# Mercury Prize

O Mercury Prize, anteriormente chamado de Mercury Music Prize, é um prêmio anual de música concedido ao melhor álbum do Reino Unido e Irlanda. Foi estabelecido pela British Phonographic Industry e a British Association of Record Dealers em 1992, como uma alternativa para os Brit Awards. O prêmio foi originalmente patrocinado pela Mercury Communications, uma marca de propriedade da Cable & Wireless, a partir do qual o prêmio recebeu o seu nome. Os patrocinadores incluem: a Technics, entre 1998 a 2001, a Panasonic, em 2002 e 2003, a Nationwide Building Society, de 2004 a 2008, a Barclaycard, de 2009 a 2014, a BBC em 2015, a Hyundai de 2016 a 2021 e a Free Now de 2022 a 2024.
As indicações são escolhidas por um painel de músicos, executivos da música, jornalistas e outras figuras da indústria da música no Reino Unido e Irlanda - os nomes são anunciados em julho. A apresentação do prêmio ocorre geralmente em setembro. É frequentemente observado que as bandas cujos álbuns são nomeados, ou ganham o prêmio, presenciam um grande aumento nas vendas de seus álbuns, principalmente para nomeados menos conhecidos. No entanto, apesar de ser considerado por muitos músicos como de grande prestígio, para outros ter um álbum nomeado pode ser uma maldição sobre sua carreira na música.
O vencedor do prêmio de 1994 foi Slumming pelo grupo pop M People, uma decisão controversa considerando que a lista incluía dos álbuns populares de figuras da Britpop, como Paul Weller, Blur ou Pulp, ou a banda eletrônica The Prodigy .Outros críticos de música afirmaram que o prêmio de 2005 não deveria ter sido dado a Antony and the Johnsons, para o seu álbum I Am a Bird Now, pois, apesar de sua origem britânica, a banda tinha sede nos Estados Unidos. Em 2006, o álbum Ballad of the Broken Seas, de Isobel Campbell com Mark Lanegan, foi incluído na lista, apesar de Lanegan ser americano, enquanto o Guillemots, que também foi indicado, contêm membros com origem no Brasil e no Canadá. Artistas clássicos que tiveram álbuns seus nomeados incluíram Sir John Tavener, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Gavin Bryars e Maw Nicholas .
Até hoje, PJ Harvey é a única artista a ter ganho o prêmio em mais de uma ocasião (em 2001 e 2011). Ela também foi a primeira artista feminina solo a receber o prêmio. O Radiohead foi quem mais indicações recebeu (cinco, no total), embora nunca tenha ganho o Mercury Prize.

## Vencedores e Nomeados

| Ano | Vencedor | Nomeados |
| 1992 | Primal Scream – Screamadelica | Barry Adamson – Soul Murder Jah Wobble – Rising Above Bedlam The Jesus and Mary Chain – Honey's Dead Bheki Mseleku – Celebration Saint Etienne – Foxbase Alpha Simply Red – Stars U2 – Achtung Baby John Tavener & Steven Isserlis –The Protecting Veil Young Disciples – Road to Freedom |
| 1993 | Suede – Suede | Apache Indian – No Reservations The Auteurs – New Wave Gavin Bryars – Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet Dina Carroll – So Close PJ Harvey – Rid of Me New Order – Republic Stereo MCs – Connected Sting – Ten Summoner's Tales Stan Tracey – Portraits Plus |
| 1994 | M People – Elegant Slumming | Blur – Parklife Ian McNabb – Head Like A Rock Shara Nelson – What Silence Knows Michael Nyman – The Piano Concerto/MGV The Prodigy – Music for the Jilted Generation Pulp – His 'n' Hers Take That – Everything Changes Therapy? – Troublegum Paul Weller – Wild Wood |
| 1995 | Portishead – Dummy | Guy Barker – Into the Blue Elastica – Elastica PJ Harvey – To Bring You My Love Leftfield – Leftism James MacMillan – Seven Last Words from the Cross Van Morrison – Days Like This Oasis – Definitely Maybe Supergrass – I Should Coco Tricky – Maxinquaye |
| 1996 | Pulp – Different Class | War Child – Help Black Grape – It's Great When You're Straight... Yeah Peter Maxwell Davies/BBC Philharmonic – The Beltane Fire / Caroline Mathilde Manic Street Preachers – Everything Must Go Mark Morrison – Return of the Mack Oasis – (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Courtney Pine – Modern Day Jazz Stories Underworld – Second Toughest in the Infants Norma Waterson – Norma Waterson |
