Read moreThe artist, full name Sampha Sisay, won the Hyundai Mercury prize for his critically acclaimed debut album Process. But it was not to be and Sampha’s victory continues the run of men winning the album award. Since PJ Harvey won her second Mercury prize in 2011, the only artist to win two, it has been won by Alt-J, James Blake, Young Fathers, Benjamin Clementine and last year, Skepta. Since then it has been won by bands including Pulp, Gomez, Arctic Monkeys, Elbow, and solo artists including Talvin Singh, Ms Dynamite and Dizzee Rascal. The culture secretary Karen Bradley said the Mercury prize reinforced the UK’s claim “to be the most exciting place for music in the world”.

Source: The Guardian September 14, 2017 21:20 UTC