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| caption = The Mercury Prize logo
| description = Best album from the United Kingdom or Ireland
| presenter = [[Barclaycard]]
| country =
| location = [[United Kingdom]]
| year = 1992
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| website = http://www.mercuryprize.com/
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The '''Mercury Prize''', formerly called the '''Mercury Music Prize''' and currently known as the '''Barclaycard Mercury Prize''' for [[Sponsor (commercial)|sponsorship]] reasons, is an annual music prize awarded for the best album from the United Kingdom or [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. It was established by the [[British Phonographic Industry]] and British Association of Record Dealers in 1992 as an alternative to the industry-dominated [[The Brit Awards|Brit Awards]].<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> The prize was originally sponsored by the communications company [[Cable & Wireless]]—Mercury was one of their brands<ref name=spon>{{Cite web | url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/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>—followed from 1998 to 2001 by [[Technics (brand)|Technics]],<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/404980.stm|title =Manics lead Mercury shortlist |publisher = BBC News|accessdate=10 June 2009|date=27 July 1999}}</ref> 2002 and 2003 by [[Panasonic Corporation|Panasonic]],<ref name=spon/> and from 2004 to 2008 the [[Nationwide Building Society]]. [[Barclaycard]] became the Prize's new sponsor in March 2009.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.sponsorship.org/membPressDetail.asp?id=551|publisher=European Sponsorship Association|accessdate=10 June 2009|date=30 March 2009|title = Barclaycard Mercury Prize sponsorship announced}}</ref> Nominations are chosen by a selected panel of musicians, music executives, journalists and other figures in the music industry in the UK and Ireland.<ref name=bbcmusic/><ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=aJVsB6IoXBH8 | title = U.K. Band Elbow Wins Mercury Prize as Judges Surprise Again | publisher=Bloomberg|accessdate=24 June 2009| first=Mark|last=Beech}}</ref> Presentation of the award usually take place in September after the nominations are announced in July. It is often observed that bands who are nominated for, or win the prize, experience a large increase in album sales, particularly for the lesser known nominees.<ref>{{Cite web | 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> However, despite being regarded by many as highly prestigious,<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/shortlist-of-eccentrics-for-mercury-music-prize-553897.html|title = Shortlist of 'eccentrics' for Mercury music prize|accessdate= 23 June 2009|date=21 July 2004|first=Ian |last=Burrell |work= The Independent|quote=...the most prestigious prize in the music calendar...}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3623546/Scots-rockers-Ferdinand-win-Mercury-Prize.html | title= Scots rockers Ferdinand win Mercury Prize|quote= The Mercury Prize, now in its 13th year, is considered the most prestigious in British music...|work = Daily Telegraph| accessdate = 23 June 2009 |date=8 September 2004|first=Oliver|last=Poole}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1538877.stm |title = PJ Harvey wins Mercury prize|publisher = BBC News|date= 11 September 2001|quote=...Britain's most prestigious music prize...}}</ref> it has been suggested that being nominated for or winning the Mercury Prize could be a curse on a career in music; 1997 winner [[Roni Size]] has "...vanished virtually without trace..." while [[Talvin Singh]] was dropped by his record label soon after winning the award in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/curse-of-the-mercury-407786.html| title =Curse of the Mercury|work=The Independent| quote=...the Mercury Prize has acquired a well-established reputation for destroying its winners' futures... accessdate=18 June 2009|date=14 July 2006|first=Andy|last=Gill}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url =http://www.guardian.co.uk/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>
The Mercury Prize has a reputation for being awarded to outside chancers rather than the favourites.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1562214/Amy-Winehouse-performs-at-Mercury-prize.html | work = Daily Telegraph| accessdate=22 June 2009| date= 5 September 2007|title = Amy Winehouse performs at Mercury prize|first=Stephen |last=Adams}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2262195.stm | title = Ms Dynamite wins Mercury prize| publisher=BBC News|accessdate=22 June 2009| date=17 September 2002}}</ref> The 1994 award winners were the pop act [[M People]], a controversial decision considering the shortlist included popular albums from [[Britpop]] figureheads [[Paul Weller]], [[Blur (band)|Blur]] and [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]], and [[electronica]] band [[The Prodigy]].<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4197994.stm |title = Judging music the Mercury way|publisher= BBC News|accessdate=10 June 2009|date=2 September 2005|first=Darren|last=Waters}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url = http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=940&id=1177592006 | work = The Scotsman| accessdate= 10 June 2009|date=13 August 2006|title = Why Mercury makes Isobel's blood boil at pop industry| first = Anna | last= Millar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3077975.stm |title = Does the Mercury Prize get it right?| publisher= BBC News|accessdate=10 June 2009|date=4 December 2003|first=Ian|last=Youngs}}</ref> Other music journalists critical of the awards stated that the 2005 award should not have been given to [[Antony and the Johnsons]] as while they were British-born, they were based in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2005/s1468509.htm|title = Inaugural Australian music prize announced|publisher = Australian Broadcasting Company|accessdate=10 June 2009|first=Karen|last=Barlow|date=26 September 2005}}</ref><ref name=antony>{{Cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4217140.stm |publisher = BBC News|accessdate=10 June 2009|date=7 September 2005|title = Antony and Johnsons win Mercury}}</ref> In 2006, [[Isobel Campbell]]'s collaboration with [[Mark Lanegan]], ''[[Ballad of the Broken Seas]]'', was included in the shortlist, despite Lanegan's being American while fellow 2006 nominees [[Guillemots]] contained band members from Brazil and Canada.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/music_week/debate_mercuryarctics.shtml |title = Who can beat the Arctic Monkeys to win the Mercury Prize? | publisher=BBC Radio 6|accessdate=10 June 2009|first=Mark|last=Sutherland}}</ref> The presence of [[classical music|classical]], [[folk music|folk]] and [[jazz]] recordings has been cited by some as anomalous, arguing that comparisons with the other nominees can be invidious.<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://arts.guardian.co.uk/mercury2002/story/0,,795354,00.html |title = Back to Basics| work = The Guardian| accessdate=10 June 2009|date=20 September 2002|title = Back to basics| first=Alexis |last=Petridis}}</ref> Classical nominees have included Sir [[John Tavener]], Sir [[Peter Maxwell Davies]], [[Gavin Bryars]] and [[Nicholas Maw]]. None has ever won, and there has not been a shortlisted classical album since 2002.
The deadline for entries for the 2009 Mercury Prize was 2 June and the prize is to be awarded on 8 September.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1037819&c=1 | work = Music Week | accessdate = 22 June 2009|date=28 May 2009|title = Deadline looms for Barclaycard Mercury Prize}}</ref> . The Award Ceremony will be broadcast on [[BBC Two]] and the [http://www.bbc.co.uk/mercuryprize BBC's Mercury Prize site] from 10pm.
