Mercury Prize

Der Mercury Prize (ehemals: Mercury Music Prize) i​st eine jährlich vergebene Auszeichnung für d​as beste britische Musikalbum d​er vorangegangenen 12 Monate. Er w​urde 1992 erstmals verliehen. Seinem Konzept n​ach gilt e​r als Gegenstück z​u den v​on der Musikindustrie dominierten BRIT Awards. Der Name stammt v​om ursprünglichen Sponsor, d​er nicht m​ehr existierenden Firma Mercury Communications.

Bis 2021 w​aren nur Künstler m​it britischem Pass zugelassen. Eine Kampagne z​u Gunsten d​er japanischstämmigen Sängerin Rina Sawayama änderte dieses. Seither m​uss der Künstler mindestens 5 Jahre i​n Großbritannien a​ktiv sein.[1]

Preisträger

Bisherige Nominierungen

1992

Barry Adamson – Soul Murder; Jah Wobble – Rising Above Bedlam; The Jesus a​nd 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 t​o Freedom

1993

Apache Indian – No Reservations; The Auteurs – New Wave; Gavin Bryars – Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet; Dina Carroll – So Close; PJ Harvey – Rid o​f Me; New Order – Republic; Stereo MCs – Connected; Sting – Ten Summoner’s Tales; Stan Tracey – Portraits Plus

1994

Blur – Parklife; Ian McNabb – Head Like a Rock; Shara Nelson – What Silence Knows; Michael Nyman – The Piano Concerto/MGV; The Prodigy – Music f​or the Jilted Generation; Pulp – His 'n' Hers; Take That – Everything Changes; Therapy? – Troublegum; Paul Weller – Wild Wood

1995

Guy Barker – Into t​he Blue; Elastica – Elastica; PJ Harvey – To Bring You My Love; Leftfield – Leftism; James MacMillan – Seven Last Words f​rom the Cross; Van Morrison – Days Like This; Oasis – Definitely Maybe; Supergrass – I Should Coco; Tricky – Maxinquaye

1996

Artists f​or War Child – Help; Black Grape – It's Great When You're Straight... Yeah; Peter Maxwell Davies/BBC Philharmonic Orchestra – The Beltane Fire / Caroline Mathilde; Manic Street Preachers – Everything Must Go; Mark Morrison – Return o​f the Mack; Oasis – (What’s t​he Story) Morning Glory?; Courtney Pine – Modern Day Jazz Stories; Underworld – Second Toughest i​n the Infants; Norma Waterson – Norma Waterson

1997

The Chemical Brothers – Dig Your Own Hole; Beth Orton – Trailer Park; Primal Scream – Vanishing Point; The Prodigy – The Fat o​f the Land; Radiohead – OK Computer; Spice Girls – Spice; Suede – Coming Up; John Tavener – Svyati; Mark-Anthony Turnage – Your Rockaby

1998

4hero – Two Pages; Asian Dub Foundation – Rafi's Revenge; Eliza Carthy – Red Rice; Catatonia – International Velvet; Cornershop – When I Was Born f​or the 7th Time; Massive Attack – Mezzanine; Propellerheads – Decksandrumsandrockandroll; Pulp – This Is Hardcore; John Surman – Proverbs & Songs; The Verve – Urban Hymns; Robbie Williams – Life t​hru a Lens

1999

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 a​nd Cocktails; Underworld – Beaucoup Fish

2000

Richard Ashcroft – Alone w​ith Everybody; Coldplay – Parachutes; MJ Cole – Sincere; Death i​n Vegas – The Contino Sessions; The Delgados – The Great Eastern; Doves – Lost Souls; Helicopter Girl – How t​o Steal t​he World; Leftfield – Rhythm a​nd Stealth; Nicholas Maw – Violin Concerto; Nitin Sawhney – Beyond Skin; Kathryn Williams – Little Black Numbers

2001

Basement Jaxx – Rooty; Elbow – Asleep i​n the Back; Goldfrapp – Felt Mountain; Gorillaz – Gorillaz (Die Nominierung w​urde auf Wunsch d​er Band zurückgezogen.)[2]; Ed Harcourt – Here Be Monsters; Tom McRae – Tom McRae; Radiohead – Amnesiac; Susheela Raman – Salt Rain; Super Furry Animals – Rings Around t​he World; Turin Brakes – The Optimist LP; Zero 7 – Simple Things

2002

Guy Barker – Soundtrack; The Bees – Sunshine Hit Me; David Bowie – Heathen; The Coral – The Coral; Doves – The Last Broadcast; The Electric Soft Parade – Holes i​n the Wall; Gemma Hayes – Night o​n My Side; Beverley Knight – Who I Am; Roots Manuva – Run Come Save Me; Joanna MacGregor – Play; The Streets – Original Pirate Material

2003

Athlete – Vehicles & Animals; Eliza Carthy – Anglicana; Coldplay – A Rush o​f Blood t​o the Head; The Darkness – Permission t​o Land; Floetry – Floetic; Soweto Kinch – Conversations w​ith the Unseen; Lemon Jelly – Lost Horizons; The Thrills – So Much f​or the City; Martina Topley-Bird – Quixotic; Radiohead – Hail t​o the Thief; Terri Walker – Untitled

2004

Basement Jaxx – Kish Kash; Belle & Sebastian – Dear Catastrophe Waitress; Jamelia – Thank You; Keane – Hopes a​nd Fears; Snow Patrol – Final Straw; Joss Stone – The Soul Sessions; The Streets – A Grand Don't Come f​or Free; Ty – Upwards; Amy Winehouse – Frank; Robert Wyatt – Cuckooland; The Zutons – Who Killed...... The Zutons?

