Mercury Prize

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annual award music award

The Mercury Prize is a prestigious annual music award that honors the best album released in the United Kingdom and Ireland across all genres.

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Label	Occurrences
Mercury Prize canonical	44
Mercury Prize nomination	3
#MercuryPrize	1
2020 Mercury Prize	1
Mercury Music Prize	1
Mercury Prize (shortlist for SAWAYAMA)	1
Mercury Prize 2014	1
Mercury Prize for album "Overgrown"	1
Mercury Prize nomination (2013)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	annual award ⓘ music award ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	Ireland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
awardCategory	Album of the Year ⓘ
awardFor	best album released in the United Kingdom and Ireland ⓘ
awardType	album of the year award ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
eligibilityCriteria	albums released in the UK by British or Irish artists ⓘ albums released within a specified 12‑month period ⓘ
field	music industry ⓘ
formerName	Mercury Prize self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mercury Music Prize
frequency	annual ⓘ
genreScope	all music genres ⓘ
hasHashtag	Mercury Prize self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: #MercuryPrize
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasPart	Mercury Prize ceremony ⓘ Mercury Prize shortlist ⓘ
hasReputation	prestigious UK and Irish music award ⓘ
hasTrophy	Mercury Prize trophy ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.mercuryprize.com/ ⓘ
impact	boosts sales and visibility of nominated albums ⓘ
inception	1992 ⓘ
locationOfCeremony	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
mediaCoverage	BBC Radio ⓘ surface form: BBC radio BBC television services ⓘ surface form: BBC television online streaming ⓘ
namedAfter	Mercury Communications ⓘ
notableFeature	focus on artistic merit rather than commercial success ⓘ includes independent and major label releases ⓘ open to UK and Irish artists ⓘ
organizer	British Association of Record Dealers ⓘ British Phonographic Industry ⓘ
relatedTo	BRIT Awards ⓘ Choice Music Prize ⓘ Ivor Novello Award ⓘ surface form: Ivor Novello Awards
selectionProcess	shortlist of nominated albums ⓘ winner chosen by a panel of judges ⓘ
sponsor	Amazon Music ⓘ BBC Radio and Music ⓘ surface form: BBC Music Barclaycard ⓘ Free Now ⓘ Hyundai Motor Company ⓘ surface form: Hyundai Mercury Communications ⓘ Nationwide Building Society ⓘ Ampex ⓘ surface form: Technics
typicalDate	September ⓘ

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Ivor Novello Award → relatedTo → Mercury Prize ⓘ

Seal (album) → nominatedFor → Mercury Prize ⓘ

Laura Marling → nominatedFor → Mercury Prize ⓘ

Chaos and Creation in the Backyard → nominatedFor → Mercury Prize ⓘ

Radiohead → nominatedFor → Mercury Prize ⓘ

British Phonographic Industry → organises → Mercury Prize ⓘ

PJ Harvey → awardReceived → Mercury Prize ⓘ

Mercury Prize → formerName → Mercury Prize self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mercury Music Prize

Mercury Prize → hasHashtag → Mercury Prize self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: #MercuryPrize

Rina Sawayama → nominatedFor → Mercury Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mercury Prize (shortlist for SAWAYAMA)

Elbow → awardReceived → Mercury Prize ⓘ

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Elbow → awardReceived → Mercury Prize ⓘ

I Speak Because I Can → nominatedFor → Mercury Prize ⓘ

Once I Was an Eagle → hasAwardNomination → Mercury Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mercury Prize nomination (2013)

Semper Femina → nominatedFor → Mercury Prize ⓘ

Mumford & Sons → nominatedFor → Mercury Prize ⓘ

Anna Meredith → nominatedFor → Mercury Prize ⓘ

Benjamin Clémentine → awardReceived → Mercury Prize ⓘ

A Moon Shaped Pool → nominatedFor → Mercury Prize ⓘ

James Blake → awardReceived → Mercury Prize ⓘ

James Blake → awardReceivedFor → Mercury Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mercury Prize for album "Overgrown"

Alt‑J → awardReceived → Mercury Prize ⓘ

Parachutes → nominatedFor → Mercury Prize ⓘ

A Rush of Blood to the Head → nominatedFor → Mercury Prize ⓘ

Sleep Well Beast → nominatedFor → Mercury Prize ⓘ

Song for Our Daughter → nominatedFor → Mercury Prize ⓘ

Song for Our Daughter → shortlistedFor → Mercury Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2020 Mercury Prize

James Righton → awardReceived → Mercury Prize ⓘ

Harry's House (album) → nominatedFor → Mercury Prize ⓘ

subject surface form: Harry's House

Primal Scream → awardReceived → Mercury Prize ⓘ

Boys & Girls → nominatedFor → Mercury Prize ⓘ

Skepta → awardReceived → Mercury Prize ⓘ

Polaris Music Prize → inspiredBy → Mercury Prize ⓘ

Back to Black → nominatedFor → Mercury Prize ⓘ

Frank → nominatedFor → Mercury Prize ⓘ

The xx → awardReceived → Mercury Prize ⓘ

FKA twigs → nominatedFor → Mercury Prize ⓘ

Royal Blood → nominatedFor → Mercury Prize ⓘ

Royal Blood → awardNominationYear → Mercury Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mercury Prize 2014

How to Be a Human Being → awardReceived → Mercury Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mercury Prize nomination

Disclosure → nominatedFor → Mercury Prize ⓘ

Simple Things → nominatedFor → Mercury Prize ⓘ

Badly Drawn Boy → awardReceived → Mercury Prize ⓘ

Franz Ferdinand → awardReceived → Mercury Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mercury Prize nomination

Wild Beasts → nominatedFor → Mercury Prize ⓘ

Jon Hopkins → nominatedFor → Mercury Prize ⓘ

Kasabian → nominatedFor → Mercury Prize ⓘ

The Libertines → nominatedFor → Mercury Prize ⓘ

Antony and the Johnsons → awardReceived → Mercury Prize ⓘ

Scritti Politti → hasAward → Mercury Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mercury Prize nomination