==Winners and shortlisted nominees==
[[File:Primal Scream at Summercase 2008.jpg|right|thumb|alt=Two people (one vocalist and one guitarist) performing on stage|Inaugural winners [[Primal Scream]]]]
[[File:Suede in Thailand new.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Five men sitting at a table at a press conference|[[Suede (band)|Suede]], winners in 1993]]
[[File:Badly Drawn Boy Live at l'Elysée Montmartre.jpg|right|thumb|alt=A man playing a guitar and singing on stage. He is wearing a denim jacket and woolen cap.|2000 winner [[Badly Drawn Boy]]]]
[[File:PJ Harvey.jpg|thumb|right|alt=A girl singing and playing a guitar on stage|[[PJ Harvey]], winner in 2001]]
[[File:Dizzee Rascal in Barcelona 2.jpg|thumb|right|alt=A man rapping on stage, with purple spotlights behind him|2003 winner [[Dizzee Rascal]]]]
[[File:Newarcticmonkeys.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Four men standing and looking into the camera. One is at the front, two are behind him, and one more is at the back.|[[Arctic Monkeys]], winning band in 2006]]
[[File:Klaxon mg 6541.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Three men who are raising glasses. They are wearing dark clothing.|2007 winners, [[Klaxons]]]]
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Winner
!Album
!class="unsortable"|Shortlisted nominees & albums
!class="unsortable"|Ref(s)
|-
|1992
|[[Primal Scream]]
| ''[[Screamadelica]]''
|
*[[Barry Adamson]] – ''[[Soul Murder]]''
*[[Jah Wobble]] – ''[[Rising Above Bedlam]]''
*[[The Jesus and Mary Chain]] – ''[[Honey's Dead]]''
*[[Bheki Mseleku]] – ''[[Celebration (Bheki Mseleku album)|Celebration]]''
*[[Saint Etienne (band)|Saint Etienne]] – ''[[Foxbase Alpha]]''
*[[Simply Red]] – ''[[Stars (album)|Stars]]''
*[[U2]] – ''[[Achtung Baby]]''
*[[John Tavener]] & [[Steven Isserlis]] –''[[The Protecting Veil]]''
*[[Young Disciples]] – ''[[Road to Freedom (album)|Road to Freedom]]''
|<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://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>
|-
|1993
|[[Suede (band)|Suede]]
| ''[[Suede (album)|Suede]]''
|
*[[Apache Indian]] – ''[[No Reservations (album)|No Reservations]]''
*[[The Auteurs]] – ''[[New Wave (album)|New Wave]]''
*[[Gavin Bryars]] – ''[[Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet]]''
*[[Dina Carroll]] – ''[[So Close (album)|So Close]]''
*[[PJ Harvey]] – ''[[Rid of Me]]''
*[[New Order]] – ''[[Republic (album)|Republic]]''
*[[Stereo MCs]] – ''[[Connected (Stereo MCs album)|Connected]]''
*[[Sting (musician)|Sting]] – ''[[Ten Summoner's Tales]]''
*[[Stan Tracey]] – ''[[Portraits Plus]]''
|<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/london_suede/artist.jhtml | publisher = MTV | accessdate = 10 June 2009 | title = The London Suede}}</ref>
|-
|1994
|[[M People]]
|''[[Elegant Slumming]]''
|
*[[Blur (band)|Blur]] – ''[[Parklife]]
*[[Ian McNabb]] – ''[[Head Like A Rock]]''
*[[Shara Nelson]] – ''[[What Silence Knows]]''
*[[Michael Nyman]] – ''[[The Piano Concerto and MGV]]''
*[[The Prodigy]] – ''[[Music for the Jilted Generation]]''
*[[Pulp (band)|Pulp]] – ''[[His 'n' Hers]]''
*[[Take That]] – ''[[Everything Changes (Take That song)|Everything Changes]]''
*[[Therapy?]] – ''[[Troublegum]]''
*[[Paul Weller]] – ''[[Wild Wood]]''
|<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://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>
|-
|1995
|[[Portishead]]
|''[[Dummy (album)|Dummy]]''
|
*[[Guy Barker]] – ''[[Into the Blue (album)|Into the Blue]]''
*[[Elastica]] – ''[[Elastica (album)|Elastica]]''
*[[PJ Harvey]] – ''[[To Bring You My Love]]''
*[[Leftfield]] – ''[[Leftism (album)|Leftism]]''
*[[James MacMillan (composer)|James MacMillan]] – ''[[Sayings of Jesus on the cross|Seven Last Words from the Cross]]''
*[[Van Morrison]] – ''[[Days Like This]]''
*[[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] – ''[[Definitely Maybe]]''
*[[Supergrass]] – ''[[I Should Coco]]''
*[[Tricky]] – ''[[Maxinquaye]]''
|<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? }}</ref>
|-
|1996
|[[Pulp (band)|Pulp]]
|''[[Different Class]]''
|
*[[War Child (charity)|Artists for War Child]] – ''[[The Help Album|Help]]''
*[[Black Grape]] – ''[[It's Great When You're Straight... Yeah]]''
*[[Peter Maxwell Davies]]/[[BBC Philharmonic]] – ''[[The Beltane Fire]] / [[Caroline Matilda of Great Britain|Caroline Mathilde]]''
*[[Manic Street Preachers]] – ''[[Everything Must Go (Manic Street Preachers album)|Everything Must Go]]''
*[[Mark Morrison]] – ''[[Return of the Mack (album)|Return of the Mack]]''
*[[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] – ''[[(What's the Story) Morning Glory?]]''
*[[Courtney Pine]] – ''[[Modern Day Jazz Stories]]''
*[[Underworld (band)|Underworld]] – ''[[Second Toughest in the Infants]]''
*[[Norma Waterson]] – ''[[Norma Waterson (album)|Norma Waterson]]''
|<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://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>
|-
|1997
|[[Roni Size]]/[[Reprazent]]
| ''[[New Forms]]''
|
*[[The Chemical Brothers]] – ''[[Dig Your Own Hole]]''
*[[Beth Orton]] – ''[[Trailer Park (album)|Trailer Park]]''
*[[Primal Scream]] – ''[[Vanishing Point (album)|Vanishing Point]]''
*[[The Prodigy]] – ''[[The Fat of the Land]]''
*[[Radiohead]] – ''[[OK Computer]]''
*[[ Spice Girls]] – ''[[Spice (album)|Spice]]''
*[[Suede (band)|Suede]] – ''[[Coming Up]]''
*[[John Tavener]] – ''[[Svyati]]''
*[[Mark-Anthony Turnage]] – ''[[Your Rockaby]]''
|<ref name=where/>
|-
|1998
|[[Gomez (band)|Gomez]]
| ''[[Bring It On (Gomez album)|Bring It On]]''
|
*[[4hero]] – ''[[Two Pages]]''
*[[Asian Dub Foundation]] – ''[[Rafi's Revenge]]''
*[[Eliza Carthy]] – ''[[Red Rice (album)|Red Rice]]''
*[[Catatonia (band)|Catatonia]] – ''[[International Velvet (album)|International Velvet]]''
*[[Cornershop]] – ''[[When I Was Born for the 7th Time]]''
*[[Massive Attack]] – ''[[Mezzanine (album)|Mezzanine]]''
*[[Propellerheads]] – ''[[Decksandrumsandrockandroll]]''
*[[Pulp (band)|Pulp]] – ''[[This Is Hardcore]]''
*[[John Surman]] – ''[[Proverbs & Songs]]''
*[[The Verve]] – ''[[Urban Hymns]]''
*[[Robbie Williams]] – ''[[Life thru a Lens]]''
|<ref name=where/>
|-
|1999
|[[Talvin Singh]]
|''[[Ok (album)|Ok]]''
|
*[[Thomas Adès]] – ''[[Asyla]]''
*[[Denys Baptiste]] – ''[[Be Where You Are]]''
*[[Black Star Liner]] – ''[[Bengali Bantam Youth Experience!]]''
