This year’s Mercury Prize ceremony will take place 10/18 following its cancellation (in progress) after the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Nominees include Wet Leg and Harry Styles.
The event will take place at London’s Eventim Apollo. BBC Music will provide live TV and radio, online and social-media coverage.
2022 MERCURY PRIZE NOMINEES
Fergus McCreadie, Forest Floor (Edition Records)
Gwenno, Tresor (Heavenly Recordings)
Harry Styles, Harry’s House (Columbia)
Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler, For All Our Days That Tear The Heart (EMI)
Joy Crookes, Skin (Insanity)
Kojey Radical, Reason to Smile (Asylum)
Little Simz, Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (AWAL)
Nova Twins, Supernova (Marshall)
Sam Fender, Seventeen Going Under (Polydor)
Self Esteem, Prioritise Pleasure (Universal)
Wet Let, Wet Leg (Domino)
Yard Act, The Overload (Island)
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Country superstar ushers in 2025. (12/31a)
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