Mercury Prize

Mercury Prize, atau biasa disebut Mercury Music Prize dan saat ini dikenal sebagai Barclaycard Mercury Prize, adalah ajang penghargaan musik tahunan untuk album terbaik dari Inggris dan Irlandia. Dibuat oleh British Phonographic Industry dan British Association of Record Dealers pada tahun 1992 sebagai alternatif Brit Awards. Semula hadiah disponsori oleh Mercury Communications, sebuah merek yang dimiliki Cable & Wireless, tetapi kemudian disponsori oleh Technics (1998 hingga 2001), Panasonic (2002 dan 2003), dan Nationwide Building Society (2004 hingga 2008). Saat ini Barclaycard menjadi sponsor utama sejak Maret 2009.

Album mana pun yang dirilis oleh artis Inggris atau Irlandia, atau oleh grup musik yang anggotanya terdiri dari 50% warga Inggris atau Irlandia, dapat dikirimkan untuk pertimbangan. Daftar dipilih oleh juri independen, presenter musik, produser musik, jurnalis musik, penyelenggara festival dan pihak lain dalam industri musik di Inggris dan Irlandia. Hadiah ini terbuka untuk semua jenis musik, meliputi pop, rock, folk, urban, dance, jazz, blues, elektronika, dan klasik. Penyampaian hadiah biasanya dilaksanakan dalam Awards Show pada bulan Oktober. Setiap artis yang masuk daftar akan menerima komisi spesial trofi Album of The Year pada Awards Show. Berbeda dengan beberapa ajang penghargaan musik lainnya, semua pemenang Mercury Prize akan mendapatkan cek; senilai £20,000 (2014). Pemenang juga akan menerima trofi pemenang tambahan.

Hingga saat ini,PJ Harvey adalah satu-satunya artis yang memenangi penghargaan lebih dari satu kali (pada 2001 dan 2011). Dia juga artis solo wanita pertama yang menerima pengharagaan dan menyamai Radiohead sebagai artis paling sering masuk daftar, meskipun Radiohead tidak pernah memenangkan hadiah.

 Pemenang dan daftar penerima nominasi 
alt=Two people (one vocalist and one guitarist) performing on stage|ka|jmpl|Pemenang pertama Primal Scream
alt=Five men sitting at a table at a press conference|ka|jmpl|Suede menang pada 1993.
alt=|jmpl| Heather Small dari M People, menang pada 1994
alt=|ka|jmpl|Portishead, menang pada 1995
alt=|jmpl|Gomez, menang pada 1998
alt=A man playing a guitar and singing on stage. He is wearing a denim jacket and woolen cap|ka|jmpl|Pemenang tahun 2000 Badly Drawn Boy
alt=A girl singing and playing a guitar on stage|ka|jmpl|PJ Harvey, pemenang pada tahun 2001 dan 2011, dan satu-satunya artis yang memenangi penghargaan dua kali.
alt=A man rapping on stage, with purple spotlights behind him|ka|jmpl|Pemenang tahun 2003 Dizzee Rascal
alt=|jmpl| Franz Ferdinand, menang pada tahun 2004
ka|jmpl|Pemenang tahun 2005, Antony and the Johnsons
alt=|ka|jmpl| Arctic Monkeys menang pada 2006.
alt=|jmpl|Pemenang tahun 2007 Klaxons
alt=|jmpl|Pemenang tahun 2008 Elbow
alt=|jmpl|Pemenang tahun 2009 Speech Debelle
alt=|jmpl|Pemenang tahun 2010 The xx
alt=|jmpl|Pemenang tahun 2012 Alt-J
alt=|jmpl|Pemenang tahun 2013 James Blake
TahunPemenangPenerima nominasiRef1992 Primal ScreamScreamadelica Barry Adamson
 ErasureChorus
 Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart
 The Jesus and Mary Chain
 Bheki MselekuCelebration
 Saint Etienne
 Simply RedStars
 U2
 John Tavener & 
 Young Disciples1993 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 Plus1994 M People – Elegant Slumming Blur – Parklife
 Ian McNabb – Head Like A Rock
 Shara Nelson – What Silence Knows
 Michael Nyman – The Piano Concerto/MGV
 Primal Scream – Give Out But Don't Give Up
 The Prodigy – Music for the Jilted Generation
 Pulp – His 'n' Hers
 Take That – Everything Changes
 Therapy? – Troublegum
 Paul Weller – Wild Wood1995 Portishead – Dummy Guy Barker – Into the Blue
 The Boo Radleys – Wake Up!
 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 – Maxinquaye1996 Pulp – Different Class Artists for 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 Waterson1997 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 Rockaby1998 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 Lens1999 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 Fish2000 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 Numbers2001 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 Things2002 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 Material2003 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 – Untitled2004 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
 MIA – 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 Numbers2006 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
 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 Eraser2007 Klaxons – 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 – 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
 Amy Winehouse – Back to Black
 Young Knives – Voices of Animals and Men2008 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 Bairns2009 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 Men2010 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 Dancers2011 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-Overy2012 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 – Devotion2013 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
 Bombay Bicycle Club
 Damon Albarn
 East India Youth
 FKA twigsLP1
 GoGo PenguinV2.0
 JungleJungle
 Kate Tempest
 Nick Mulvey
 Polar Bear
 Royal Blood

 Lihat juga 
 Scottish Album of the Year Award (Scotland)
 Choice Music Prize (Ireland)
 Polaris Music Prize (Canada)
 Prix Constantin (France)
 Shortlist Music Prize (United States)
 Australian Music Prize (Australia)
 Nordic Music Prize (Nordic countries)

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