The shortlist for the 2022 Mercury Prize, the annual award for the best British album, has been revealed. It includes records by Little Simz, Wet Leg, Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler, Self Esteem, Kojey Radical, Harry Styles, Yard Act and more. Here’s the full list of 12 nominees:
- Fergus McCreadie: Forest Floor
- Gwenno: Tresor
- Harry Styles: Harrys House
- Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler: For All Our Days That Tear the Heart
- Joy Crookes: Skin
- Kojey Radical: Reason to Smile
- Little Simz: Sometimes I Might be Introvert
- Nova Twins: Supernova
- Sam Fender: Seventeen Going Under
- Self Esteem: Prioritise Pleasure
- Wet Leg: Wet Leg
- Yard Act: The Overload
The 2022 Mercury Prize will be awarded at a gala ceremony on September 8 at the Eventim Apollo in London.
Arlo Parks’ Collapsed in Sunbeams won the 2021 Mercury Prize.