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Arctic Monkeys Win Mercury Music Prize 2006 Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 05 September 2006
ImageArctic Monkeys have been announced as the winners of this years Nationwide Mercury Prize.

The Sheffield band were the bookies red-hot favourites, and the award this evening came as little surprise to most.

'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' was released earlier this year and instantly became the fastest selling debut in UK chart history.

The band fought off stiff competition from The Guillemots, Thom Yorke and Muse to the prestigious career defining award and £20,000 prize money.

Taking to the stage to accept the award, singer Alex Turner quipped "Someone call 999. Richard Hawley's just been robbed!"

The nominees in full were:

Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not

Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Ballad Of The Broken Sea

Editors - The Back Room

Guillemots - Through The Windowpane

Richard Hawley - Coles Corner

Hot Chip - The Warning

Muse - Black Holes And Revelations

Zoe Rahman - Melting Pot

Lou Rhodes - Beloved One

Scritti Politti - White Bread, Black Beer

Sway - This Is My Demo

Thom Yorke - The Eraser






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