliza Carthy]]

|-

| ''[[Conversations with the Unseen]]''

| [[Soweto Kinch]]

|-

| ''[[Floetic]]''

| [[Floetry]]

|-

| ''[[Hail to the Thief]]''

| [[Radiohead]]

|-

| ''[[Lost Horizons (Lemon Jelly album)|Lost Horizons]]''

| [[Lemon Jelly]]

|-

| ''[[Permission to Land]]''

| [[The Darkness (band)|The Darkness]]

|-

| ''[[Quixotic (album)|Quixotic]]''

| [[Martina Topley-Bird]]

|-

| ''[[A Rush of Blood to the Head]]''

| [[Coldplay]]

|-

| ''[[So Much for the City]]''

| [[The Thrills]]

|-

| ''[[Untitled (Terri Walker album)|Untitled]]''

| [[Terri Walker]]

|-

| ''[[Vehicles and Animals]]''

| [[Athlete (band)|Athlete]]

|-

| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | [[2004 in British music|2004]]<br /><small>(13th)</small><br><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/sep/08/arts.mercuryprize2004|work=The Guardian|accessdate=10 June 2009|date=8 September 2004|first=Patrick|last=Barkham|title=Mercury rises for art pop of Franz Ferdinand}}</ref>

|- style="background:#FAEB86"

| ''[[Franz Ferdinand (album)|Franz Ferdinand]]''

| [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]]

|-

| ''[[Cuckooland]]''

| [[Robert Wyatt]]

|-

| ''[[Dear Catastrophe Waitress]]''

| [[Belle & Sebastian]]

|-

| ''[[Final Straw]]''

| [[Snow Patrol]]

|-

| ''[[Frank (Amy Winehouse album)|Frank]]''

| [[Amy Winehouse]]

|-

| ''[[A Grand Don't Come for Free]]''

| [[The Streets]]

|-

| ''[[Hopes and Fears]]''

| [[Keane (band)|Keane]]

|-

| ''[[Kish Kash]]''

| [[Basement Jaxx]]

|-

| ''[[The Soul Sessions]]''

| [[Joss Stone]]

|-

| ''[[Thank You (Jamelia album)|Thank You]]''

| [[Jamelia]]

|-

| ''[[Upwards (album)|Upwards]]''

| [[Ty (rapper)|Ty]]

|-

| ''[[Who Killed...... The Zutons?]]''

| [[The Zutons]]

|-

| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | [[2005 in British music|2005]]<br /><small>(14th)</small><br><ref name="antony"/>

|- style="background:#FAEB86"

| ''[[I Am a Bird Now]]''

| [[Antony and the Johnsons]]

|-

| ''[[Arular]]''

| [[M.I.A. (artist)|M.I.A.]]

|-

| ''[[A Certain Trigger]]''

| [[Maxïmo Park]]

|-

| ''[[Employment (album)|Employment]]''

| [[Kaiser Chiefs]]

|-

| ''[[Eye to the Telescope]]''

| [[KT Tunstall]]

|-

| ''[[Held on the Tips of Fingers]]''

| [[Polar Bear (British band)|Polar Bear]]

|-

| ''[[Kitty Jay (album)|Kitty Jay]]''

| [[Seth Lakeman]]

|-

| ''[[The Magic Numbers (album)|The Magic Numbers]]''

| [[The Magic Numbers]]

|-

| ''[[Silent Alarm]]''

| [[Bloc Party]]

|-

| ''[[Stars of CCTV]]''

| [[Hard-Fi]]

|-

| ''[[Thunder, Lightning, Strike]]''

| [[The Go! Team]]

|-

| ''[[X&Y]]''

| [[Coldplay]]

|-

| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | [[2006 in British music|2006]]<br /><small>(15th)</small><br><ref>{{cite web |title=Arctic Monkeys win 2006 Mercury Music Prize {{!}} NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/arctic-monkeys-523-1356678 |website=NME Music News, Reviews, Videos, Galleries, Tickets and Blogs {{!}} NME.COM |date=5 September 2006}}</ref>

|- style="background:#FAEB86"

| ''[[Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not]]''

| [[Arctic Monkeys]]

