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
- 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
- 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
- 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- Gorillaz - Gorillaz (withdrawn at the request of the band)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