*[[Blur (band)|Blur]] – ''[[13 (Blur album)|13]]''
*[[The Chemical Brothers]] – ''[[Surrender (The Chemical Brothers album)|Surrender]]''
*[[Faithless]] – ''[[Sunday 8PM]]''
*[[Manic Street Preachers]] – ''[[This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours]]''
*[[Beth Orton]] – ''[[Central Reservation (album)|Central Reservation]]''
*[[Kate Rusby]] – ''[[Sleepless (Kate Rusby album)|Sleepless]]''
*[[Stereophonics]] – ''[[Performance and Cocktails]]''
*[[Underworld (band)|Underworld]] – ''[[Beaucoup Fish]]''
|<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/441762.stm | title = Talvin Singh: Closing the divide | publisher = BBC News | accessdate = 10 June 2009}}</ref>
|-
|2000
|[[Badly Drawn Boy]]
|''[[The Hour of Bewilderbeast]]''
|
*[[Richard Ashcroft]] – ''[[Alone with Everybody]]''
*[[Coldplay]] – ''[[Parachutes]]''
*[[M. J. Cole]] – ''[[Sincere (album)|Sincere]]''
*[[Death in Vegas]] – ''[[The Contino Sessions]]''
*[[The Delgados]] – ''[[The Great Eastern (album)|The Great Eastern]]''
*[[Doves (band)|Doves]] – ''[[Lost Souls (album)|Lost Souls]]''
*[[Helicopter Girl]] – ''[[Helicopter Girl|How to Steal the World]]''
*[[Leftfield]] – ''[[Rhythm and Stealth]]''
*[[Nicholas Maw]] – ''[[Violin Concerto (Nicholas Maw album)|Violin Concerto]]''
*[[Nitin Sawhney]] – ''[[Beyond Skin]]''
*[[Kathryn Williams]] – ''[[Little Black Numbers]]''
|<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2003/jul/23/artsfeatures.mercuryprize2003 |date=23 July 2003|title =Uneasy listening |work=The Guardian|accessdate=10 June 2009|first=Nigel|last=Williamson}}</ref>
|-
|2001
|[[PJ Harvey]]
|''[[Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea]]''
|
*[[Basement Jaxx]] – ''[[Rooty]]''
*[[Elbow (band)|Elbow]] – ''[[Asleep in the Back]]''
*[[Goldfrapp]] – ''[[Felt Mountain]]''
*[[Gorillaz]] – ''[[Gorillaz (album)|Gorillaz]]'' (nomination withdrawn at the request of the band)<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2159934.stm|title = Mercury Prize's guessing game | publisher=BBC News | accessdate=10 June 2009|date=30 July 2002|first=Ian|last=Youngs}}</ref>
*[[Ed Harcourt]] – ''[[Here Be Monsters]]''
*[[Tom McRae]] – ''[[Tom McRae (album)|Tom McRae]]''
*[[Radiohead]] – ''[[Amnesiac]]''
*[[Susheela Raman]] – ''[[Salt Rain]]''
*[[Super Furry Animals]] – ''[[Rings Around the World]]''
*[[Turin Brakes]] – ''[[The Optimist LP]]''
*[[Zero 7]] – ''[[Simple Things (Zero 7 album)|Simple Things]]''
|<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/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>
|-
|2002
|[[Ms. Dynamite]]
| ''[[A Little Deeper]]''
|
*[[Guy Barker]] – ''[[Soundtrack (Guy Barker album)|Soundtrack]]''
*[[The Bees (UK band)|The Bees]] – ''[[Sunshine Hit Me]]''
*[[David Bowie]] – ''[[Heathen (album)|Heathen]]''
*[[The Coral]] – ''[[The Coral (album)|The Coral]]''
*[[Doves (band)|Doves]] – ''[[The Last Broadcast (album)|The Last Broadcast]]''
*[[The Electric Soft Parade]] – ''[[Holes in the Wall]]''
*[[Gemma Hayes]] – ''[[Night on My Side]]''
*[[Beverley Knight]] – ''[[Who I Am (Beverley Knight album)|Who I Am]]''
*[[Roots Manuva]] – ''[[Run Come Save Me]]''
*[[Joanna MacGregor]] – ''[[Play (Joanna McGregor album)|Play]]''
*[[The Streets]] – ''[[Original Pirate Material]]''
|<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article1163352.ece |work = The Times| title = Culture: Move over Tina and Whitney, this is a soul diva with real oomph | accessdate=10 June 2009|date=28 September 2003|first=Senay|last=Boztas}}</ref>
|-
|2003
|[[Dizzee Rascal]]
| ''[[Boy in da Corner]]''
|
*[[Athlete (band)|Athlete]] – ''[[Vehicles and Animals]]''
*[[Eliza Carthy]] – ''[[Anglicana]]''
*[[Coldplay]] – ''[[A Rush of Blood to the Head]]''
*[[The Darkness (band)|The Darkness]] – ''[[Permission to Land]]''
*[[Floetry]] – ''[[Floetic]]''
*[[Soweto Kinch]] – ''[[Conversations with the Unseen]]''
*[[Lemon Jelly]] – ''[[Lost Horizons]]''
*[[The Thrills]] – ''[[So Much for the City]]''
*[[Martina Topley-Bird]] – ''[[Quixotic (album)|Quixotic]]''
*[[Radiohead]] – ''[[Hail to the Thief]]''
*[[Terri Walker]] – ''[[Untitled (Terri Walker album)|Untitled]]''
|<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/mercurymusicprize/Still-going-strong-after-Dizzee.2562092.jp | work = The Scotsman| accessdate=10 June 2009|date=7 September 2004| title = Still going strong after Dizzee rise to Mercury's peak|first=Matthew|last=Imagee}}</ref>
|-
|2004
|[[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]]
| ''[[Franz Ferdinand (album)|Franz Ferdinand]]''
|
*[[Basement Jaxx]] – ''[[Kish Kash]]''
*[[Belle & Sebastian]] – ''[[Dear Catastrophe Waitress]]''
*[[Jamelia]] – ''[[Thank You (Jamelia album)|Thank You]]''
*[[Keane (band)|Keane]] – ''[[Hopes and Fears]]''
*[[Snow Patrol]] – ''[[Final Straw]]''
*[[Joss Stone]] – ''[[The Soul Sessions]]''
*[[The Streets]] – ''[[A Grand Don't Come for Free]]''
*[[Ty (rapper)|Ty]] – ''[[Upwards (album)|Upwards]]''
*[[Amy Winehouse]] – ''[[Frank (Amy Winehouse album)|Frank]]''
*[[Robert Wyatt]] – ''[[Cuckooland]]''
*[[The Zutons]] – ''[[Who Killed...... The Zutons?]]''
