The 2020 Hyundai Mercury Prize ‘Albums of the Year’ This year's Shortlist has been revealed.

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Our campaign this year will continue to support innovation in British music and we look forward to seeing what surprises the 2018 shortlist will produce.’Javascript must be enabled for the correct page displayGet your tickets to the 2018 Hyundai Mercury Prize on Thursday 20th September at the Eventim Apollo Meet our 2020 Judges. What are you supposed to be?

"It means so much to pick this up with my three best friends," said singer Ellie Rowsell.The group beat the likes of Noel Gallagher, Arctic Monkeys and Lily Allen to lift the trophy.They also saw off the bookies' favourite, Nadine Shah, whose third album, Holiday Destination, explores her experiences as a second-generation immigrant, and the UK's attitudes to refugees.But the 31-year-old, who was born to Pakistani and Norwegian parents and raised in Whitburn, South Tyneside, stole the televised prize ceremony with a fierce and passionate performance of the song Out The Way.Visions of a Life was praised by judges as "an exuberant tapestry of swirling pop, grunge and indie guitar rock.

After months of listening to the albums the judges then get together to decide on the 12 ‘Albums of the Year’. "You get given almost 300 albums - so I know the intensity and the frustration of making that decision," she said backstage, adding: "Now I know what overwhelmed feels like.

The 2018 Awards Show will take place on Thursday 20 September at the Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith.The event will feature live performances from many of the shortlisted artists and the evening will culminate in the announcement of the overall winner of the 2018 Hyundai Mercury Prize for ‘Album of the Year’.

£30. The Mercury Prize were held at Hammersmith's Eventim Apollo on September 20, 2018.



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The winner of the 2018 Mercury prize will be announced in a ceremony at London’s Eventim Apollo on 20 September. "Our first nomination gave us some longevity.

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The Chair of the judging panel is Jeff Smith.David Wilkinson, Mercury Prize Chairman/Executive Producer, said ‘There were over 200 albums entered for the 2018 Hyundai Mercury Prize.


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David Wilkinson, Mercury Prize Chairman/Executive Producer, said ‘There were over 200 albums entered for the 2018 Hyundai Mercury Prize. Everything Everything were also two-time nominees for the prize and stressed that even being featured on the shortlist could change a young band's career. After months of listening to the albums the judges then get together to decide on the 12 ‘Albums of the Year’. "In fact, their second album built on the promise of their debut My Love Is Cool (which also received a Mercury nomination) cementing their status as future festival headliners with a hypnotic jumble of grunge, dream-pop and shoegaze stoner rock.The songs coalesce around Rowsell, an enigmatic frontwoman who can switch from a shy ingénue (Don't Delete The Kisses) to a screaming, vengeful She-Ra (Yuk Foo) without pretence or artifice.The 26-year-old was a Mercury Prize judge in 2016, and said that made her band's victory all the more meaningful. "The last time we were nominated, I hardly recognised most of the list, and this [year's] list was far more well known.