Jul 25, 2024 By Marina Malin and Mark Redfern

The 2024 Mercury Prize just announced their 12 Albums of the Year nominees for 2024. More

Sep 09, 2021 By Mark Redfern

London-based singer Arlo Parks has won the 2021 Mercury Prize for her debut album, Collapsed in Sunbeams, released back in January via Transgressive. Watch her accept the award and perform the album’s “Too Good” at the ceremony tonight. The BBC have also shared ceremony performances from other nominees, including Wolf Alice; Mogwai; Black Country, New Road; and Laura Mvula. More

Sep 24, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Michael Kiwanuka has won the 2020 Mercury Prize, for his 2019 album KIWANUKA, which came out last November via Interscope. Foregoing a full on ceremony this year because of COVID-19, BBC radio DJ Annie Mac presented the award to Kiwanuka tonight on the nightly British TV show The One Show, on BBC One. More

Oct 16, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Since 1992 the Mercury Prize has been awarded to the best British album of the year, meaning an album created by a citizen of the U.K. and Ireland. It’s become one of the biggest honors a British musician can receive and can also boost an album’s sales in the U.K., especially if it wins. Now this year’s nominees have been announced. More