|<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/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>
|-
|2005
|[[Antony and the Johnsons]]
|''[[I Am a Bird Now]]''
|
*[[Bloc Party]] – ''[[Silent Alarm]]''
*[[Coldplay]] – ''[[X&Y]]''
*[[Hard-Fi]] – ''[[Stars of CCTV]]''
*[[Kaiser Chiefs]] – ''[[Employment (album)|Employment]]''
*[[KT Tunstall]] – ''[[Eye to the Telescope]]''
*[[M.I.A. (artist)|M.I.A.]] – ''[[Arular]]''
*[[Maxïmo Park]] – ''[[A Certain Trigger]]''
*[[Polar Bear (British band)|Polar Bear]] – ''[[Held on the Tips of Fingers]]''
*[[Seth Lakeman]] – ''[[Kitty Jay]]''
*[[The Go! Team]] – ''[[Thunder, Lightning, Strike]]''
*[[The Magic Numbers]] – ''[[The Magic Numbers (album)|The Magic Numbers]]''
|<ref name="antony"/>
|-
|2006
|[[Arctic Monkeys]]
| ''[[Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not]]''
|
*[[Isobel Campbell]] and [[Mark Lanegan]] – ''[[Ballad of the Broken Seas]]''
*[[Editors]] – ''[[The Back Room]]''
*[[Guillemots]] – ''[[Through the Windowpane]]''
*[[Richard Hawley]] – ''[[Coles Corner (album)|Coles Corner]]''
*[[Hot Chip]] – ''[[The Warning (Hot Chip album)|The Warning]]''
*[[Muse (band)|Muse]] – ''[[Black Holes & Revelations]]''
*[[Zoe Rahman]] – ''[[Melting Pot (album)|Melting Pot]]''
*[[Lou Rhodes]] – ''[[Beloved One]]''
*[[Scritti Politti]] – ''[[White Bread, Black Beer|White Bread Black Beer]]''
*[[Sway DaSafo|Sway]] – ''[[This Is My Demo]]''
*[[Thom Yorke]] – ''[[The Eraser]]''
|<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.nme.com/news/nme/24216 |work = NME | accessdate=10 June 2009|date=5 September 2006|title = Arctic Monkeys win 2006 Mercury Music Prize}}</ref>
|-
|2007
|[[Klaxons]]
|''[[Myths of the Near Future (album)|Myths of the Near Future]]''
|
*[[Arctic Monkeys]] – ''[[Favourite Worst Nightmare]]''
*[[Basquiat Strings]] with [[Seb Rochford]] – ''[[Basquiat Strings]]''
*[[Bat for Lashes]] – ''[[Fur and Gold]]''
*[[Dizzee Rascal]] – ''[[Maths + English]]''
*[[Maps (band)|Maps]] – ''[[We Can Create]]'''''
*[[New Young Pony Club]] – ''[[Fantastic Playroom]]''
*[[Fionn Regan]] – ''[[The End of History (album)|The End of History]]''
*[[Jamie T]] – ''[[Panic Prevention]]''
*[[The View (band)|The View]] – ''[[Hats Off to the Buskers]]''
*[[Amy Winehouse]] – ''[[Back to Black]]''
*[[Young Knives]] – ''[[Voices of Animals and Men]]''
|<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/sep/05/pop.musicnews |work = The Guardian| accessdate=10 June 2009|date=5 September 2007|first=Helen|last=Pidd|title = Klaxons are the big noise on Mercury awards night}}</ref>
|-
|2008
|[[Elbow (band)|Elbow]]
|''[[The Seldom Seen Kid]]''
|
*[[Adele (singer)|Adele]] – ''[[19 (Adele album)|19]]''
*[[British Sea Power]] – ''[[Do You Like Rock Music?]]''
*[[Burial (musician)|Burial]] – ''[[Untrue]]'''''
*[[Estelle (musician)|Estelle]] – ''[[Shine (Estelle album)|Shine]]''
*[[Laura Marling]] – ''[[Alas, I Cannot Swim]]'''''
*[[Neon Neon]] – ''[[Stainless Style]]''
*[[Portico Quartet]] – ''[[Knee Deep In The North Sea]]''
*[[Rachel Unthank and the Winterset]] – ''[[The Bairns (album)|The Bairns]]''
*[[Radiohead]] – ''[[In Rainbows]]''
*[[Robert Plant]] & [[Alison Krauss]] – ''[[Raising Sand]]''
*[[The Last Shadow Puppets]] – ''[[The Age of the Understatement]]''
|<ref>{{Cite web | 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>
|-
|2009
|
|
|
*[[Bat For Lashes]] – ''[[Two Suns]]''
*[[Florence and the Machine]] – ''[[Lungs (album)|Lungs]]''
*[[Friendly Fires]] – ''[[Friendly Fires (album)|Friendly Fires]]''
*[[Glasvegas]] – ''[[Glasvegas (album)|Glasvegas]]''
*[[Kasabian]] – ''[[West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum]]''
*[[La Roux]] – ''[[La Roux (album)|La Roux]]''
*[[Led Bib]] – ''[[Sensible Shoes]]''
*[[Lisa Hannigan]] – ''[[Sea Sew]]''
*[[Speech Debelle]] – ''[[Speech Therapy (album)|Speech Therapy]]''
*[[Sweet Billy Pilgrim]] – ''[[Twice Born Men]]''
*[[The Horrors]] – ''[[Primary Colours]]''
*[[The Invisible (band)|The Invisible]] – ''[[The Invisible (album)|The Invisible]]
|<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/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}}</ref>
|}
==See also==
* [[Choice Music Prize]] (Ireland)
* [[Polaris Music Prize]] (Canada)
* [[Prix Constantin]] (France)
* [[Shortlist Music Prize]] (United States)
* [[Australian Music Prize]] (Australia)
==References==
;General
*{{Cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/guides/456900/456975/html/nn1page1.stm | title = Highs and Lows of the Mercury Prize| publisher= BBC News| accessdate=22 June 2009}}
;Specific
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==External links==
*[http://www.mercuryprize.com/ Mercury Music Prize Official Site]
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/mercuryprize/ BBC Mercury Music Prize Site ~ Official Broadcast Partner]
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The '''Mercury Prize''', formerly called the '''Mercury Music Prize''' and currently known as the '''Barclaycard Mercury Prize''' for [[Sponsor (commercial)|sponsorship]] reasons, is an annual music prize awarded for the best album from the United Kingdom or [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. It was established by the [[British Phonographic Industry]] and British Association of Record Dealers in 1992 as an alternative to the industry-dominated [[The Brit Awards|Brit Awards]].<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> The prize was originally sponsored by the communications company [[Cable & Wireless]]—Mercury was one of their brands<ref name=spon>{{Cite web | url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/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>—followed from 1998 to 2001 by [[Technics (brand)|Technics]],<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/404980.stm|title =Manics lead Mercury shortlist |publisher = BBC News|accessdate=10 June 2009|date=27 July 1999}}</ref> 2002 and 2003 by [[Panasonic Corporation|Panasonic]],<ref name=spon/> and from 2004 to 2008 the [[Nationwide Building Society]]. [[Barclaycard]] became the Prize's new sponsor in March 2009.