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| Mercury Prize | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best album from the United Kingdom and Ireland |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| First awarded | 1992 (as Mercury Music Prize) |
| Website | mercuryprize |
The Mercury Prize, called the Barclaycard Mercury Prize for sponsorship reasons, is a yearly music prize. It is awarded for the best album from the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was formed by the British Phonographic Industry and British Association of Record Dealers in 1992. It was an alternative to the Brit Awards. It used to be called the Mercury Music Prize.
The prize was first sponsored by Mercury Communications.[1] It was later sponsored by Technics,[2] from 1998 to 2001. Then Panasonic,[1] in 2002 and 2003, and the Nationwide Building Society, from 2004 to 2008. Barclaycard became the Prize's current sponsor in March 2009.
Nominations are announced in July. Presentation of the award usually takes place in September.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dann, Trevor (9 September 2003). "'By the time the list is agreed you wonder whether you like music at all'". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
- ↑ "Manics lead Mercury shortlist". BBC News. 27 July 1999. Retrieved 10 June 2009.