Premio Mercury

Il Premio Mercury (in inglese Mercury Prize, già noto come Mercury Music Prize e ufficialmente Barclaycard Mercury Prize, è un premio musicale al miglior album britannico o irlandese conferito annualmente dalla British Phonographic Industry e la BARD (la Associazione Discografica Britannica) dal 1992, quando nacque come alternativa ai Brit Awards.

Le candidature vengono annunciate a luglio, mentre la cerimonia di assegnazione del premio si tiene a settembre.

Albo d'oro

Anno	Vincitore/i	Candidati	Note
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	^[1]
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	^[2]
1994	M People – Elegant Slumming	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 – His 'n' Hers Take That – Everything Changes Therapy? – Troublegum Paul Weller – Wild Wood	^[3]
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	^[4]
1996	Pulp – Different Class	Artists for War Child – Help Black Grape – It's Great When You're Straight... Yeah Peter Maxwell Davies/Orquesta Filarmónica de la BBC – 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	^[5]
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	^[4]
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	^[4]
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	^[6]
2000	Badly Drawn Boy – The Hour of Bewilderbeast	Richard Ashcroft – Alone with Everybody Coldplay – Parachutes MJ 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 (candidature ritirata sotto richiesta della band)^[7] 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	^[8]
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	^[9]
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	^[10]
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?	^[11]
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 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 DaSafo – This Is My Demo Thom Yorke – The Eraser	^[12]
2007	Klaxons – Myths of the Near Future	Arctic Monkeys – Favourite Worst Nightmare Basquiat Strings con 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 Men	^[13]
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	^[14]
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	^[15]
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	^[16]
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	^[17]
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	^[18]
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	^[19]
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 The Comet Is Coming – Channel the Spirits Kano – Made in the Manor Michael Kiwanuka – Love & Hate Laura Mvula – The Dreaming Room The 1975 – I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool Savages – Adore Life Jamie Woon – Making Time
2017	Sampha – Process	Alt-J – Relaxer The Big Moon – Love in the 4th Dimension Blossoms – Blossoms Loyle Carner – Yesterday’s Gone Dinosaur – Together, As One Glass Animals – How to Be a Human Being J Hus – Common Sense Ed Sheeran – ÷ Stormzy – Gang Signs & Prayer Kate Tempest – Let Them Eat Chaos The xx – I See You	^[20]
2018	Wolf Alice – Visions of a Life	Everything is Recorded – Everything is Recorded Everything Everything – A Fever Dream Florence + The Machine – High as Hope Nadine Shah – Holiday Destination Jorja Smith – Lost & Found Lily Allen – No Shame Novelist – Novelist Guy King Krule – The Ooz Arctic Monkeys – Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds – Who Built the Moon? Sons of Kemet – Your Queen Is a Reptile
2019	Dave – Psychodrama	The 1975 – A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships Fontaines D.C. – Dogrel Seed Ensemble – Driftglass Foals – Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 1 Little Simz – Grey Area Anna Calvi – Hunter Idles – Joy as an Act of Resistance Slowthai – Nothing Great About Britain Cate Le Bon – Reward Nao – Saturn Black Midi – Schlagenheim	^[21]
2020	Michael Kiwanuka – Kiwanuka	Moses Boyd – Dark Matter Sports Team – Deep Down Happy Porridge Radio – Every Bad Anna Meredith – Fibs Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia Stormzy – Heavy Is the Head Kano – Hoodies All Summer Charli XCX – How I'm Feeling Now Georgia – Seeking Thrills Laura Marling – Song for Our Daughter Lanterns on the Lake – Spook the Herd
2021	Arlo Parks – Collapsed in Sunbeams	Berwyn – Demotape/Vega Black Country, New Road – For the First Time Celeste – Not Your Muse Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders e Orchestra Sinfonica di Londra – Promises Ghetts – Conflict of Interest Hannah Peel – Fir Wave Laura Mvula – Pink Noise Mogwai – As the Love Continues Nubya Garcia – Source Sault – Untitled (Rise) Wolf Alice – Blue Weekend	^[22]
2022	Little Simz – Sometimes I Might Be Introvert	Fergus McCreadie – Forest Floor Gwenno – Tresor Harry Styles – Harry's House Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler – For All Our Days That Tear the Heart Joy Crookes – Skin Kojey Radical – Reason to Smile Nova Twins – Supernova Sam Fender – Seventeen Going Under Self Esteem – Prioritise Pleasure Wet Leg – Wet Leg Yard Act – The Overload
2023	Ezra Collective – Where I'm Meant to Be	Arctic Monkeys – The Car Fred Again – Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022) J Hus – Beautiful and Brutal Yard Jessie Ware – That! Feels Good! Jockstrap – I Love You Jennifer B Lankum – False Lankum Loyle Carner – Hugo Olivia Dean – Messy Raye – My 21st Century Blues Shygirl – Nymph Young Fathers – Heavy Heavy

