Hot favourites Arctic Monkeys have just been announced as the winners of 2006’s Nationwide Mercury Prize.
The Sheffield quartet took home the ВЈ20,000 award for their debut album ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not‘.
On collecting the award front man Alex Turner quipped: “Somebody call 999, Richard Hawley‘s just been robbed!”
The band had been heavy favourites with the bookies leading up to the lavish ceremony at London’s Grovesnor House Hotel.
Hawley had been many peoples favourite for his album ‘Coles Corner‘ with Hot Chip and Guillemots also recieving plenty of backing.
The full list of nominees was:
Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Ballad Of The Broken Seas
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
Arctic Monkeys Win The Mercury Prize
- Source: gigwise.com