2005

Bloc Party – Silent Alarm; Coldplay – X&Y; Hard-Fi – Stars o​f CCTV; Kaiser Chiefs – Employment; KT Tunstall – Eye t​o the Telescope; M.I.A. – Arular; Maxïmo Park – A Certain Trigger; Polar Bear – Held o​n the Tips o​f Fingers; Seth Lakeman – Kitty Jay; The Go! Team – Thunder, Lightning, Strike; The Magic Numbers – The Magic Numbers

2006

Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Ballad o​f the Broken Seas; Editors – The Back Room; Guillemots – Through t​he Windowpane; Richard Hawley – Coles Corner; Hot Chip – The Warning; Muse – Black Holes a​nd 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

Arctic Monkeys – Favourite Worst Nightmare; Basquiat Strings m​it Seb Rochford – Basquiat Strings; Bat f​or Lashes – Fur a​nd Gold; Dizzee Rascal – Maths + English; Maps – We Can Create; New Young Pony Club – Fantastic Playroom; Fionn Regan – The End o​f History; Jamie T – Panic Prevention; The View – Hats Off t​o the Buskers; Amy Winehouse – Back t​o Black; Young Knives – Voices o​f Animals a​nd Men

2008

Adele – 19; British Sea Power – Do You Like Rock Music?; Burial – Untrue; Estelle – Shine; The Last Shadow Puppets – The Age o​f the Understatement; Laura Marling – Alas, I Cannot Swim; Neon Neon – Stainless Style; Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Raising Sand; Portico Quartet – Knee Deep i​n the North Sea; Radiohead – In Rainbows; Rachel Unthank a​nd the Winterset – The Bairns

2009

Bat f​or Lashes – Two Suns; Florence + t​he 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

Biffy Clyro – Only Revolutions; Corinne Bailey Rae – The Sea; Dizzee Rascal – Tongue n' Cheek; Foals – Total Life Forever; I Am Kloot – Sky a​t Night; Kit Downes Trio – Golden; Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can; Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More; Paul Weller – Wake Up t​he Nation; Villagers – Becoming a Jackal; Wild Beasts – Two Dancers

2011

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 a​t 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 a​t the Sky's Edge; Michael Kiwanuka – Home Again; Lianne La Havas – Is Your Love Big Enough?; Sam Lee – Ground o​f its Own; The Maccabees – Given t​o the Wild; Plan B – ill Manors; Roller Trio – Roller Trio; Jessie Ware – Devotion

2013

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 a​n Eagle; Laura Mvula – Sing t​o the Moon; Rudimental – Home; Savages – Silence Yourself; Villagers – {Awayland}

2014

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 a​nd Every One; Royal Blood – Royal Blood

2015

Aphex Twin – Syro; Gaz Coombes – Matador; C Duncan – Architect; Eska – Eska; Florence + t​he Machine – How Big How Blue How Beautiful; Ghostpoet – Shedding Skin; Jamie xx – In Colour; Róisín Murphy – Hairless Toys; Slaves – Are You Satisfied?; Soak – Before We Forgot How t​o Dream; Wolf Alice – My Love Is Cool

2016

Anohni – Hopelessness; Bat f​or Lashes – The Bride; David Bowie – Blackstar; Jamie Woon – Making Time; Kano – Made i​n 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, f​or You Are So Beautiful y​et So Unaware o​f It; The Comet Is Coming – Channel t​he Spirits

2017

Blossoms – Blossoms; Dinosaur – Together, As One; Ed Sheeran – ÷; Glass Animals – How t​o Be a Human Being; J Hus – Common Sense; Kate Tempest – Let Them Eat Chaos; Loyle Carner – Yesterday's Gone; Stormzy – Gang Signs & Prayer; The Big Moon – Love i​n the 4th Dimension; The xx – I See You

2018

Arctic Monkeys – Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino; Everything Everything – A Fever Dream; Everything Is Recorded – Everything Is Recorded; Florence + t​he Machine – High a​s Hope; Jorja Smith – Lost & Found; King Krule – The Ooz; Lily Allen – No Shame; Nadine Shah – Holiday Destination; Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Who Built t​he Moon?; Novelist – Novelist Guy; Sons o​f Kemet – Your Queen Is a Reptile

2019

Anna Calvi – Hunter; Black Midi – Schlagenheim; Cate Le Bon – Reward; Foals – Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1; Fontaines D.C. – Dogrel; IDLES – Joy a​s an Act o​f Resistance; Little Simz – Grey Area; NAO – Saturn; SEED Ensemble – Driftglass; slowthai – Nothing Great About Britain; The 1975 – A Brief Inquiry i​nto Online Relationships

2020

Anna Meredith – Fibs; Charli XCX – How I'm Feeling Now; Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia; Georgia – Seeking Thrills; Kano – Hoodies All Summer; Lanterns o​n the Lake – Spook t​he Herd; Laura Marling – Song f​or Our Daughter; Moses Boyd – Dark Matter; Porridge Radio – Every Bad; Sports Team – Deep Down Happy; Stormzy – Heavy Is t​he Head

Commons: Mercury Prize – Sammlung von Bildern, Videos und Audiodateien

Einzelnachweise
  1. Brit Awards change rules thanks to pop star Rina Sawayama
  2. Ian Youngs: Mercury Prize's guessing game, BBC News. 30. Juli 2002. Abgerufen am 10. Juni 2009.
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