Note

↑ (EN) The 1992 Mercury Music Prize: Andy Gill looks at the winner of the inaugural Mercury Music Prize, The Independent.
↑ (EN) The London Suede, su mtv.com, MTV. URL consultato il 2 agosto 2012 (archiviato dall'url originale il 18 giugno 2012).
↑ Jack Hughes, Cries & Whispers, in The Independent, 18 settembre 1994. URL consultato il 10 giugno 2009.
1 2 3 Mercury winners: where are they now?, in Channel 4, 18 luglio 2007. URL consultato il 10 giugno 2009 (archiviato dall'url originale l'8 ottobre 2009).
↑ Marianne MacDonald, Pulp create a different class of award, in The Independent, 11 settembre 1996. URL consultato il 10 giugno 2009.
↑ Talvin Singh: Closing the divide, in BBC News, 8 settembre 1999. URL consultato il 10 giugno 2009.
↑ Ian Youngs, Mercury Prize's guessing game, in BBC News, 30 luglio 2002. URL consultato il 10 giugno 2009.
↑ PJ Harvey wins Mercury prize – after witnessing Pentagon attack, in The Guardian, 12 settembre 2001. URL consultato il 10 giugno 2009.
↑ Angelique Chrisafis, Ms Dynamite's victory blasts Mercury norms, in The Guardian, 18 settembre 2002. URL consultato il 1º settembre 2009.
↑ Matthew Imagee, Still going strong after Dizzee rise to Mercury's peak, in The Scotsman, 7 settembre 2004. URL consultato il 10 giugno 2009 (archiviato dall'url originale il 14 settembre 2009).
↑ Patrick Barkham, Mercury rises for art pop of Franz Ferdinand, in The Guardian, 8 settembre 2004. URL consultato il 10 giugno 2009.
↑ Arctic Monkeys win 2006 Mercury Music Prize, in NME, 5 settembre 2006. URL consultato il 10 giugno 2009.
↑ Helen Pidd, Klaxons are the big noise on Mercury awards night, in The Guardian, 5 settembre 2007. URL consultato il 10 giugno 2009.
↑ Pete Paphides, Pete Paphides salutes Elbow's Mercury Prize victory, in The Times, 10 settembre 2008. URL consultato il 10 giugno 2009 (archiviato dall'url originale il 17 settembre 2008).
↑ Rosie Swash, Mercury Prize 2009 candidatures Announced, in The Guardian, 21 luglio 2009. URL consultato il 21 luglio 2009.
↑ Mercury Prize 2010 candidatures Announced, in NME, 20 luglio 2010. URL consultato il 20 luglio 2010.
↑ Alexandra Topping, Adele leads Mercury prize 2011 shortlist, in The Guardian, 19 luglio 2011. URL consultato il 19 luglio 2011.
↑ Amelia Butterly, Plan B hopes for his 'Dizzee Rascal' moment at Mercurys, in BBC News, 13 settembre 2012. URL consultato il 7 novembre 2012.
↑ Young Fathers Win the Mercury Prize, pitchfork.com
↑ The full Mercury prize 2017 shortlist, theguardian.com
↑ (EN) Madison Bloom, Mercury Prize 2019 Shortlist: The 1975, slowthai, Black Midi, More, su pitchfork.com, Pitchfork, 25 luglio 2019. URL consultato il 12 luglio 2022 (archiviato dall'url originale il 15 settembre 2019).
↑ (EN) Ben Beaumont-Thomas, Mercury prize 2021: Arlo Parks wins for Collapsed in Sunbeams, su theGuardian.com, 9 settembre 2021. URL consultato il 6 aprile 2022.

