Mercury Music Prize

The Mercury Music Prize is a British music award, established in 1992, as an alternative to the industry dominated Brit awards. It was originally sponsored by the now-defunct telecoms company Mercury.

Previous Winners

• 2003 -- Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner
• 2002 -- Ms. Dynamite - A Little Deeper
• 2001 -- P J Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
• 2000 -- Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour Of Bewilderbeest
• 1999 -- Talvin Singh - OK
• 1998 -- Gomez - Bring It On
• 1997 -- Roni Size/Reprazent - New Forms
• 1996 -- Pulp - Different Class
• 1995 -- Portishead - Dummy
• 1994 -- M People - Elegant Slumming
• 1993 -- Suede - Suede
• 1992 -- Primal Scream - Screamadelica

Shortlists

2003

• Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
• Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner
• The Thrills - So Much for the City
• Soweto Kinch - Conversations with the Unseen
• Floetry - Floetic
• The Darkness - Permission to Land
• Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
• Martina Topley-Bird - Quixotic
• Eliza Carthy - Anglicana
• Athlete - Vehicles and Animals
• Terri Walker - Untitled
• Lemon Jelly - Lost Horizons

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 McGregor - Play
• The Streets - Original Pirate Material

2001

• Elbow - Asleep at the Back
• Super Furry Animals - Rings Around the World
• Turin Breaks - The Optimist LP
• Basement Jaxx - Rooty
• Radiohead - Amnesiac
• Zero 7 - Simple Things
• Ed Hardcourt - Here Be Monsters
• Gorillaz - Gorillaz (withdrawn at the request of the band)
• Tom McCrae - Tom McRae
• P J Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
• Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain
• Susheela Raman - Sault Rain

External Links

• Official Site
• Alternate listings