He Mercury Prize 2025 This award is awarded – or so we would be led to believe – for artistic merit and not sales, so winners are traditionally celebrated and denounced in equal measure. But that’s all part of the fun.
The award is for the best British or Irish album of the year across all genres (pop, rock, hip-hop, electronic, jazz, folk, classical, etc.) and even those that defy genre. Maybe even particularly those that defy gender.
The other thing that makes the award unique and coveted (despite what non-nominees may say) is that it is one award. There is nothing for singles, artwork, producers or videos. Simply the “Album of the Year.” Plain and simple.
This year the awards will be held outside London for the first time because the music business has just realized that there is a world outside the capital, a fact they could have confirmed by checking where most of their performances actually come from.
Trains have been set up to transport the “VIPs” to the Utilita Arena in Newcastle, in the northeast of England, and the city has gone out of its way to receive them. Expect other cities outside London to receive similar support in the future.
Read on to learn about that year’s nominees and find out how to watch the Mercury Prize 2025 online, on television and from anywhere.
How to watch the Mercury Music Prize 2025 for free in the UK
He Mercury Prize 2025 The awards ceremony will be broadcast simultaneously on BBC four and BBC iPlayer of 9:30 pm Pacific Time in Thursday October 16.
You don’t have to miss it if you are a British exile abroad because you can unblock BBC iPlayer with a VPN. We’ll show you how to do it below…
How to watch the Mercury Prize 2025 from abroad
For those who are far from home and want to see Mercury Prize 2025You won’t be able to watch the show as you normally would due to pesky regional restrictions. Luckily, there is an easy solution.
Downloading a VPN lets you stream online, no matter where you are. It’s simple software that changes your IP address, meaning you can access on-demand content or live TV as if you were at home.
Can I watch the Mercury Music Prize 2025 anywhere else in the world?
Unfortunately, the Mercury Music Award 2025 It is not available to view outside the UK. This includes the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
So British residents abroad who want to watch the ceremony will have to use NordVPN to access its free stream.
‘The Mercury Music Prize 2025’ – Frequently Asked Questions
‘The 2025 Mercury Music Prize’ – Shortlisted artists and albums
- CMAT— Euro-Country Darling
- Emma-Jean Thackray Weirdo
- FKA twigs – Eusexúa
- DC Sources — Romance
- Jacob Alon— In Limerencia
- Joe Webb— Hamstrings and hurricanes
- Martin Carthy. Then transform me into a fish
- Father Salieu— african alien
- Pink Panther — Do you fancy that?
- Pulp Further
- Sam Fender— Watch people
- Wolf Alice – The clearing
Who are the previous winners of the “Mercury Music Prize”/ “Mercury Prize”?
1992 Primal Scream Madelica shouts
1993 before In view of
1994 million people Posh Slums
1995 Portishead Fictional
1996 Pulp different class
1997 Roni and Reprazent size New ways
1998 Gomez Dale
1999 Talvin Singh OK
2000 Badly drawn boy The hour of the puzzling beast
2001 P.J. Harvey Stories of the City, Stories of the Sea
2002 Mrs. Dynamite a little deeper
2003 Dizzee Rascal boy in the corner
2004 Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand
2005 Antonio and the Johnsons I’m a bird now
2006 Arctic Monkeys Whatever people say I am, that’s what I’m not
2007 speakers Myths of the close
2008 elbow The rarely seen child
2009 Debelle Speech speech therapy
2010 the xx xx
2011 P.J. Harvey Let England tremble
2012 alt-J An impressive wave
2013James Blake Careless
2014 Young Parents Dead
2015 Benjamin Clementina At least for now
Scheme 2016 Konnichiwa
Samfa 2017 Process
2018 Alice Wolf Visions of a life
2019 David Psychodrama
2020 Michael Kiwanuka Kiwanuka
2021 Arlo Parks Collapsed in the sun’s rays
2022 Little Simz Sometimes I can be introverted
2023 Esdras Collective Where should I be
2024 English teacher This could be Texas
Who are the judges of the “Mercury Music Prize 2025”?
The 2025 Mercury Prize judges are: Danielle Perry (broadcaster and writer); Jamie Cullum (musician and Radio 2 presenter); Jamz Supernova (6 music announcer and DJ); Jeff Smith (Head of Music, Radio 2 and Radio 6 Music); Lea Stonhill (Music Programming Consultant); Mistajam (composer, DJ and announcer); Phil Alexander (creative director, Kerrang!/contributing editor, Mojo); Sian Eleri (Radio 1 Host and DJ); Will Hodgkinson (chief rock and pop critic, The Times); Sophie Williams (music writer and broadcaster).
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