Altri progetti

Wikimedia Commons contiene immagini o altri file su Premio Mercury

Collegamenti esterni

Sito ufficiale del Mercury Music Prize, su nationwidemercurys.com. URL consultato il 2 agosto 2012 (archiviato dall'url originale il 14 marzo 2007).

[1] (EN) The 1992 Mercury Music Prize: Andy Gill looks at the winner of the inaugural Mercury Music Prize, The Independent.

[2] (EN) The London Suede, su mtv.com, MTV. URL consultato il 2 agosto 2012 (archiviato dall'url originale il 18 giugno 2012).

[3] Jack Hughes, Cries & Whispers, in The Independent, 18 settembre 1994. URL consultato il 10 giugno 2009.

[where-4] 1 2 3 Mercury winners: where are they now?, in Channel 4, 18 luglio 2007. URL consultato il 10 giugno 2009 (archiviato dall'url originale l'8 ottobre 2009).

[5] Marianne MacDonald, Pulp create a different class of award, in The Independent, 11 settembre 1996. URL consultato il 10 giugno 2009.

[6] Talvin Singh: Closing the divide, in BBC News, 8 settembre 1999. URL consultato il 10 giugno 2009.

[7] Ian Youngs, Mercury Prize's guessing game, in BBC News, 30 luglio 2002. URL consultato il 10 giugno 2009.

[8] PJ Harvey wins Mercury prize – after witnessing Pentagon attack, in The Guardian, 12 settembre 2001. URL consultato il 10 giugno 2009.

[9] Angelique Chrisafis, Ms Dynamite's victory blasts Mercury norms, in The Guardian, 18 settembre 2002. URL consultato il 1º settembre 2009.

[10] Matthew Imagee, Still going strong after Dizzee rise to Mercury's peak, in The Scotsman, 7 settembre 2004. URL consultato il 10 giugno 2009 (archiviato dall'url originale il 14 settembre 2009).

[11] Patrick Barkham, Mercury rises for art pop of Franz Ferdinand, in The Guardian, 8 settembre 2004. URL consultato il 10 giugno 2009.

[12] Arctic Monkeys win 2006 Mercury Music Prize, in NME, 5 settembre 2006. URL consultato il 10 giugno 2009.

[13] Helen Pidd, Klaxons are the big noise on Mercury awards night, in The Guardian, 5 settembre 2007. URL consultato il 10 giugno 2009.

[14] Pete Paphides, Pete Paphides salutes Elbow's Mercury Prize victory, in The Times, 10 settembre 2008. URL consultato il 10 giugno 2009 (archiviato dall'url originale il 17 settembre 2008).

[15] Rosie Swash, Mercury Prize 2009 candidatures Announced, in The Guardian, 21 luglio 2009. URL consultato il 21 luglio 2009.

[16] Mercury Prize 2010 candidatures Announced, in NME, 20 luglio 2010. URL consultato il 20 luglio 2010.

[2010shortlist-17] Alexandra Topping, Adele leads Mercury prize 2011 shortlist, in The Guardian, 19 luglio 2011. URL consultato il 19 luglio 2011.

[2012shortlist-18] Amelia Butterly, Plan B hopes for his 'Dizzee Rascal' moment at Mercurys, in BBC News, 13 settembre 2012. URL consultato il 7 novembre 2012.

[19] Young Fathers Win the Mercury Prize, pitchfork.com

[20] The full Mercury prize 2017 shortlist, theguardian.com

[21] (EN) Madison Bloom, Mercury Prize 2019 Shortlist: The 1975, slowthai, Black Midi, More, su pitchfork.com, Pitchfork, 25 luglio 2019. URL consultato il 12 luglio 2022 (archiviato dall'url originale il 15 settembre 2019).

[22] (EN) Ben Beaumont-Thomas, Mercury prize 2021: Arlo Parks wins for Collapsed in Sunbeams, su theGuardian.com, 9 settembre 2021. URL consultato il 6 aprile 2022.

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