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.sponsorship.org/membPressDetail.asp?id=551|publisher=European Sponsorship Association|accessdate=10 June 2009|date=30 March 2009|title = Barclaycard Mercury Prize sponsorship announced}}</ref> Nominations are chosen by a selected panel of musicians, music executives, journalists and other figures in the music industry in the UK and Ireland.<ref name=bbcmusic/><ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=aJVsB6IoXBH8 | title = U.K. Band Elbow Wins Mercury Prize as Judges Surprise Again | publisher=Bloomberg|accessdate=24 June 2009| first=Mark|last=Beech}}</ref> Presentation of the award usually take place in September after the nominations are announced in July. It is often observed that bands who are nominated for, or win the prize, experience a large increase in album sales, particularly for the lesser known nominees.<ref>{{Cite web | 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> However, despite being regarded by many as highly prestigious,<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/shortlist-of-eccentrics-for-mercury-music-prize-553897.html|title = Shortlist of 'eccentrics' for Mercury music prize|accessdate= 23 June 2009|date=21 July 2004|first=Ian |last=Burrell |work= The Independent|quote=...the most prestigious prize in the music calendar...}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3623546/Scots-rockers-Ferdinand-win-Mercury-Prize.html | title= Scots rockers Ferdinand win Mercury Prize|quote= The Mercury Prize, now in its 13th year, is considered the most prestigious in British music...|work = Daily Telegraph| accessdate = 23 June 2009 |date=8 September 2004|first=Oliver|last=Poole}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1538877.stm |title = PJ Harvey wins Mercury prize|publisher = BBC News|date= 11 September 2001|quote=...Britain's most prestigious music prize...}}</ref> it has been suggested that being nominated for or winning the Mercury Prize could be a curse on a career in music; 1997 winner [[Roni Size]] has "...vanished virtually without trace..." while [[Talvin Singh]] was dropped by his record label soon after winning the award in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/curse-of-the-mercury-407786.html| title =Curse of the Mercury|work=The Independent| quote=...the Mercury Prize has acquired a well-established reputation for destroying its winners' futures... accessdate=18 June 2009|date=14 July 2006|first=Andy|last=Gill}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url =http://www.guardian.co.uk/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>
The Mercury Prize has a reputation for being awarded to outside chancers rather than the favourites.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1562214/Amy-Winehouse-performs-at-Mercury-prize.html | work = Daily Telegraph| accessdate=22 June 2009| date= 5 September 2007|title = Amy Winehouse performs at Mercury prize|first=Stephen |last=Adams}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2262195.stm | title = Ms Dynamite wins Mercury prize| publisher=BBC News|accessdate=22 June 2009| date=17 September 2002}}</ref> The 1994 award winners were the pop act [[M People]], a controversial decision considering the shortlist included popular albums from [[Britpop]] figureheads [[Paul Weller]], [[Blur (band)|Blur]] and [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]], and [[electronica]] band [[The Prodigy]].<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4197994.stm |title = Judging music the Mercury way|publisher= BBC News|accessdate=10 June 2009|date=2 September 2005|first=Darren|last=Waters}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url = http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=940&id=1177592006 | work = The Scotsman| accessdate= 10 June 2009|date=13 August 2006|title = Why Mercury makes Isobel's blood boil at pop industry| first = Anna | last= Millar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3077975.stm |title = Does the Mercury Prize get it right?| publisher= BBC News|accessdate=10 June 2009|date=4 December 2003|first=Ian|last=Youngs}}</ref> Other music journalists critical of the awards stated that the 2005 award should not have been given to [[Antony and the Johnsons]] as while they were British-born, they were based in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2005/s1468509.htm|title = Inaugural Australian music prize announced|publisher = Australian Broadcasting Company|accessdate=10 June 2009|first=Karen|last=Barlow|date=26 September 2005}}</ref><ref name=antony>{{Cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4217140.stm |publisher = BBC News|accessdate=10 June 2009|date=7 September 2005|title = Antony and Johnsons win Mercury}}</ref> In 2006, [[Isobel Campbell]]'s collaboration with [[Mark Lanegan]], ''[[Ballad of the Broken Seas]]'', was included in the shortlist, despite Lanegan's being American while fellow 2006 nominees [[Guillemots]] contained band members from Brazil and Canada.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/music_week/debate_mercuryarctics.shtml |title = Who can beat the Arctic Monkeys to win the Mercury Prize? | publisher=BBC Radio 6|accessdate=10 June 2009|first=Mark|last=Sutherland}}</ref> The presence of [[classical music|classical]], [[folk music|folk]] and [[jazz]] recordings has been cited by some as anomalous, arguing that comparisons with the other nominees can be invidious.<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://arts.guardian.co.uk/mercury2002/story/0,,795354,00.html |title = Back to Basics| work = The Guardian| accessdate=10 June 2009|date=20 September 2002|title = Back to basics| first=Alexis |last=Petridis}}</ref> Classical nominees have included Sir [[John Tavener]], Sir [[Peter Maxwell Davies]], [[Gavin Bryars]] and [[Nicholas Maw]]. None has ever won, and there has not been a shortlisted classical album since 2002.
The deadline for entries for the 2009 Mercury Prize was 2 June and the prize is to be awarded on 8 September.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1037819&c=1 | work = Music Week | accessdate = 22 June 2009|date=28 May 2009|title = Deadline looms for Barclaycard Mercury Prize}}</ref> . The Award Ceremony will be broadcast on [[BBC Two]] and the [http://www.bbc.co.uk/mercuryprize BBC's Mercury Prize site] from 10pm.
