Mercury Prize 2022

The nominees attended the highly-regarded event in London after the ceremony was delayed from September.

He has been nominated a total of six times - five times with Radiohead and one nomination for his solo effort The Eraser. He has never won the prize. Only one artist has won the prize more than once - PJ Harvey, who took home the top award in 2001 and 2011. I want to say a huge thank you to the Mercury for this incredible prize,” she said. The award for Mercury Prize 2022 went to 28-year-old Little Simz for her album Sometimes I Might Be Introvert. The Mercury Prize 2022 ceremony was postponed from September due to the death of the Queen.

T. he 2022 Mercury Prize ceremony will take place on Tuesday, October 18 at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith. The awards ceremony, which celebrates the best UK ...

Supernova by Nova Twins has been tipped at 25-1, as has Styles’s Harry’s House, and Kojey Radical‘s Reason to Smile. “Getting down to 12 albums this year was not easy, simply because there were so many remarkable ones to choose from,” said the judges in a collective statement. - Wet Leg – Wet Leg

The London-born singer and rapper, 28, won out over a packed shortlist that included Harry Styles, Sam Fender, Self Esteem and Nova Twins. It adds to the ...

Wet Leg – Wet Leg thank you so much to my family, my loved ones. he stuck by me and pushed me to deliver this album for you guys.”

The prestigious awards ceremony, which celebrates the best British and Irish albums, took place on Tuesday. Find out who was shortlisted here.

The ceremony was due to take place last month, but was postponed after the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The Mercury Prize is all about shining a light on albums of lasting value and real artistry. The judging panel said: "In a year that has, to put it mildly, presented rather a lot of challenges, British and Irish music has thrived more than ever.

The 28-year-old artist was among one of the 12 acts in the running for the prestigious award alongside Harry Styles and Sam Fender.

I want to say a huge thank you to the Mercury for this incredible prize," she said. He stuck by me and pushed me to deliver this album for you guys." Jamz Supernova, Lauren Laverne, thank you guys so much.

The Islington-born rapper was chosen as the over-all winner from 12 finalists selected by a panel of expert judges.

I want to say a huge thank you to the Mercury for this incredible prize," she said. He stuck by me and pushed me to deliver this album for you guys." Jamz Supernova, Lauren Laverne, thank you guys so much.

An outlier in UK rap, the north London musician and actor's patient “10 years in the game”, as she puts it on her winning album, have paid off.

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert is a hugely impressive showcase of his talents and influences: the ghost of 70s soul auteur Charles Stepney lurks around its orchestrations; the superb Protect My Energy has a distinct aura of early 80s boogie and freestyle about it. Less up for question is whether Sometimes I Might Be Introvert is a worthy winner. Her 2021 album Sometimes I Might Be Introvert entered the charts at No 4 – a vast improvement on Grey Area’s lowly 87 – but it was out of the Top 40 altogether two weeks later.

Her fourth album wins the prestigious award for best British or Irish record of the past 12 months.

The Mercury Prize is all about shining a light on albums of lasting value and real artistry. "There was times in the studio when I didn't know if I was going to finish this record," she told the audience at the Hammersmith Apollo. "I was feeling all the emotions and really going through it. The moving I Love You / I Hate You, meanwhile, is addressed to the father who abandoned her when she was 11. On Little Q, she raps from the perspective of her cousin, who was stabbed in the chest in south London. That was for best newcomer, despite the fact she released her debut album seven years ago.

This was the second nomination for the British rapper and singer after her third album, 2019's Grey Area, was also shortlisted.

I want to say thank you to the fans. She continued: “I want to say a huge thank you to my team… I want to say a huge thank you to the Mercury for this incredible prize,” she said. He stuck by me and pushed me to deliver this album for you guys.” Just make sure who’s around you is tight and solid. he’s known me since I was so young, he’s stuck by me, we created this album together.

Musician and Top Boy actress Little Simz wins the Mercury Prize 2022 for her second album, Sometimes I Might Be Introvert.

- 1993: Suede - Suede - 2004: Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand - 2010: The xx - xx An independent panel of judges selects the shortlist and listens to the albums that have been entered over many months. The performer picked up the trophy and £25,000 alongside renewed interest in her critically acclaimed second album. - 2009: Speech Debelle - Speech Therapy The Mercury Prize is all about shining a light on albums of lasting value and real artistry. “It deals with themes both personal and political while putting them against music that is as sophisticated as it is varied. - 2016: Skepta - Konnichiwa - 2020: Michael Kiwanuka - KIWANUKA - 2017: Sampha - Process - 2019: Dave - Psychodrama

Little Simz has won the Mercury Music Prize 2022, taking home the coveted award for album 'Sometimes I Might Be Introvert' at the event this evening.

- Wet Leg – Wet Leg [Loyle Carner](https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/loyle-carner-returns-new-song-hate/), and Tshepo Mokoena. This year’s Mercury Music Prize has been unprecedented; the event, which is normally a positively glitzy affair, originally took place back in September.