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# Mercury Prize Shortlist 2015 Announced
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/mercury-prize-shortlist-2015-announced/
- Published: 2015-10-16T09:12:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-10-16T09:12:00.000Z
- Description: The Mercury Prize shortlist has been announced. The nominees were chosen from over 290 albums submitted and includes seven debuts. The prize, first awarded in 1992, celebrates the UK's best. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/10/mercury-prize-shortlist-2015-announced.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Conventions & Awards, Music Business, Alt-J, Australian Music Prize, Big Scary, Chvrches, Ed Sheeran, Florence and the Machine, Flume, Grimes, London, Mercury Prize, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:28

[![image from assets2.radiox.co.uk](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d1689bd9970c-150wi "image from assets2.radiox.co.uk")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d1689bd9970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)The **Mercury Prize shortlist** has been announced. The nominees were chosen from over **290 albums submitt**ed and includes seven debuts. The prize, first awarded in 1992, celebrates the **UK's best album releases** each year.

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**Mercury Prize Shortlist 2015** 

*Syro* \- Aphex Twin

*At Least For Now* \- Benjamin Clementine

*Architect* \- C Duncan

*Eska* – Eska

*How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful* – Florence + The Machine

*Matador* \- Gaz Coombes

*Shedding Skin* \- Ghostpoet

*In Colour* – Jamie xx

*Hairless Toys* \- Róisín Murphy

*Are You Satisfied?* \- Slaves

*Before We Forgot How To Dream* \- SOAK

*My Love Is Cool* \- Wolf Alice

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