==Winners and shortlisted nominees==
[[File:Primal Scream at Summercase 2008.jpg|right|thumb|alt=Two people (one vocalist and one guitarist) performing on stage|Inaugural winners [[Primal Scream]]]]
[[File:Suede in Thailand new.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Five men sitting at a table at a press conference|[[Suede (band)|Suede]], winners in 1993]]
[[File:Badly Drawn Boy Live at l'Elysée Montmartre.jpg|right|thumb|alt=A man playing a guitar and singing on stage. He is wearing a denim jacket and woolen cap.|2000 winner [[Badly Drawn Boy]]]]
[[File:PJ Harvey.jpg|thumb|right|alt=A girl singing and playing a guitar on stage|[[PJ Harvey]], winner in 2001]]
[[File:Dizzee Rascal in Barcelona 2.jpg|thumb|right|alt=A man rapping on stage, with purple spotlights behind him|2003 winner [[Dizzee Rascal]]]]
[[File:Newarcticmonkeys.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Four men standing and looking into the camera. One is at the front, two are behind him, and one more is at the back.|[[Arctic Monkeys]], winning band in 2006]]
[[File:Klaxon mg 6541.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Three men who are raising glasses. They are wearing dark clothing.|2007 winners, [[Klaxons]]]]
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Winner
!Album
!class="unsortable"|Shortlisted nominees & albums
!class="unsortable"|Ref(s)
|-
|1992
|[[Primal Scream]]
| ''[[Screamadelica]]''
|
*[[Barry Adamson]] – ''[[Soul Murder]]''
*[[Jah Wobble]] – ''[[Rising Above Bedlam]]''
*[[The Jesus and Mary Chain]] – ''[[Honey's Dead]]''
*[[Bheki Mseleku]] – ''[[Celebration (Bheki Mseleku album)|Celebration]]''
*[[Saint Etienne (band)|Saint Etienne]] – ''[[Foxbase Alpha]]''
*[[Simply Red]] – ''[[Stars (album)|Stars]]''
*[[U2]] – ''[[Achtung Baby]]''
*[[John Tavener]] & [[Steven Isserlis]] –''[[The Protecting Veil]]''
*[[Young Disciples]] – ''[[Road to Freedom (album)|Road to Freedom]]''
|<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://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>
|-
|1993
|[[Suede (band)|Suede]]
| ''[[Suede (album)|Suede]]''
|
*[[Apache Indian]] – ''[[No Reservations (album)|No Reservations]]''
*[[The Auteurs]] – ''[[New Wave (album)|New Wave]]''
*[[Gavin Bryars]] – ''[[Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet]]''
*[[Dina Carroll]] – ''[[So Close (album)|So Close]]''
*[[PJ Harvey]] – ''[[Rid of Me]]''
*[[New Order]] – ''[[Republic (album)|Republic]]''
*[[Stereo MCs]] – ''[[Connected (Stereo MCs album)|Connected]]''
*[[Sting (musician)|Sting]] – ''[[Ten Summoner's Tales]]''
*[[Stan Tracey]] – ''[[Portraits Plus]]''
|<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/london_suede/artist.jhtml | publisher = MTV | accessdate = 10 June 2009 | title = The London Suede}}</ref>
|-
|1994
|[[M People]]
|''[[Elegant Slumming]]''
|
*[[Blur (band)|Blur]] – ''[[Parklife]]
*[[Ian McNabb]] – ''[[Head Like A Rock]]''
*[[Shara Nelson]] – ''[[What Silence Knows]]''
*[[Michael Nyman]] – ''[[The Piano Concerto and MGV]]''
*[[The Prodigy]] – ''[[Music for the Jilted Generation]]''
*[[Pulp (band)|Pulp]] – ''[[His 'n' Hers]]''
*[[Take That]] – ''[[Everything Changes (Take That song)|Everything Changes]]''
*[[Therapy?]] – ''[[Troublegum]]''
*[[Paul Weller]] – ''[[Wild Wood]]''
|<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://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>
|-
|1995
|[[Portishead]]
|''[[Dummy (album)|Dummy]]''
|
*[[Guy Barker]] – ''[[Into the Blue (album)|Into the Blue]]''
*[[Elastica]] – ''[[Elastica (album)|Elastica]]''
*[[PJ Harvey]] – ''[[To Bring You My Love]]''
*[[Leftfield]] – ''[[Leftism (album)|Leftism]]''
*[[James MacMillan (composer)|James MacMillan]] – ''[[Sayings of Jesus on the cross|Seven Last Words from the Cross]]''
*[[Van Morrison]] – ''[[Days Like This]]''
*[[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] – ''[[Definitely Maybe]]''
*[[Supergrass]] – ''[[I Should Coco]]''
*[[Tricky]] – ''[[Maxinquaye]]''
|<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? }}</ref>
|-
|1996
|[[Pulp (band)|Pulp]]
|''[[Different Class]]''
|
*[[War Child (charity)|Artists for War Child]] – ''[[The Help Album|Help]]''
*[[Black Grape]] – ''[[It's Great When You're Straight... Yeah]]''
*[[Peter Maxwell Davies]]/[[BBC Philharmonic]] – ''[[The Beltane Fire]] / [[Caroline Matilda of Great Britain|Caroline Mathilde]]''
*[[Manic Street Preachers]] – ''[[Everything Must Go (Manic Street Preachers album)|Everything Must Go]]''
*[[Mark Morrison]] – ''[[Return of the Mack (album)|Return of the Mack]]''
*[[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] – ''[[(What's the Story) Morning Glory?]]''
*[[Courtney Pine]] – ''[[Modern Day Jazz Stories]]''
*[[Underworld (band)|Underworld]] – ''[[Second Toughest in the Infants]]''
*[[Norma Waterson]] – ''[[Norma Waterson (album)|Norma Waterson]]''
|<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://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>
|-
|1997
|[[Roni Size]]/[[Reprazent]]
| ''[[New Forms]]''
|
*[[The Chemical Brothers]] – ''[[Dig Your Own Hole]]''
*[[Beth Orton]] – ''[[Trailer Park (album)|Trailer Park]]''
*[[Primal Scream]] – ''[[Vanishing Point (album)|Vanishing Point]]''
*[[The Prodigy]] – ''[[The Fat of the Land]]''
*[[Radiohead]] – ''[[OK Computer]]''
*[[ Spice Girls]] – ''[[Spice (album)|Spice]]''
*[[Suede (band)|Suede]] – ''[[Coming Up]]''
*[[John Tavener]] – ''[[Svyati]]''
*[[Mark-Anthony Turnage]] – ''[[Your Rockaby]]''
|<ref name=where/>
|-
|1998
|[[Gomez (band)|Gomez]]
| ''[[Bring It On (Gomez album)|Bring It On]]''
|
*[[4hero]] – ''[[Two Pages]]''
*[[Asian Dub Foundation]] – ''[[Rafi's Revenge]]''
*[[Eliza Carthy]] – ''[[Red Rice (album)|Red Rice]]''
*[[Catatonia (band)|Catatonia]] – ''[[International Velvet (album)|International Velvet]]''
*[[Cornershop]] – ''[[When I Was Born for the 7th Time]]''
*[[Massive Attack]] – ''[[Mezzanine (album)|Mezzanine]]''
*[[Propellerheads]] – ''[[Decksandrumsandrockandroll]]''
*[[Pulp (band)|Pulp]] – ''[[This Is Hardcore]]''
*[[John Surman]] – ''[[Proverbs & Songs]]''
*[[The Verve]] – ''[[Urban Hymns]]''
*[[Robbie Williams]] – ''[[Life thru a Lens]]''
|<ref name=where/>
|-
|1999
|[[Talvin Singh]]
|''[[Ok (album)|Ok]]''
|
*[[Thomas Adès]] – ''[[Asyla]]''
*[[Denys Baptiste]] – ''[[Be Where You Are]]''
*[[Black Star Liner]] – ''[[Bengali Bantam Youth Experience!]]''
