Overview

• The 12 shortlisted albums are CMAT (Euro-Country), Emma-Jean Thackray (Weirdo), FKA twigs (Eusexua), Fontaines D.C. (Romance), Jacob Alon (In Limerence), Joe Webb (Hamstrings & Hurricanes), Martin Carthy (Transform Me Then Into A Fish), Pa Salieu (Afrikan Alien), PinkPantheress (Fancy That), Pulp (More), Sam Fender (People Watching) and Wolf Alice (The Clearing).
• Wolf Alice earn a nomination for The Clearing, becoming the first act to be shortlisted for each of their first four albums after winning in 2018.
• Pulp return with a nod for More, their first album in over two decades, having previously won the prize in 1996 for Different Class.
• Folk icon Martin Carthy, 84, is the oldest-ever Mercury nominee, recognised for Transform Me Then Into A Fish.
• The ceremony will be held on 16 October at Newcastle’s Utilita Arena, the first time outside London, with BBC coverage and a Generator-powered Mercury Fringe running 9–15 October.