|-

| ''[[The Back Room (album)|The Back Room]]''

| [[Editors (band)|Editors]]

|-

| ''[[Ballad of the Broken Seas]]''

| [[Isobel Campbell]] and [[Mark Lanegan]]

|-

| ''[[Beloved One]]''

| [[Lou Rhodes]]

|-

| ''[[Black Holes & Revelations]]''

| [[Muse (band)|Muse]]

|-

| ''[[Coles Corner (album)|Coles Corner]]''

| [[Richard Hawley]]

|-

| ''[[The Eraser]]''

| [[Thom Yorke]]

|-

| ''[[Melting Pot (Zoe Rahman album)|Melting Pot]]''

| [[Zoe Rahman]]

|-

| ''[[This Is My Demo]]''

| [[Sway DaSafo|Sway]]

|-

| ''[[Through the Windowpane]]''

| [[Guillemots (band)|Guillemots]]

|-

| ''[[The Warning (Hot Chip album)|The Warning]]''

| [[Hot Chip]]

|-

| ''[[White Bread, Black Beer|White Bread Black Beer]]''

| [[Scritti Politti]]

|-

| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | [[2007 in British music|2007]]<br /><small>(16th)</small><br>{{cn|date=January 2020}}

|- style="background:#FAEB86"

| ''[[Myths of the Near Future (album)|Myths of the Near Future]]''

| [[Klaxons]]

|-

| ''[[Back to Black]]''

| [[Amy Winehouse]]

|-

| ''[[Basquiat Strings]]''

| [[Basquiat Strings]] with [[Seb Rochford]]

|-

| ''[[The End of History (album)|The End of History]]''

| [[Fionn Regan]]

|-

| ''[[Fantastic Playroom]]''

| [[New Young Pony Club]]

|-

| ''[[Favourite Worst Nightmare]]''

| [[Arctic Monkeys]]

|-

| ''[[Fur and Gold]]''

| [[Bat for Lashes]]

|-

| ''[[Hats Off to the Buskers]]''

| [[The View (band)|The View]]

|-

| ''[[Maths + English]]''

| [[Dizzee Rascal]]

|-

| ''[[Panic Prevention]]''

| [[Jamie T]]

|-

| ''[[Voices of Animals and Men]]''

| [[Young Knives]]

|-

| ''[[We Can Create]]''

| [[Maps (band)|Maps]]

|-

| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | [[2008 in British music|2008]]<br /><small>(17th)</small><br><ref>{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article4720677.ece|work=The Times|accessdate=10 June 2009|date=10 September 2008|title=Pete Paphides salutes Elbow's Mercury Prize victory|first=Pete|last=Paphides}}</ref>

|- style="background:#FAEB86"

| ''[[The Seldom Seen Kid]]''

| [[Elbow (band)|Elbow]]

|-

| ''[[The Age of the Understatement]]''

| [[The Last Shadow Puppets]]

|-

| ''[[Alas, I Cannot Swim]]''

| [[Laura Marling]]

|-

| ''[[The Bairns (album)|The Bairns]]''

| [[Rachel Unthank and the Winterset]]

|-

| ''[[Do You Like Rock Music?]]''

| [[British Sea Power]]

|-

| ''[[In Rainbows]]''

| [[Radiohead]]

|-

| ''[[Knee Deep in the North Sea]]''

| [[Portico Quartet]]

|-

| ''[[19 (Adele album)|19]]''

| [[Adele]]

|-

| ''[[Raising Sand]]''

| [[Robert Plant]] & [[Alison Krauss]]

|-

| ''[[Shine (Estelle album)|Shine]]''

| [[Estelle (musician)|Estelle]]

|-

| ''[[Stainless Style]]''

| [[Neon Neon]]

|-

| ''[[Untrue (album)|Untrue]]''

| [[Burial (musician)|Burial]]

|-

| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | [[2009 in British music|2009]]<br /><small>(18th)</small><br><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jul/21/mercury-prize-2009-nominations-announced|work=The Guardian|accessdate=21 July 2009|date=21 July 2009|title=Mercury Prize 2009 Nominations Announced|first=Rosie|last=Swash}}</ref>

