A celebration for the best albums in British and Irish pop, there’s something very pleasing about the simplicity of the Mercury Prize: forget your multiple categories or other bells and whistles, this one has 12 nominees, and one winner to rule them all.
The first-ever ceremony took place in 1992, and saw Primal Scream crowned as the winners with the hugely influential album Screamadelica. Since, winners have included Portishead’s Dummy, The xx’s minimal, eponymous pop debut, and Skepta’s Konnichiwa.
