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# Mercury Prize 2016 Nominees Announced [Full List]
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/mercury-prize-2016-nominees-announced-full-list/
- Published: 2016-08-04T08:55:00.000Z
- Updated: 2016-08-04T08:55:00.000Z
- Description: The Mercury Prize, which honors the UK's best albums has announced its 2016 nominees. “This is music to make sense of our unsettling times – heartfelt, angry, thoughtful and thrilling," the. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2016/08/mercury-prize-2016-nominees-announced-full-list.ht
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[![Mercury Prize 2016](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c8834f49970b-150wi "Mercury Prize 2016")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c8834f49970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)The **Mercury Prize** **,** which honors the UK's **best albums** has announced its **2016 nominees**. “This is music to **make sense of our unsettling times** – heartfelt, angry, thoughtful and thrilling," the judges said in a statement. "The 2016 Hyundai Mercury Prize ‘Albums Of The Year’ are marked by their musical ambitions, unexpected instrumentation and breathtaking arrangements.”

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Mercury Prize 2016 Nominees [![Mercury Prize 2016](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb0926a0ab970d-150wi "Mercury Prize 2016")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb0926a0ab970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)Anohni – HopelessnessBat For Lashes – The BrideDavid Bowie – BlackstarJamie Woon – Making TimeKano – Made In The ManorLaura Mvula – The Dreaming RoomMichael Kiwanuka – Love & HateRadiohead – A Moon Shaped PoolSavages – Adore LifeSkepta – KonnichiwaThe 1975 – I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of ItThe Comet Is Coming – Channel The SpiritsPublic voting is open at [www.mercuryprize.com](http://www.mercuryprize.com/voting?ref=hypebot.com), and the winner will be announced on September 15th.

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