水星音乐奖

        一向以提携新人著称的英国“水星音乐奖”设立于１９９２年，是音乐界里一个比较独特的奖项。是英国地区享有国际声誉的音乐类奖项之一。每年的水星音乐奖由一些中立的评委投票，从各种风格的音乐中选出去年一年当中在英国或爱尔兰地区出版的最优秀的专辑。与其他音乐奖拥有众多奖项不同，“水星音乐奖”的奖项只有一个，由业内人士组成的评委团来决定奖项的归属。自设立以来，“水星音乐奖”一直凭借专业精神和纯粹从音乐出发的评选标准而广受好评，被很多新人视为进入音乐界的敲门砖。
Mercury Prize（水星奖）历年获奖名单
　　2008暂缺 　　2007暂缺 　　2006 　　《Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not》-Arctic Monkeys 　　《The Eraser》-Thom Yoke 　　《Black Holes & Revelations》-Muse 　　《Balllad of the Broken Seas》 -Isobel Campbell &Mark Lenegan 　　《The Back Room》 -Editors 　　《Through the Windowpane》-Guillemots 　　《Coles Corner》-Richard Hawly 　　《The Warning》-Hot Chip 　　《Melting Pot》-Zoe Rahman 　　《Beloved One》-Lou Rhodes 　　《White Bread Black Beer》-Scritti Politti 　　《This is My Meno》 -Sway 　　2005 　　Antony and the Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now WINNER 　　Bloc Party - Silent Alarm 　　Coldplay - X&Y 　　The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike 　　Hard-Fi - Stars of CCTV 　　The Kaiser Chiefs - Employment 　　Seth Lakeman - Kitty Jay 　　The Magic Numbers - The Magic Numbers 　　Maximo Park - A Certain Trigger 　　MIA - Arular 　　Polar Bear - Held on the Tips of Fingers 　　KT Tunstall - Eye to the Telescope 　　2004 　　Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand WINNER 　　Basement Jaxx - Kish Kash 　　Belle And Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress 　　Jamelia - Thank You 　　Keane - Hopes And Fears 　　Snow Patrol - Final Straw 　　Joss Stone - The Soul Sessions 　　The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free 　　Ty - Upwards 　　Amy Winehouse - Frank 　　Robert Wyatt - Cuckooland 　　The Zutons - Who Killed the Zutons 　　2003 　　Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner WINNER 　　Athlete - Vehicles and Animals 　　Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head 　　The Darkness - Permission to Land 　　Floetry - Floetic 　　Lemon Jelly - Lost Horizons 　　Radiohead - Hail To The Thief 　　The Thrills - So Much For The City 　　Martina Topley-Bird - Quixotic 　　Terri Walker - Untitled 　　2002 　　Ms. Dynamite - A Little Deeper WINNER 　　Guy Barker - Soundtrack 　　The Bees - Sunshine Hit Me 　　David Bowie - Heathen 　　The Coral - The Coral 　　Doves - The Last Broadcast 　　Electric Soft Parade - Holes In The Wall 　　Gemma Hayes - Night On My Side 　　Beverley Knight - Who I Am 　　Joanna MacGregor - Play 　　Roots Manuva - Run Come Save Me 　　The Streets - Original Pirate Material 　　2001 　　PJ Harvey - Songs From The City, Stories From The Sea WINNER 　　Basement Jaxx - Rooty 　　Elbow - Asleep At The Back 　　Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain 　　Gorillaz - Gorillaz 　　Ed Harcourt - Here Be Monsters 　　Tom Mcrae - Tom Mcrae 　　Radiohead - Amnesiac 　　Shusheela Ramen - Salt Rain 　　Super Furry Animals - Rings Around The World 　　Turin Brakes - The Optimist LP 　　Zero 7 - Simple Things 　　2000 　　Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour Of Bewilderbeast WINNER 　　Richard Ashcroft - Alone With Everybody 　　Coldplay - Parachutes 　　M.J. Cole - Sincere 　　Death In Vegas - The Contino Sessions 　　The Delgados - The Great Eastern 　　Doves - Lost Souls 　　Helicopter Girl - How To Steal The World 　　Leftfield - Rhythm And Stealth 　　Nicholas Maw - Violin Concerto 　　Nitin Sawhney - Beyond Skin 　　Kathryn Williams - Little Black Numbers 　　1999 　　Talvin Singh - OK WINNER 　　Thomas Ad 　　- Asyla 　　Denys Baptiste - Be Where You Are 　　Blur - 13 　　Black Star Liner - Bengali Bantam Youth Experience 　　Chemical Brothers - Surrender 　　Faithless - Sunday 8pm 　　Manic Street Preachers - This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours 　　Beth Orton - Central Reservation 　　Kate Rusby - Sleepless 　　Stereophonics - Performance and Cocktails 　　Underworld - Beacoup Fish 　　1998 　　Gomez - Bring It On WINNER 　　Asian Dub Foundation - Rafi's Revenge 　　Eliza Carthy - Red Rice 　　Catatonia - International Velvet 　　Cornershop - When I Was Born For The 7th Time 　　4-Hero - Two Pages 　　Massive Attack - Mezzanine 　　Propellerheads - Decksandrumsandrockandroll 　　Pulp - This Is Hardcore 　　John Surman - Proverbs & Songs 　　The Verve - Urban Hymns 　　Robbie Williams - Life Thru A Lens 　　1997 　　Roni Size/Reprazent - New Forms WINNER 　　The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole 　　Mark-Anthony - Turnage Your Rockaby 　　Beth Orton - Trailer Park 　　Primal Scream - Vanishing Point 　　The Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land 　　Radiohead - OK Computer 　　The Spice Girls - Spice 　　Suede - Coming Up 　　John Taverner - Svyati 　　1996 　　Pulp - Different Class WINNER 　　Artists for War Child - Help 　　Black Grape - It's Great When You're Straight 　　Fire / Caroline - Mathilde 　　Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go 　　Peter Maxwell Davies/The BBC Philharmonic - The Beltane 　　Mark Morrison - Return of the Mack 　　Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? 　　Courtney Pine - Modern Day Jazz Stories 　　Norma Waterson - Norma Waterson 　　Underworld - Second Toughest In The Infants 　　1995 　　Portishead - Dummy WINNER 　　Guy Barker - Into The Blue 　　Elastica - Elastica 　　PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love 　　Leftfield - Leftism 　　James MacMillan - Seven Last Words From The Cross 　　Van Morrison - Days Like This 　　Oasis - Definitely Maybe 　　Supergrass - I Should Coco 　　Tricky - Maxinquaye 　　1994 　　M People - Elegant Slumming WINNER 　　Blur - Parklife 　　Ian McNabb - Head Like A Rock 　　Shara Nelson - What Silence Knows 　　Michael Nyman - The Piano Concerto and MGV 　　The Prodigy - Music For The Jilted Generation 　　Pulp - His 'n' Hers 　　Take That - Everything Changes 　　Therapy? - Troublegum 　　Paul Weller - Wild Wood 　　1993 　　Suede - Suede WINNER 　　Apache Indian - No Reservations 　　The Auteurs - New Wave 　　Gavin Bryars - Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet 　　Dina Carroll - So Close 　　P.J. Harvey - Rid Of Me 　　New Order - Republic 　　Stereo MC's - Connected 　　Sting - Ten Summoner's Tales 　　Stan Tracey - Portraits Plus 　　1992 　　Primal Scream - Screamadelica WINNER 　　Barry Adamson - Soul Murder 　　Jesus & Mary Chain - Honey's Dead 　　Bheki Mseleku - Celebration 　　St Etienne - Foxbase Alpha 　　Simply Red - Stars 　　John Taverner & Steven Isserlis - The Protecting Veil 　　U2 - Achtung Baby 　　Jah Wobble - Rising Above Bedlam 　　The Young Disciples - Road To Freedom