Mercury Prize
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Key facts
- Awarded for
- Best album from the United Kingdom or Ireland
- Date
- Every September or October
- Venue
- Eventim Apollo (1992-2019, 2021-23) , Abbey Road Studios (2024) , Utilita Arena Newcastle (2025)
- Formerly called
- Mercury Music Prize
- Reward
- £25,000
- First award
- 9 September 1992 ; 33 years ago ( 1992-09-09 )
- Currently held by
- Sam Fender – People Watching (2025)
- Most wins
- PJ Harvey (2 wins)
- Most nominations
- Radiohead and Arctic Monkeys (5 nominations)
- Website
- mercuryprize .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- award
- Field of work
- music
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Official website
- www.mercuryprize.com
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- Commons category
- Mercury Prize
- winner
- English Teacher
- inception
- 1992-00-00
- conferred by
- British Phonographic Industry
- start time
- 1992-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
The Mercury Prize, formerly called the Mercury Music Prize, is an annual music prize awarded for the best album released by a musical act from the United Kingdom or Ireland. It was created by Jon Webster and Robert Chandler in association with the British Phonographic Industry and British Association of Record Dealers in 1992 as an alternative to the Brit Awards.
Format and eligibility
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