|- style="background:#FAEB86"

| ''[[Speech Therapy (album)|Speech Therapy]]''

| [[Speech Debelle]]

|-

| ''[[Friendly Fires (album)|Friendly Fires]]''

| [[Friendly Fires]]

|-

| ''[[Glasvegas (album)|Glasvegas]]''

| [[Glasvegas]]

|-

| ''[[The Invisible (album)|The Invisible]]''

| [[The Invisible (band)|The Invisible]]

|-

| ''[[La Roux (album)|La Roux]]''

| [[La Roux]]

|-

| ''[[Lungs (album)|Lungs]]''

| [[Florence and the Machine]]

|-

| ''[[Primary Colours (The Horrors album)|Primary Colours]]''

| [[The Horrors]]

|-

| ''[[Sea Sew]]''

| [[Lisa Hannigan]]

|-

| ''[[Sensible Shoes]]''

| [[Led Bib]]

|-

| ''[[Twice Born Men]]''

| [[Sweet Billy Pilgrim]]

|-

| ''[[Two Suns]]''

| [[Bat for Lashes]]

|-

| ''[[West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum]]''

| [[Kasabian]]

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"

|- bgcolor="#bebebe"

! width="5%" | Year

! width="50%" | Album

! width="45%" | Artist

| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | [[2010 in British music|2010]]<br /><small>(19th)</small><br><ref>{{cite web |title=Barclaycard Mercury Prize 2010 - Who's who on this year's shortlist? - audio {{!}} NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/various-artists-3681-1283252 |website=NME Music News, Reviews, Videos, Galleries, Tickets and Blogs {{!}} NME.COM |date=6 September 2010}}</ref>

|- style="background:#FAEB86"

| ''[[xx (album)|xx]]''

| [[The xx]]

| ''[[Becoming a Jackal]]''

| [[Villagers (band)|Villagers]]

| ''[[Golden (Kit Downes Trio album)|Golden]]''

| [[Kit Downes|Kit Downes Trio]]

| ''[[I Speak Because I Can]]''

| [[Laura Marling]]

| ''[[Only Revolutions (Biffy Clyro album)|Only Revolutions]]''

| [[Biffy Clyro]]

| ''[[The Sea (Corinne Bailey Rae album)|The Sea]]''

| [[Corinne Bailey Rae]]

| ''[[Sigh No More (Mumford & Sons album)|Sigh No More]]''

| [[Mumford & Sons]]

| ''[[Sky at Night (I Am Kloot album)|Sky at Night]]''

| [[I Am Kloot]]

| ''[[Tongue n' Cheek]]''

| [[Dizzee Rascal]]

|-

| ''[[Total Life Forever]]''

| [[Foals (band)|Foals]]

|-

| ''[[Two Dancers]]''

| [[Wild Beasts]]

|-

| ''[[Wake Up the Nation]]''

| [[Paul Weller]]

|-

| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | [[2011 in British music|2011]]<br /><small>(20th)</small><br><ref name="2010shortlist">{{cite news|first=Alexandra|last=Topping|title=Adele leads Mercury prize 2011 shortlist|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jul/19/adele-leads-mercury-prize-shortlist|work=The Guardian|date=19 July 2011|accessdate=19 July 2011}}</ref>

|- style="background:#FAEB86"

| ''[[Let England Shake]]''

| [[PJ Harvey]]

|-

| ''[[Anna Calvi (album)|Anna Calvi]]''

| [[Anna Calvi]]

|-

| ''[[Build a Rocket Boys!]]''

