Full list of Mercury Prize 2024 nominations: From Charli xcx to The Last Dinner Party, here's all the acts up for the £25,000 Album of the Year prize By Charlotte Dean For Mailonline Published: 11:55, 25 July 2024 | Updated: 12:06, 25 July 2024 e-mail 1 View comments Charli XCX, The Last Dinner Party 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 12 Albums of the Year shortlist was announced on BBC Radio 6 Music by Tom Ravenscroft on Thursday morning. 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, The Last Dinner Party 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 12 Albums of the Year shortlist was announced on BBC Radio 6 Music by Tom Ravenscroft on Thursday morning (Cat Burns pictured at a photocall for the 2024 Mercury Music Prize 'Album of the Year' at The Langham Hotel) Boys singer 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 last month.
Three of her songs from the album, including Von Dutch and 360, have entered the UK's top 40 singles chart. Read More Azealia Banks SLAMS Charli XCX for endorsing Kamala Harris amid Brat girl summer craze: 'You are uninformed and thirsty for attention' 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. MERCURY PRIZE NOMINATIONS Barry Can't Swim 'When Will We Land?' BERWYN 'Who Am I' Beth Gibbons 'Lives Outgrown 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' Advertisement 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 (pictured) will also receive an award for Prelude to Ecstasy Mercury Music Prize shortlist winner BERWYN whose album Who Am I was nominated Corinne Bailey Rae holding the shortlist trophy for her album Black Rainbows corto.
alto has been shortlisted for his album Bad with Names 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. An independent judging panel that included jazz pianist Jamie Cullum and DJ Mistajam, chose the shortlist.
The overall winner of the 2024 Mercury Prize will be revealed in September. Charli XCX Share or comment on this article: Full list of Mercury Prize 2024 nominations: From Charli xcx to The Last Dinner Party, here's all the acts up for the £25,000 Album of the Year prize e-mail Add comment.
