David Bowie received a posthumous nomination for the Mercury Prize.
The shortlist has been announced for the annual award that recognizes the best album by a U.K. or Irish artist. According to the award’s website “The main objectives of the Mercury Prize are to provide a snapshot of the year in music, to encourage debate and discussion about music, and to help introduce new albums from a variety of musical genres to a wider audience.”
This is the first year that the general public will be allowed to select a final nominees from a list of twelve albums. The album that receives the highest number of votes will move to the jury round while the jury will add five more.
Bowie is nominated for his album Blackstar while Radiohead received their record fifth Mercury Prize nomination for A Moon Shaped Pool. They have never won the prize.
The twelve nominated albums:
Hopelessness – Anohni
The Bride – Bats for Lashes
Blackstar – David Bowie
Making Time – Jamie Woon
Made in the Manor – Kano
The Dreaming Room – Laura Mvula
Love and Hate – Michael Kiwanuka
A Moon Shaped Pool – Radiohead
Adore Life – Savages
Konnichiwa – Skepta
I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It – The 1975
Channel the Spirits – The Comet is Coming
This year’s judges
Simon Frith – Professor of Music, Edinburgh University (Facilitator)
Phil Alexander – Editor-in-Chief, Kerrang!, Mojo and Q
Clara Amfo – Broadcaster
Jarvis Cocker – Musician and Songwriter
Jamie Cullum – Musician and Broadcaster
Harriet Gibsone – Music News Editor; The Guardian/TheGuardian.com
Will Hodgkinson – Chief Rock & Pop Critic The Times
Shahid Khan aka Naughty Boy – Musician, Songwriter and Producer
Annie Mac – DJ and Broadcaster
Ellie Rowsell from Wolf Alice – Musician and Songwriter
Kate Tempest – Musician, Poet and Author
Jessie Ware – Musician and Songwriter
Jeff Smith – Head of Music, BBC 6 Music and BBC Radio 2
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