| [[Elbow (band)|Elbow]]

|-

| ''[[Diamond Mine (King Creosote and Jon Hopkins album)|Diamond Mine]]''

| [[King Creosote]] & [[Jon Hopkins]]

|-

| ''[[Disc-Overy]]''

| [[Tinie Tempah]]

|-

| ''[[The English Riviera (album)|The English Riviera]]''

| [[Metronomy]]

|-

| ''[[Good Days At Schloss Elmau|Good Days at Schloss Elmau]]''

| [[Gwilym Simcock]]

|-

| ''[[James Blake (album)|James Blake]]''

| [[James Blake (musician)|James Blake]]

|-

| ''[[Man Alive (Everything Everything album)|Man Alive]]''

| [[Everything Everything]]

|-

| ''[[On a Mission (Katy B album)|On a Mission]]''

| [[Katy B]]

|-

| ''[[Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam]]''

| [[Ghostpoet]]

|-

| ''[[21 (Adele album)|21]]''

| [[Adele]]

|-

| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | [[2012 in British music|2012]]<br /><small>(21st)</small><br><ref name=2012shortlist2>{{cite news|last=Topping|first=Alexandra|title=Mercury prize celebrates 20 years with award for Alt-J's debut album|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/nov/02/alt-j-mercury-prize?intcmp=239|accessdate=9 November 2012|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=2 November 2012}}</ref>

|- style="background:#FAEB86"

| ''[[An Awesome Wave]]''

| [[alt-J]]

|-

| ''[[Devotion (Jessie Ware album)|Devotion]]''

| [[Jessie Ware]]

|-

| ''[[Django Django (album)|Django Django]]''

| [[Django Django]]

|-

| ''[[Every Kingdom]]''

| [[Ben Howard]]

|-

| ''[[Given to the Wild]]''

| [[The Maccabees (band)|The Maccabees]]

|-

| ''[[Ground of its Own]]''

| [[Sam Lee (musician)|Sam Lee]]

|-

| ''[[Home Again (Michael Kiwanuka album)|Home Again]]''

| [[Michael Kiwanuka]]

|-

| ''[[Ill Manors (album)|ill Manors]]''

| [[Plan B (musician)|Plan B]]

|-

| ''[[Is Your Love Big Enough?]]''

| [[Lianne La Havas]]

|-

| ''[[Plumb (Field Music album)|Plumb]]''

| [[Field Music]]

|-

| ''[[Roller Trio (album)|Roller Trio]]''

| [[Roller Trio]]

|-

| ''[[Standing at the Sky's Edge]]''

| [[Richard Hawley]]

|-

| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | [[2013 in British music|2013]]<br /><small>(22nd)</small><br><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24745412|title=Mercury Prize: James Blake wins with Overgrown|date=31 October 2013|work=BBC News|accessdate=31 October 2013}}</ref>

|- style="background:#FAEB86"

| ''[[Overgrown]]''

| [[James Blake (musician)|James Blake]]

|-

| ''[[AM (Arctic Monkeys album)|AM]]''

| [[Arctic Monkeys]]

|-

| ''[[Awayland|{Awayland}]]''

| [[Villagers (band)|Villagers]]

|-

| ''[[Holy Fire (album)|Holy Fire]]''

| [[Foals (band)|Foals]]

|-

| ''[[Home (Rudimental album)|Home]]''

| [[Rudimental]]

|-

| ''[[Immunity (Jon Hopkins album)|Immunity]]''

| [[Jon Hopkins]]

|-

| ''[[Jake Bugg (album)|Jake Bugg]]''

| [[Jake Bugg]]

|-

| ''[[The Next Day]]''

| [[David Bowie]]

|-

| ''[[Once I Was an Eagle]]''

| [[Laura Marling]]

|-

| ''[[Settle (album)|Settle]]''

| [[Disclosure (band)|Disclosure]]

|-

| ''[[Silence Yourself]]''

| [[Savages (band)|Savages]]

|-

| ''[[Sing to the Moon]]''

| [[Laura Mvula]]

|-

| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | [[2014 in British music|2014]]<br /><small>(23rd)</small><br><ref name=nominees2014>{{cite news|last1=Beauchemin|first1=Molly|title=Young Fathers Win the Mercury Prize|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/57249-young-fathers-win-the-mercury-prize/|accessdate=30 October 2014|agency=Pitchfork|publisher=Pitchfork Media|date=30 October 2014}}</ref>

|- style="background:#FAEB86"

| ''[[Dead (Young Fathers album)|Dead]]''

| [[Young Fathers]]

|-

| ''[[Everybody Down]]''

| [[Kate Tempest]]

|-

| ''[[Everyday Robots]]''

| [[Damon Albarn]]