| 1997 | Roni Size/Reprazent – New Forms | The Chemical Brothers – Dig Your Own Hole Beth Orton – Trailer Park Primal Scream – Vanishing Point The Prodigy – The Fat of the Land Radiohead – OK Computer Spice Girls – Spice Suede – Coming Up John Tavener – Svyati Mark-Anthony Turnage – Your Rockaby |
| 1998 | Gomez – Bring It On | 4hero – Two Pages Asian Dub Foundation – Rafi's Revenge Eliza Carthy – Red Rice Catatonia – International Velvet Cornershop – When I Was Born for the 7th Time Massive Attack – Mezzanine Propellerheads – Decksandrumsandrockandroll Pulp – This Is Hardcore John Surman – Proverbs & Songs The Verve – Urban Hymns Robbie Williams – Life thru a Lens |
| 1999 | Talvin Singh – Ok | Thomas Adès – Asyla Denys Baptiste – Be Where You Are Black Star Liner – Bengali Bantam Youth Experience! Blur – 13 The Chemical Brothers – Surrender Faithless – Sunday 8PM Manic Street Preachers – This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours Beth Orton – Central Reservation Kate Rusby – Sleepless Stereophonics – Performance and Cocktails Underworld – Beaucoup Fish |
| 2000 | Badly Drawn Boy – The Hour of Bewilderbeast | Richard Ashcroft – Alone with Everybody Coldplay – Parachutes M. J. Cole – Sincere Death in Vegas – The Contino Sessions The Delgados – The Great Eastern Doves – Lost Souls Helicopter Girl – How to Steal the World Leftfield – Rhythm and Stealth Nicholas Maw – Violin Concerto Nitin Sawhney – Beyond Skin Kathryn Williams – Little Black Numbers |
| 2001 | PJ Harvey – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea | Basement Jaxx – Rooty Elbow – Asleep in the Back Goldfrapp – Felt Mountain Gorillaz – Gorillaz (nomination withdrawn at the request of the band) Ed Harcourt – Here Be Monsters Tom McRae – Tom McRae Radiohead – Amnesiac Susheela Raman – Salt Rain Super Furry Animals – Rings Around the World Turin Brakes – The Optimist LP Zero 7 – Simple Things |
| 2002 | Ms. Dynamite – A Little Deeper | Guy Barker – Soundtrack The Bees – Sunshine Hit Me David Bowie – Heathen The Coral – The Coral Doves – The Last Broadcast The Electric Soft Parade – Holes in the Wall Gemma Hayes – Night on My Side Beverley Knight – Who I Am Roots Manuva – Run Come Save Me Joanna MacGregor – Play The Streets – Original Pirate Material |
| 2003 | Dizzee Rascal – Boy in da Corner | Athlete – Vehicles and Animals Eliza Carthy – Anglicana Coldplay – A Rush of Blood to the Head 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 Radiohead – Hail to the Thief Terri Walker – Untitled |
| 2004 | Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand | Basement Jaxx – Kish Kash Belle & Sebastian – Dear Catastrophe Waitress Jamelia – Thank You Keane – Hopes and Fears Snow Patrol – Final Straw Joss Stone – The Soul Sessions The Streets – A Grand Don't Come for Free Ty – Upwards Amy Winehouse – Frank Robert Wyatt – Cuckooland The Zutons – Who Killed...... The Zutons? |
| 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 KT Tunstall – Eye to the Telescope M.I.A. – Arular Maxïmo Park – A Certain Trigger Polar Bear – Held on the Tips of Fingers Seth Lakeman – Kitty Jay The Go! Team – Thunder, Lightning, Strike The Magic Numbers – The Magic Numbers |
| 2006 | Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not | Isobel Campbell e Mark Lanegan – Ballad of the Broken Seas Editors – The Back Room Guillemots – Through the Windowpane Richard Hawley – Coles Corner Hot Chip – The Warning Muse – Black Holes & Revelations Zoe Rahman – Melting Pot Lou Rhodes – Beloved One Scritti Politti – White Bread Black Beer Sway – This Is My Demo Thom Yorke – The Eraser |
