2024 Mercury Prize Album of the Year: Charli XCX's BRAT set to battle it out against Cat Burns' debut album Early Twenties at Abbey Road Studios By Bethan Edwards For Mailonline Published: 05:32 EDT, 22 August 2024 | Updated: 05:39 EDT, 22 August 2024 e-mail View comments Charli XCX and Cat Burns are among the big name artists who have been nominated for the 2024 Mercury Prize Albums of the Year award. The hotly-anticipated Albums of the Year TV programme is set to be filmed and broadcasted live from Abbey Road Studios on September 5. The Mercury Prize recognises and celebrates the Albums of the Year, establishing a reputation for highlighting the work of emerging talent and established musicians.
Charli XCX's album BRAT has so far been warmly received by critics and fans so it's no surprise it has been named as one of the 12 nominations. Cat Burns was also picked up for album Early Twenties while The Last Dinner Party will also receive an award for Prelude to Ecstasy. Charli XCX (pictured) and Cat Burns are among the big name artists who have been nominated for the 2024 Mercury Prize Albums of the Year award The hotly-anticipated Albums of the Year TV programme is set to be filmed and broadcasted live from Abbey Road Studios on September 5 (Cat Burns pictured) Charli XCX, who was nominated for the prize in 2020 with record, How I'm Feeling Now, has made the list with her sixth studio album, Brat, which peaked at number two in the charts following its release earlier this year.
Indie outfit The Last Dinner Party, comprising Abigail Morris, Lizzie Mayland, Emily Roberts, Georgia Davies and Aurora Nishevci, have also been nominated for their debut offering Prelude To Ecstasy, which topped the charts following its release in February. The group was named the winner of BBC Radio 1's Sound of 2024 in January and have played a number of festivals this summer including Glastonbury and TRNSMT. Among the other acts in the running for the Mercury Prize are Corinne Bailey Rae, who has returned with the album Black Rainbows, and Irish singer CMAT with her album Crazymad, For Me.
A slew of debut records have made the shortlist this year including Early Twenties by singer Cat Burns and Silence Is Loud by jungle artist Nia Archives. Mobo award winner Ghetts, who stars in Netflix series Supacell, has also been shortlisted for the record On Purpose, With Purpose. Elsewhere When Will We Land? by the Scottish DJ Barry Can't Swim has been nominated alongside the record Who Am I by rapper BERWYN.
Corto.alto's Bad With Names is also nominated, alongside English Teacher's This Could Be Texas and Lives Outgrown by Portishead singer Beth Gibbons. The Mercury Prize recognises and celebrates the Albums of the Year, establishing a reputation for highlighting the work of emerging talent and established musicians (pictured Charli XCX) The Last Dinner Party have also been included in the 12 for their album, Prelude to Ecstasy; pictured L-R Georgia Davies, Abigail Morris, Aurora Nishevci, Emily Roberts and Lizzie Mayland Among the other acts in the running for the Mercury Prize are Corinne Bailey Rae, who has returned with the album Black Rainbows Mobo award winner Ghetts, who stars in Netflix series Supacell, has also been shortlisted for the record On Purpose, With Purpose An independent judging panel that includes jazz pianist Jamie Cullum, Radio 1 DJ Sian Eleri, broadcaster Danielle Perry, DJ Mistajam and many more.
The overall winner of the 2024 Mercury Prize will be revealed in September. The programme will be shown on BBC Four at 8pm and BBC Radio 6 Music will also be broadcasting ‘Mercury Prize 2024 Live’ from 7pm to 11pm. Tom Ravenscroft and Deb Grant with present the awards, with Matt Everitt interviewing the artists behind each of the 12 Albums of The Year.
The show will include the announcement of the overall winner of the 2024 Mercury Prize, which will be announced live at around 9pm. Last year, Ezra Collective won the 2023 Mercury Prize with their second studio album Where I'm Meant To Be. The jazz quintet were among a dozen acts who were in the running for the prestigious award - alongside Raye, Arctic Monkeys and Fred Again.
.. The 2024 Mercury Prize 12 ‘Albums of the Year’: Barry Can't Swim ‘When Will We Land?’ BERWYN ‘Who Am I’ Beth Gibbons ‘Lives Outgrown’ Cat Burns ‘early twenties’ Charli xcx ‘BRAT’ CMAT ‘Crazymad, for Me’ Corinne Bailey Rae ‘Black Rainbows’ corto.
alto ‘Bad with Names’ English Teacher ‘This Could Be Texas’ Ghetts ‘On Purpose, With Purpose’ Nia Archives ‘Silence Is Loud’ The Last Dinner Party ‘Prelude to Ecstasy’ Charli XCX Share or comment on this article: 2024 Mercury Prize Album of the Year: Charli XCX's BRAT set to battle it out against Cat Burns' debut album Early Twenties at Abbey Road Studios e-mail Add comment.
