Arctic Monkeys, Fred Again and J Hus lead nominations at Mercury Prize 2023
The Arctic Monkeys, Fred Again, Raye and J Hus have led the nominations for this year's Mercury Prize awards.
The Awards Show will be celebrating the twelve shortlisted artists and their albums – and the evening will culminate in the announcement of the overall winner of the 2023 Mercury Prize with FREENOW for Album of the Year.
The Car, the seventh studio album by the Arctic Monkeys, was named one of the shortlisted albums for the prize.
It marks the band's fifth appearance on the Shortlist, making them the joint-highest Shortlisted artist of all time, having won in 2006 for their debut album.
Ezra Collective's second album Where I'm Meant To Be, Fred Again's Actual Life 3 and Raye's debut album My 21st Century Blues were also nominated.
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RAYE's debut album My 21st Century Blues was also nominated (WireImage)J Hus' incredible album, Beautiful And Brutal Yard, made it to the shortlist as well as Jessie Ware's That! Feels Good! and Jockstrap's I Love You Jennifer B.
Other nominations include Lankum's False Lankum, Loyle Carner's hugo, Olivia Dean's Messy, shygirl's Nymph and Young Fathers' Heavy Heavy
A large range of stars made the shortlist last year, including Harry Styles - who was shortlisted for his third studio album, Harry's House.
Amongst 2022's shortlist was Fergus McCreadie for his album Forest Floor, Gwenno with Tresor, Jessie Buckley and Bernard Butler with For All Out Days That Tear The Heart, Joy Crookes with Skin, Kojey Radical with Reason to Smile, Little Simz with Sometimes I Might Be Introvert, Nova Twins with Supernova, Rebecca Lucy Taylor – who's stage name is Self Esteem – with Prioritise Pleasure, Sam Fender with his second album Seventeen Going Under, Wet Leg with their self-titled album and Yard Act with The Overload.
Little Simz won the coveted award last year (Dave J. Hogan/Getty Images)Little Simz won the 2022 Mercury Prize in a glittering ceremony held on October 18, which was rescheduled following the death of the Queen a month prior.
The talented artist was given the coveted award – beating 11 other artists and albums to the gong and received the Album of the Year trophy along with a cash prize of £25,000.
The artist, whose real name is Simbiatu "Simbi" Abisola Abiola Ajikawo, said she was "overwhelmed" as she accepted the gong.
It is the second time the artist has made the Mercury Prize shortlist – as she had previously been nominated for the gong in 2019 for her album Grey Area.
As she accepted the award, the rapper and singer said: "A huge thank you to my team Forever Living Originals, you already know.
"I wanna say thank you to the fans."
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