Who won the Mercury Prize in 2011?

PJ Harvey’s
2011 winner PJ Harvey’s album Let England Shake jumped from number 181 to 24 in the UK official charts the week after the 2011 Awards Show.

Who won the Mercury Prize in 2012?

West London singer-songwriter Ben Howard’s Every Kingdom has seen a sales increase of 24,200 copies (9%). However, Howard’s debut album is the biggest selling record nominated for this year’s Mercury Prize (287,200), equating to a third of the combined sales figures of all the nominated albums.

Who won the Mercury Prize 2010?

the xx
Indie band the xx won the 2010 Mercury Music Prize at a ceremony at Grosvenor House last week. Their eponymous debut album was voted the best of the past year, beating eleven other nominees including Corinne Bailey Rae, Mumford & Sons and last-minute bookies’ favourite Paul Weller. So, what exactly makes a winner?

Who won Mercury prize 2021?

singer Arlo Parks
Indie-soul singer Arlo Parks has won the 2021 Mercury Prize for her debut album, Collapsed In Sunbeams. A tender, intimate record, it draws on painful subjects like depression and anxiety but maintains a sense of hope.

Who is the Mercury Prize winner 2020?

Michael Kiwanuka
Michael Kiwanuka has been announced as the overall winner of the 2020 Hyundai Mercury Prize for Album of the Year for his album ‘KIWANUKA’. Radio 1’s Annie Mac revealed the winner live on The One Show on BBC One.

Has Laura Marling won the Mercury?

Her first album, her second album I Speak Because I Can, her fourth album Once I Was an Eagle, and her seventh album Song for Our Daughter were nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 2008, 2010, 2013, and 2020, respectively….

Who was the winner of the Mercury Prize in 2010?

Similarly, sales of The xx’s winning album rose by 450% the day after they won the 2010 Mercury Prize and 2013 winner James Blake saw a 2,500% sales increase on Amazon after he was announced as the winner of the 2013 Mercury Prize.

What kind of prize is the Mercury Prize?

Mercury Prize. The Mercury Prize logo. The Mercury Prize, formerly called the Mercury Music Prize, is an annual music prize awarded for the best album released in the United Kingdom by a British or Irish act.

Who was the first female solo artist to win the Mercury Prize?

To date, PJ Harvey is the only artist to have won the award on more than one occasion (in 2001 and 2011). She was also the first female solo artist to receive the award. Alex Turner has received five nominations as a member of Arctic Monkeys and The Last Shadow Puppets, winning once.

When did elbow win the Mercury Prize for music?

The English rock group Elbow have been shortlisted three times for the Mercury Prize. For their debut in 2001 and again in 2011. But it was 2008 when they won the award for fourth studio album The Seldom Seen Kid beating Adele and Radiohead. (Image: Andrew Whitton)17 of 25