The Mercury Prize 2020 shortlist has been announced. Music has become more vital, in a lot of ways.”, Anna Meredith – FibsCharli XCX – How I’m Feeling NowDua Lipa – Future NostalgiaGeorgia – Seeking ThrillsKano – Hoodies All SummerLanterns on the Lake – Spook the HerdLaura Marling – Song for Our DaughterMichael Kiwanuka – KiwanukaMoses Boyd – Dark MatterPorridge Radio – Every BadSports Team – Deep Down HappyStormzy – Heavy is the Head, Available for everyone, funded by readers. © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. Either way, the prize will be awarded on 24 September, with the ceremony broadcast on the BBC and, for the first time, for global audiences via YouTube. Independent Premium Comments can be posted by members of our membership scheme, Independent Premium. Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate? The shortlist was selected by a panel of music industry experts, fellow artists and radio presenters, including new judges Anna Calvi and Gemma Cairney. Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post the same level of attention, but we have preserved this area in the interests of open debate.
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Singer-songwriter Michael Kiwanuka has won the 2020 Mercury Prize for his soul-searching third record, Kiwanuka. The Mercury prize began in 1992, but Kiwanuka said he has noticed huge changes in popular music even since his first nomination in 2012. Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our Community Guidelines. Seeking Thrills, the second studio album by singer Georgia is next on the Mercury Prize shortlist.
Charli XCX’s shortlisted how i’m feeling now is a product of lockdown. Irish, Scottish and Welsh artists are all eligible, but only one of the nominees is non-English: Scotland’s Anna Meredith. Rock and electronic music are often overlooked for the Mercury shortlist, and so it proves here, with acclaimed albums by artists including Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, Loathe, Beatrice Dillon and Squarepusher also not nominated. His victory means he wins the Mercury Prize at the third time of asking, after being nominated for his previous two albums. A worthy-follow up to 2017’s Gang Signs & Prayer, it sees the rapper collaborate with the likes of Ed Sheeran, Burna Boy and Aitch and features singles “Vossi Bop”, “Crown” and “Own It”. The judging panel of musicians, journalists, industry figures and radio presenters features two new names this year, in three-time nominee Anna Calvi and DJ Gemma Cairney. KIWANUKA received a four-star review from The Independent and was listed at number 18 on our best albums of 2019 ranking. Moses Boyd gains his first Mercury Prize nomination for his first album Dark Matter, a record marking his solo debut as both a producer and bandleader. It means he claims a £25,000 cash prize and joins an illustrious list of former winners, which over the years has featured the likes of Dave, PJ Harvey, Dizzee Rascal and Arctic Monkeys. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Alexis Petridis: ‘Where are the albums dragged from the fringes?’. More female artists are nominated for the £25,000 prize than in any other previous year, with five solo women and three bands featuring women across the 12 nominees – a contrast to this year’s Brit awards, where there was only one British woman across 25 nominees in mixed gender categories. For me that’s super important.” He heralded Marling’s album Song for Our Daughter, her seventh, saying: “I really love it – I’ve been a fan since I started trying to write songs. Mercury Prize 2020 awarded to Michael Kiwanuka who says 'it's a dream come true' Radio DJ Annie Mac awarded Michael with the highly-sought after … The global pandemic, the events in America with George Floyd, global warming; there’s also more of an awareness of race and gender equality.
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