| 2007 | Amy Winehouse – Back to Black | Arctic Monkeys – Favourite Worst Nightmare Basquiat Strings with Seb Rochford – Basquiat Strings Bat for Lashes – Fur and Gold Dizzee Rascal – Maths + English Maps – We Can Create New Young Pony Club – Fantastic Playroom Fionn Regan – The End of History Jamie T – Panic Prevention The View – Hats Off to the Buskers Klaxons – Myths of the Near Future Young Knives – Voices of Animals and Men |
| 2008 | Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid | Adele – 19 British Sea Power – Do You Like Rock Music? Burial – Untrue Estelle – Shine The Last Shadow Puppets – The Age of the Understatement Laura Marling – Alas, I Cannot Swim Neon Neon – Stainless Style Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Raising Sand Portico Quartet – Knee Deep In The North Sea Radiohead – In Rainbows Rachel Unthank and the Winterset – The Bairns |
| 2009 | Speech Debelle – Speech Therapy | Bat for Lashes – Two Suns Florence and the Machine – Lungs Friendly Fires – Friendly Fires Glasvegas – Glasvegas Lisa Hannigan – Sea Sew The Horrors – Primary Colours The Invisible – The Invisible Kasabian – West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum La Roux – La Roux Led Bib – Sensible Shoes Sweet Billy Pilgrim – Twice Born Men |
| 2010 | The xx – xx | Biffy Clyro – Only Revolutions Corinne Bailey Rae – The Sea Dizzee Rascal – Tongue n' Cheek Foals – Total Life Forever I Am Kloot – Sky at Night Kit Downes Trio – Golden Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More Paul Weller – Wake Up the Nation Villagers – Becoming a Jackal Wild Beasts – Two Dancers |
| 2011 | PJ Harvey – Let England Shake | Adele – 21 Anna Calvi – Anna Calvi Elbow – Build a Rocket Boys! Everything Everything – Man Alive Ghostpoet – Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam Gwilym Simcock – Good Days At Schloss Elmau James Blake – James Blake Katy B – On a Mission King Creosote & Jon Hopkins – Diamond Mine Metronomy – The English Riviera Tinie Tempah – Disc-Overy |
| 2012 | Alt-J – An Awesome Wave | Ben Howard – Every Kingdom Django Django – Django Django Field Music – Plumb Richard Hawley – Standing at the Sky's Edge Michael Kiwanuka – Home Again Lianne La Havas – Is Your Love Big Enough? Sam Lee – Ground of its Own The Maccabees – Given to the Wild Plan B – ill Manors Roller Trio – Roller Trio Jessie Ware – Devotion |
| 2013 | James Blake – Overgrown | Arctic Monkeys – AM David Bowie – The Next Day Disclosure – Settle Foals – Holy Fire Jake Bugg – Jake Bugg Jon Hopkins – Immunity Laura Marling – Once I Was an Eagle Laura Mvula – Sing to the Moon Rudimental – Home Savages – Silence Yourself Villagers – {Awayland} |
| 2014 | Young Fathers – Dead | Anna Calvi – One Breath Bombay Bicycle Club – So Long, See You Tomorrow Damon Albarn – Everyday Robots East India Youth – Total Strife Forever FKA twigs – LP1 GoGo Penguin – V2.0 Jungle – Jungle Kate Tempest – Everybody Down Nick Mulvey – First Mind Polar Bear – In Each and Every One Royal Blood – Royal Blood |
| 2015 | Benjamin Clementine – At Least for Now | Aphex Twin – Syro Gaz Coombes – Matador C Duncan – Architect Eska – Eska Florence and the Machine – How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful Ghostpoet – Shedding Skin Róisín Murphy – Hairless Toys Slaves – Are You Satisfied? SOAK – Before We Forgot How to Dream Wolf Alice – My Love Is Cool Jamie xx – In Colour |
| 2016 | Skepta – Konnichiwa | Anohni – Hopelessness Bat for Lashes – The Bride David Bowie – Blackstar Jamie Woon – Making Time Kano – Made in the Manor Laura Mvula – The Dreaming Room Michael Kiwanuka – Love & Hate Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool Savages – Adore Life The 1975 – I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It The Comet Is Coming – Channel the Spirits |
| 2017 | Sampha - Process | Alt-J – Relaxer Blossoms – Blossoms Dinosaur – Together, As One Ed Sheeran – ÷ Glass Animals – How to Be a Human Being J Hus – Common Sense Kate Tempest – Let Them Eat Chaos Loyle Carner – Yesterday's Gone Sampha – Process Stormzy – Gang Signs & Prayer The Big Moon – Love in the 4th Dimension The xx – I See You |