|-

| ''[[First Mind]]''

| [[Nick Mulvey]]

|-

| ''[[In Each and Every One]]''

| [[Polar Bear (British band)|Polar Bear]]

|-

| ''[[Jungle (Jungle album)|Jungle]]''

| [[Jungle (band)|Jungle]]

|-

| ''[[LP1 (FKA twigs album)|LP1]]''

| [[FKA twigs]]

|-

| ''[[One Breath (album)|One Breath]]''

| [[Anna Calvi]]

|-

| ''[[Royal Blood (album)|Royal Blood]]''

| [[Royal Blood (band)|Royal Blood]]

|-

| ''[[So Long, See You Tomorrow (album)|So Long, See You Tomorrow]]''

| [[Bombay Bicycle Club]]

|-

| ''[[Total Strife Forever]]''

| [[East India Youth]]

|-

| ''[[V2.0]]''

| [[GoGo Penguin]]

|-

| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | [[2015 in British music|2015]]<br /><small>(24th)</small><br><ref name=nominees2015>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1HwNyl69kmN1fcWlcH7rTfb/mercury-prize-2015-shortlist|title=Mercury Prize 2015 shortlist|publisher=BBC|accessdate=16 October 2015}}</ref>

|- style="background:#FAEB86"

| ''[[At Least for Now]]''

| [[Benjamin Clementine]]

|-

| ''Architect''

| [[C Duncan]]

|-

| ''[[Are You Satisfied?]]''

| [[Slaves (UK band)|Slaves]]

|-

| ''[[Before We Forgot How to Dream]]''

| [[SOAK]]

|-

| ''[[Eska (album)|Eska]]''

| [[Eska (singer)|Eska]]

|-

| ''[[Hairless Toys]]''

| [[Róisín Murphy]]

|-

| ''[[How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful]]''

| [[Florence and the Machine]]

|-

| ''[[In Colour (Jamie xx album)|In Colour]]''

| [[Jamie xx]]

|-

| ''[[Matador (Gaz Coombes album)|Matador]]''

| [[Gaz Coombes]]

|-

| ''[[My Love Is Cool]]''

| [[Wolf Alice]]

|-

| ''[[Shedding Skin]]''

| [[Ghostpoet]]

|-

| ''[[Syro]]''

| [[Aphex Twin]]

|-

| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | [[2016 in British music|2016]]<br /><small>(25th)</small><br><ref name=nominees2016>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36962513|title=Mercury Prize 2016: David Bowie gets posthumous nomination|publisher=BBC|accessdate=5 August 2016}}</ref>

|- style="background:#FAEB86"

| ''[[Konnichiwa (Skepta album)|Konnichiwa]]''

| [[Skepta]]

|-

| ''[[Adore Life]]''

| [[Savages (band)|Savages]]

|-

| ''[[Blackstar (album)|Blackstar]]''

| [[David Bowie]]

|-

| ''[[The Bride (album)|The Bride]]''

| [[Bat for Lashes]]

|-

| ''[[Channel the Spirits]]''

| [[The Comet Is Coming]]

|-

| ''[[The Dreaming Room]]''

| [[Laura Mvula]]

|-

| ''[[Hopelessness (album)|Hopelessness]]''

| [[Anohni]]

|-

| ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]''

| [[The 1975]]

|-

| ''[[Love & Hate (Michael Kiwanuka album)|Love & Hate]]''

| [[Michael Kiwanuka]]

|-

| ''[[Made in the Manor]]''

| [[Kano (rapper)|Kano]]

|-

| ''[[Making Time (Jamie Woon Album)|Making Time]]''

| [[Jamie Woon]]

|-

| ''[[A Moon Shaped Pool]]''

| [[Radiohead]]

|-

| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | [[2017 in British music|2017]]<br /><small>(26th)</small><br><ref name=winnerAndNominees2017>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/sep/14/mercury-music-prize-2017-is-won-by-samphas-process |title=Mercury prize 2017 is won by Sampha's Process |date=September 14, 2017 |author=Mark Brown |newspaper=The Guardian |accessdate=September 14, 2017}}</ref>

