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# Mercury Prize Announces Nominees
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/mercury_prize_a/
- Published: 2006-07-19T04:01:00.000Z
- Updated: 2006-07-19T04:01:00.000Z
- Description: The nominations for the UK’s highly respected Mercury Prize have been announced. Chosen by a panel of judges headed by Simon Frith, the overall winner will be announced on September. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2006/07/mercury_prize_a.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Marketing, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:10

The nominations for the UK’s highly respected [Mercury Prize](http://www.nationwidemercurys.com/?ref=hypebot.com) have been announced. Chosen by a panel of judges headed by Simon Frith, the overall winner will be announced on September 5th.

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The nominees are:

> Arctic Monkeys – *Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m Not*  
> Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan – *Ballad of the Broken Seas*  
> Editors – *The Back Room*  
> Guillemots – *Through The Windowpane*  
> Richard Hawley – *Cole’s Corner*  
> Hot Chip – *The Warning*  
> Muse – *Black Holes & Revelations*  
> Zoe Rahman – *Melting Pot*  
> Lou Rhodes – *Beloved One*  
> Scritti Politti – *White Bread Black Beer*  
> Sway – *This Is My Demo*  
> Thom York – *The Eraser*

Last year’s wunnner was Antony & the Johnsons’ I Am A Bird Now.