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Mercury Prize 2015 shortlist

2015 sees the iconic Mercury Prize return to the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ. The shortlist of 12 Albums of the Year was unveiled exclusively on on Friday 16 October. Find out more about the shortlist below.

This year’s Mercury Prize in association with Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Music culminated in the on Friday 20 November 2015 on .

  • Carefully crafted jittery electronica

  • Swaggering grunge-pop with a sharp bite

  • Funky and complex electronic pop

  • Dream-pop meets modern composition

  • Distinctive folk music with a trippy twist

  • Confident indie from much-loved chanteuse

  • Eclectic alt-rock with dextrous wordplay

  • Dramatic and unique singer-songwriter

  • Kaleidoscopic, genre-defying electronic music

  • Young singer-songwriter's tender debut

  • Characteristic indie rock from ex-Supergrass frontman

  • Loud, audacious garage-rock