The shortlist of nominees for the 2025 Mercury Prize have been announced — you can see the full nominations list below.
This year’s awards ceremony, which will celebrate the best British and Irish music of the year, will take place at the Utilita Arena in Newcastle on 16 October.
The winner of the esteemed annual prize, which was won last year by English Teacher for their debut record This Could Be Texas, will be decided by an independent judging panel of music industry professionals who, organisers say, are ‘eternally passionate about spotlighting artistic achievement across a range of genres’.
You can see the full shortlist of nominees for the 2025 Mercury Prize below.
- CMAT - EURO-COUNTRY
- Emma-Jean Thackray - Weirdo
- FKA twigs - EUSEXUA
- Fontaines D.C. - Romance
- Jacob Alon - In Limerence
- Joe Webb - Hamstrings & Hurricanes
- Martin Carthy - Transform Me Then Into A Fish
- Pa Salieu - Afrikan Alien
- PinkPantheress - Fancy That
- Pulp - More
- Sam Fender - People Watching
- Wolf Alice - The Clearing
The Mercury Prize’s broadcast partner BBC Music will provide coverage of the event next month, while the last remaining tickets for the ceremony are still available to buy.
The 2025 Mercury Prize judges are: Danielle Perry – Broadcaster & Writer; Jamie Cullum - Musician & Radio 2 Broadcaster; Jamz Supernova – 6 Music Broadcaster and DJ; Jeff Smith - Head of Music, Radio 2 & Radio 6 Music; Lea Stonhill – Music Programming Consultant; Mistajam – Songwriter, DJ & Broadcaster; Phil Alexander – Creative Director, Kerrang!/Contributing Editor, Mojo; Sian Eleri – Radio 1 Broadcaster & DJ; Will Hodgkinson - Chief Rock & Pop Critic, The Times; Sophie Williams – Music Writer & Broadcaster. The Chair of the judging team is Jeff Smith.