*[[Blur (band)|Blur]] – ''[[13 (Blur album)|13]]''
*[[The Chemical Brothers]] – ''[[Surrender (The Chemical Brothers album)|Surrender]]''
*[[Faithless]] – ''[[Sunday 8PM]]''
*[[Manic Street Preachers]] – ''[[This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours]]''
*[[Beth Orton]] – ''[[Central Reservation (album)|Central Reservation]]''
*[[Kate Rusby]] – ''[[Sleepless (Kate Rusby album)|Sleepless]]''
*[[Stereophonics]] – ''[[Performance and Cocktails]]''
*[[Underworld (band)|Underworld]] – ''[[Beaucoup Fish]]''
|<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/441762.stm | title = Talvin Singh: Closing the divide | publisher = BBC News | accessdate = 10 June 2009}}</ref>
|-
|2000
|[[Badly Drawn Boy]]
|''[[The Hour of Bewilderbeast]]''
|
*[[Richard Ashcroft]] – ''[[Alone with Everybody]]''
*[[Coldplay]] – ''[[Parachutes]]''
*[[M. J. Cole]] – ''[[Sincere (album)|Sincere]]''
*[[Death in Vegas]] – ''[[The Contino Sessions]]''
*[[The Delgados]] – ''[[The Great Eastern (album)|The Great Eastern]]''
*[[Doves (band)|Doves]] – ''[[Lost Souls (album)|Lost Souls]]''
*[[Helicopter Girl]] – ''[[Helicopter Girl|How to Steal the World]]''
*[[Leftfield]] – ''[[Rhythm and Stealth]]''
*[[Nicholas Maw]] – ''[[Violin Concerto (Nicholas Maw album)|Violin Concerto]]''
*[[Nitin Sawhney]] – ''[[Beyond Skin]]''
*[[Kathryn Williams]] – ''[[Little Black Numbers]]''
|<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2003/jul/23/artsfeatures.mercuryprize2003 |date=23 July 2003|title =Uneasy listening |work=The Guardian|accessdate=10 June 2009|first=Nigel|last=Williamson}}</ref>
|-
|2001
|[[PJ Harvey]]
|''[[Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea]]''
|
*[[Basement Jaxx]] – ''[[Rooty]]''
*[[Elbow (band)|Elbow]] – ''[[Asleep in the Back]]''
*[[Goldfrapp]] – ''[[Felt Mountain]]''
*[[Gorillaz]] – ''[[Gorillaz (album)|Gorillaz]]'' (nomination withdrawn at the request of the band)<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2159934.stm|title = Mercury Prize's guessing game | publisher=BBC News | accessdate=10 June 2009|date=30 July 2002|first=Ian|last=Youngs}}</ref>
*[[Ed Harcourt]] – ''[[Here Be Monsters]]''
*[[Tom McRae]] – ''[[Tom McRae (album)|Tom McRae]]''
*[[Radiohead]] – ''[[Amnesiac]]''
*[[Susheela Raman]] – ''[[Salt Rain]]''
*[[Super Furry Animals]] – ''[[Rings Around the World]]''
*[[Turin Brakes]] – ''[[The Optimist LP]]''
*[[Zero 7]] – ''[[Simple Things (Zero 7 album)|Simple Things]]''
|<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/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>
|-
|2002
|[[Ms. Dynamite]]
| ''[[A Little Deeper]]''
|
*[[Guy Barker]] – ''[[Soundtrack (Guy Barker album)|Soundtrack]]''
*[[The Bees (UK band)|The Bees]] – ''[[Sunshine Hit Me]]''
*[[David Bowie]] – ''[[Heathen (album)|Heathen]]''
*[[The Coral]] – ''[[The Coral (album)|The Coral]]''
*[[Doves (band)|Doves]] – ''[[The Last Broadcast (album)|The Last Broadcast]]''
*[[The Electric Soft Parade]] – ''[[Holes in the Wall]]''
*[[Gemma Hayes]] – ''[[Night on My Side]]''
*[[Beverley Knight]] – ''[[Who I Am (Beverley Knight album)|Who I Am]]''
*[[Roots Manuva]] – ''[[Run Come Save Me]]''
*[[Joanna MacGregor]] – ''[[Play (Joanna McGregor album)|Play]]''
*[[The Streets]] – ''[[Original Pirate Material]]''
|<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article1163352.ece |work = The Times| title = Culture: Move over Tina and Whitney, this is a soul diva with real oomph | accessdate=10 June 2009|date=28 September 2003|first=Senay|last=Boztas}}</ref>
|-
|2003
|[[Dizzee Rascal]]
| ''[[Boy in da Corner]]''
|
*[[Athlete (band)|Athlete]] – ''[[Vehicles and Animals]]''
*[[Eliza Carthy]] – ''[[Anglicana]]''
*[[Coldplay]] – ''[[A Rush of Blood to the Head]]''
*[[The Darkness (band)|The Darkness]] – ''[[Permission to Land]]''
*[[Floetry]] – ''[[Floetic]]''
*[[Soweto Kinch]] – ''[[Conversations with the Unseen]]''
*[[Lemon Jelly]] – ''[[Lost Horizons]]''
*[[The Thrills]] – ''[[So Much for the City]]''
*[[Martina Topley-Bird]] – ''[[Quixotic (album)|Quixotic]]''
*[[Radiohead]] – ''[[Hail to the Thief]]''
*[[Terri Walker]] – ''[[Untitled (Terri Walker album)|Untitled]]''
|<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/mercurymusicprize/Still-going-strong-after-Dizzee.2562092.jp | work = The Scotsman| accessdate=10 June 2009|date=7 September 2004| title = Still going strong after Dizzee rise to Mercury's peak|first=Matthew|last=Imagee}}</ref>
|-
|2004
|[[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]]
| ''[[Franz Ferdinand (album)|Franz Ferdinand]]''
|
*[[Basement Jaxx]] – ''[[Kish Kash]]''
*[[Belle & Sebastian]] – ''[[Dear Catastrophe Waitress]]''
*[[Jamelia]] – ''[[Thank You (Jamelia album)|Thank You]]''
*[[Keane (band)|Keane]] – ''[[Hopes and Fears]]''
*[[Snow Patrol]] – ''[[Final Straw]]''
*[[Joss Stone]] – ''[[The Soul Sessions]]''
*[[The Streets]] – ''[[A Grand Don't Come for Free]]''
*[[Ty (rapper)|Ty]] – ''[[Upwards (album)|Upwards]]''
*[[Amy Winehouse]] – ''[[Frank (Amy Winehouse album)|Frank]]''
*[[Robert Wyatt]] – ''[[Cuckooland]]''
*[[The Zutons]] – ''[[Who Killed...... The Zutons?]]''
