Full List of the Mercury Music Prize 2018 Nominees have been Revealed

The Mercury Prize is given out every year by a panel of UK critics and industry figures to honor the best album from the United Kingdom and Ireland.
This year’s Mercury Music prize shortlist has been announced yesterdsy and include King Krule’s The Ooz, Arctic Monkeys’ Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, Florence and the Machine’s High as Hope, Jorja Smith’s Lost and Found, and Wolf Alice’s Visions of a Life.
No Irish acts were nominated for the 2018 prize, which is awarded to the best British and Irish album of the year.
The winner will be announced at London’s Eventim Apollo on September 20th.
Here’s the full list of nominees for Mercury Music Prize:
Lily Allen – No Shame
Arctic Monkeys – Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
Everything Everything – A Fever Dream
Everything Is Recorded – Everything Is Recorded
Florence + the Machine – High as Hope
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Who Built the Moon?
King Krule – The Ooz
Novelist – Novelist Guy
Nadine Shah – Holiday Destination
Jorja Smith – Lost and Found
Sons of Kemet – Your Queen Is a Reptile
Wolf Alice – Visions of a Life
Other artists that made this year’s cut include Everything Everything with their 2017 LP ‘A Fever Dream’, MC Novelist’s recent debut album ‘Novelist Guy’, Nadine Shah’s fifth album ‘Holiday Destination’ and Richard Russell’s project ‘Everything Is Recorded’.
Live performances from many of the shortlisted artists will be featured in the event and the evening will culminate in the announcement of the overall winner of the 2018 Hyundai Mercury Prize for Album of the Year.
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