LONDON (CelebrityAccess) – Ezra Collective, Jessie Ware, and Arctic Monkeys are among the 12 artists to have been shortlisted for the 2023 Mercury Music Prize with FreeNow.
The full list is as follows:
Jockstrap – I Love You Jennifer B
Jessie Ware – That Feels Good!
Fred Again – Actual Life 3
Ezra Collective – Where I’m Meant to Be
Arctic Monkeys – The Car (5th nomination – tying with Radiohead as most-nominated act in Mercury Prize history)
Lankum – False Lankum
Loyle Carner – Hugo
Olivia Dean – Messy
Raye – My 21st Century Blues
Shygirl – Nymph
Young Fathers – Heavy Heavy
J Hus – Beautiful and Brutal Yard
The artists on the shortlist will vye for the £25,000 prize for best British and Irish album of the last year. The winner will be chosen by this year’s judging panel, which was revealed yesterday. BBC Radio 2 and 6 Music head Jeff Smith reprises his role as panel chair. The judging panel consists of musicians Jamie Cullum, Anna Calvi and Hannah Peel; broadcasters Mistajam, Jamz Supernova, Danielle Perry and Sian Eleri; music journalistss Phil Alexander, Tshepo Mokoena and Will Hodgkinson; and music programming consultant Lea Stonehill.
The prize will be handed out at this year’s ceremony, which takes place on Thursday (September 7) at the Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith. The show will feature live performances from many of the shortlisted artists.
Last year, after being rearranged following the death of The Queen, the Prize was won by Little Simz for Sometimes I Might Be Introvert.