|<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/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>
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|2005
|[[Antony and the Johnsons]]
|''[[I Am a Bird Now]]''
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*[[Bloc Party]] – ''[[Silent Alarm]]''
*[[Coldplay]] – ''[[X&Y]]''
*[[Hard-Fi]] – ''[[Stars of CCTV]]''
*[[Kaiser Chiefs]] – ''[[Employment (album)|Employment]]''
*[[KT Tunstall]] – ''[[Eye to the Telescope]]''
*[[M.I.A. (artist)|M.I.A.]] – ''[[Arular]]''
*[[Maxïmo Park]] – ''[[A Certain Trigger]]''
*[[Polar Bear (British band)|Polar Bear]] – ''[[Held on the Tips of Fingers]]''
*[[Seth Lakeman]] – ''[[Kitty Jay]]''
*[[The Go! Team]] – ''[[Thunder, Lightning, Strike]]''
*[[The Magic Numbers]] – ''[[The Magic Numbers (album)|The Magic Numbers]]''
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|2006
|[[Arctic Monkeys]]
| ''[[Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not]]''
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*[[Isobel Campbell]] and [[Mark Lanegan]] – ''[[Ballad of the Broken Seas]]''
*[[Editors]] – ''[[The Back Room]]''
*[[Guillemots]] – ''[[Through the Windowpane]]''
*[[Richard Hawley]] – ''[[Coles Corner (album)|Coles Corner]]''
*[[Hot Chip]] – ''[[The Warning (Hot Chip album)|The Warning]]''
*[[Muse (band)|Muse]] – ''[[Black Holes & Revelations]]''
*[[Zoe Rahman]] – ''[[Melting Pot (album)|Melting Pot]]''
*[[Lou Rhodes]] – ''[[Beloved One]]''
*[[Scritti Politti]] – ''[[White Bread, Black Beer|White Bread Black Beer]]''
*[[Sway DaSafo|Sway]] – ''[[This Is My Demo]]''
*[[Thom Yorke]] – ''[[The Eraser]]''
|<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.nme.com/news/nme/24216 |work = NME | accessdate=10 June 2009|date=5 September 2006|title = Arctic Monkeys win 2006 Mercury Music Prize}}</ref>
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|2007
|[[Klaxons]]
|''[[Myths of the Near Future (album)|Myths of the Near Future]]''
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*[[Arctic Monkeys]] – ''[[Favourite Worst Nightmare]]''
*[[Basquiat Strings]] with [[Seb Rochford]] – ''[[Basquiat Strings]]''
*[[Bat for Lashes]] – ''[[Fur and Gold]]''
*[[Dizzee Rascal]] – ''[[Maths + English]]''
*[[Maps (band)|Maps]] – ''[[We Can Create]]'''''
*[[New Young Pony Club]] – ''[[Fantastic Playroom]]''
*[[Fionn Regan]] – ''[[The End of History (album)|The End of History]]''
*[[Jamie T]] – ''[[Panic Prevention]]''
*[[The View (band)|The View]] – ''[[Hats Off to the Buskers]]''
*[[Amy Winehouse]] – ''[[Back to Black]]''
*[[Young Knives]] – ''[[Voices of Animals and Men]]''
|<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/sep/05/pop.musicnews |work = The Guardian| accessdate=10 June 2009|date=5 September 2007|first=Helen|last=Pidd|title = Klaxons are the big noise on Mercury awards night}}</ref>
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|2008
|[[Elbow (band)|Elbow]]
|''[[The Seldom Seen Kid]]''
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*[[Adele (singer)|Adele]] – ''[[19 (Adele album)|19]]''
*[[British Sea Power]] – ''[[Do You Like Rock Music?]]''
*[[Burial (musician)|Burial]] – ''[[Untrue]]'''''
*[[Estelle (musician)|Estelle]] – ''[[Shine (Estelle album)|Shine]]''
*[[Laura Marling]] – ''[[Alas, I Cannot Swim]]'''''
*[[Neon Neon]] – ''[[Stainless Style]]''
*[[Portico Quartet]] – ''[[Knee Deep In The North Sea]]''
*[[Rachel Unthank and the Winterset]] – ''[[The Bairns (album)|The Bairns]]''
*[[Radiohead]] – ''[[In Rainbows]]''
*[[Robert Plant]] & [[Alison Krauss]] – ''[[Raising Sand]]''
*[[The Last Shadow Puppets]] – ''[[The Age of the Understatement]]''
|<ref>{{Cite web | 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>
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|2009
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*[[Bat For Lashes]] – ''[[Two Suns]]''
*[[Florence and the Machine]] – ''[[Lungs (album)|Lungs]]''
*[[Friendly Fires]] – ''[[Friendly Fires (album)|Friendly Fires]]''
*[[Glasvegas]] – ''[[Glasvegas (album)|Glasvegas]]''
*[[Kasabian]] – ''[[West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum]]''
*[[La Roux]] – ''[[La Roux (album)|La Roux]]''
*[[Led Bib]] – ''[[Sensible Shoes]]''
*[[Lisa Hannigan]] – ''[[Sea Sew]]''
*[[Speech Debelle]] – ''[[Speech Therapy (album)|Speech Therapy]]''
*[[Sweet Billy Pilgrim]] – ''[[Twice Born Men]]''
*[[The Horrors]] – ''[[Primary Colours]]''
*[[The Invisible (band)|The Invisible]] – ''[[The Invisible (album)|The Invisible]]
|<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/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}}</ref>
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PRIMARY COLOURS IS THE BEST ALBUM OF 2009. THE HORRORS WILL WIN.
==See also==
* [[Choice Music Prize]] (Ireland)
* [[Polaris Music Prize]] (Canada)
* [[Prix Constantin]] (France)
* [[Shortlist Music Prize]] (United States)
* [[Australian Music Prize]] (Australia)
==References==
;General
*{{Cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/guides/456900/456975/html/nn1page1.stm | title = Highs and Lows of the Mercury Prize| publisher= BBC News| accessdate=22 June 2009}}
;Specific
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==External links==
*[http://www.mercuryprize.com/ Mercury Music Prize Official Site]
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/mercuryprize/ BBC Mercury Music Prize Site ~ Official Broadcast Partner]
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