Arctic Monkeys claim their fifth nomination for the Mercury Prize for there 7th album The Car, making them joint most nominated artists in the award history along side Radiohead.

A popular fan favourite single from the album The Car by Arctic Monkeys “There better be a mirror ball.”  along with singles such as “Perfect sense” and “Hello you” could see a second time win for the band.

Mercury Prize Awards celebrates its 32nd year, although last years show was cancelled out of respect, for Queen Elizabeth’s II death.

This years show will go ahead in all its glory on September 7th at 9pm and will be played on BBC 4 and on iPlayer, along with full coverage, from BBC Radio 6, as well as all BBC online and social media outlets. Showcasing some amazing artists, and their latest albums, viewers and listeners will have a whole host of talent to look forward to.

London’s Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, will hold this years award show and tickets are available to purchase. Hosting this years Mercury Awards is DJ and Television presenter Lauren Laverne. There is no further announcement as to whether she will have a guest presenter along side her.

Each performer announced will feature 10 live and two pre-recorded performances at the award show; however, both Arctic Monkeys and Fred Again will be touring in September and unable to attend this years show. Instead, a special film will be shown, to celebrate both of their award nominated albums.

Mercury awards see’s four nominations for the second time, from acts Jhus, Loyle Carner, Young Father and Jessie Ware.

Jessie Ware on release of her album That! Feels Good! which is the title track to the first song, wrote on her official Instagram page to say, “This album is no longer mine, its all yours!”

Jessie Ware in an interview with NME, commented on how she felt to be nominated for her album That! Feels Good!, a decade on since her last Mercury nomination. She said, “It’s nice to see brilliant artists and lovely to be amongst them. It’s amazing to be up for my second Mercury a decade on, and I feel proud of myself.”

This highly sort after award has previously been won by the likes of Portishead in 1995 with their album Dummy, Badly Drawn Boy in 2000 with album The Hour of Bewilderbeast and Arctic Monkeys in 2006 with album Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not.

Mercury Prize Award has no categories, and is open to all musical genres, with 12 shortlisted ‘Album of the Year’ with 1 winner. The artist to win the award will take home, not only the ‘Album of the Year’ trophy, but also a cash prize of £25,000 pounds. Not to mention blow up their social media and public awareness.

This year, the grand event has announced their nominees in a total of 13 different categories. Following on from the update in 2021 on getting rid of gendered categories in order to be more gender inclusive, a suggestion made by non-binary artist Sam Smith after only getting nominated for best Solo Artist in 2020. However, only ridding of the latter categories the possible female inclusion in the awards decreased greatly. Smith argued “I look forward to a time where awards shows can be reflective of the society we live in. Let’s celebrate everybody, regardless of gender, race, age, ability, sexuality and class.” This proceeded to introducing an advanced set of genre focused ones instead. The added sections included an Alternative/Rock Act, Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Act, Dance Act and Pop/RnB Act.

The nominees this year include; Harry Styles for best Artist, best Song and best British Album, Stormzy for best Artist, Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Act and best British Album, The 1975 for best British Album and best British Group, Ed Sheeran for best Song and International Song, George Ezra for best Artist, Sam Smith as best Pop/RnB Act, Arctic Monkeys for best Alternative/Rock Band, Eliza Rose as best British Dance Act and best Song, Central Cee for best Artist, best Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Act, Dave for best Song and best Hip Hop/Grime/Act and many, many more.

A great host will be leading the night, comedian Mo Gillian, once again this 2023. Furthermore, the stage will be taken over by some exciting performances by Harry Styles, Stormzy, Lizzo accompanied by Wet Leg, Lewis Capaldi, Sam Smith, Kim Petras as well as David Guetta, Becky Hill, Ella Henderson and Cat Burns.

This past year has not been a quiet one, considering the number of brilliant outcomes from current artists. This years edition will undoubtedly be a gripping one.