|- style="background:#FAEB86"

| ''[[Process (Sampha album)|Process]]''

| [[Sampha]]

|-

| ''[[Blossoms (album)|Blossoms]]''

| [[Blossoms (band)|Blossoms]]

|-

| ''[[Common Sense (J Hus album)|Common Sense]]''

| [[J Hus]]

|-

| ''[[÷ (album)|÷]]''

| [[Ed Sheeran]]

|-

| ''[[Gang Signs & Prayer]]''

| [[Stormzy]]

|-

| ''[[How to Be a Human Being]]''

| [[Glass Animals]]

|-

| ''[[I See You (The xx album)|I See You]]''

| [[The xx]]

|-

| ''[[Let Them Eat Chaos]]''

| [[Kate Tempest]]

|-

| ''[[Love in the 4th Dimension]]''

| [[The Big Moon]]

|-

| ''[[Relaxer (album)|Relaxer]]''

| [[alt-J]]

|-

| ''[[Together, As One]]''

| [[Dinosaur (jazz quartet)|Dinosaur]]

|-

| ''[[Yesterday's Gone (Loyle Carner album)|Yesterday's Gone]]''

| [[Loyle Carner]]

|-

| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | [[2018 in British music|2018]]<br /><small>(27th)</small><br><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-44964740|title=Arctics and Jorja Smith on Mercury list|last=Savage|first=Mark|date=July 26, 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=July 26, 2018|language=en-GB}}</ref>

|- style="background:#FAEB86"

| ''[[Visions of a Life]]''

| [[Wolf Alice]]

|-

| ''Everything Is Recorded''

| [[Richard Russell (XL Recordings)|Everything Is Recorded]]

|-

| ''[[A Fever Dream]]''

| [[Everything Everything]]

|-

| ''[[High as Hope]]''

| [[Florence and the Machine]]

|-

| ''[[Holiday Destination]]''

| [[Nadine Shah]]

|-

| ''[[Lost & Found (Jorja Smith album)|Lost & Found]]''

| [[Jorja Smith]]

|-

| ''[[No Shame (Lily Allen album)|No Shame]]''

| [[Lily Allen]]

|-

| ''Novelist Guy''

| [[Novelist (MC)|Novelist]]

|-

| ''[[The Ooz]]''

| [[King Krule]]

|-

| ''[[Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino]]''

| [[Arctic Monkeys]]

|-

| ''[[Who Built the Moon?]]''

| [[Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds]]

|-

| ''[[Your Queen Is a Reptile]]''

| [[Sons of Kemet]]

|-

| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | [[2019 in British music|2019]]<br /><small>(28th)</small><br><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/07/mercury-prize-2019.html|title=2019 Mercury Prize Nominations Announced: Predictions, Snubs and More|last1=Edelstone|first1=Steven|last2=Manno|first2=Lizzie|date=July 25, 2019|work=Paste Magazine|access-date=July 29, 2019}}</ref>

|- style="background:#FAEB86"

| ''[[Psychodrama (album)|Psychodrama]]''

| [[Dave (rapper)|Dave]]

|-

| ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]''

| [[The 1975]]

|-

| ''[[Dogrel]]''

| [[Fontaines D.C.]]

|-

| ''Driftglass''

| [[SEED Ensemble]]

|-

| ''[[Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1]]''

| [[Foals (band)|Foals]]

|-

| ''[[Grey Area (album)|Grey Area]]''

| [[Little Simz]]

|-

| ''[[Hunter (Anna Calvi album)|Hunter]]''

| [[Anna Calvi]]

|-

| ''[[Joy as an Act of Resistance]]''

| [[Idles]]

|-

| ''[[Nothing Great About Britain]]''

| [[slowthai]]

|-

| ''[[Reward (album)|Reward]]''

| [[Cate Le Bon]]

|-

| ''[[Saturn (album)|Saturn]]''

| [[Nao (singer)|Nao]]

|-

| ''[[Schlagenheim]]''

| [[Black Midi]]

|-

|}

===2020s===

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"

|- bgcolor="#bebebe"

! width="5%" | Year

! width="50%" | Album

! width="45%" | Artist

|-