Det unge britiske band The XX løb i går med den prestigefulde britiske pris Mercury Prize for deres selvbetitlede debutalbum, der udkom sidste år. Med prisen, der gives for årets bedste britiske album i 2009, følger 20.000 £.
De øvrige nominerede som The XX slog i kapløbet om prisen var Biffy Clyro, I Am Kloot, Paul Weller, Dizzee Rascal, Corinne Bailay Rae, Villagers, Kit Downes, Foals, Laura Marling, Wild Beasts og Mumford & Sons.
De hidtidige vindere af prisen er:
1992: Primal Scream ”Screamadelica”
1993: Suede ”Suede”
1994: M People “Elegant Slumming”
1995: Portishead “Dummy”
1996: Pulp “Different Class”
1997: Roni Size/Reprazent “New Forms”
1998: Gomez “Bring It On”
1999: Talvin Singh “Ok”
2000: Badly Drawn Boy “The Hour of Bewilderbeast”
2001: PJ Harvey “Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea”
2002: Ms. Dynamite “A Little Deeper”
2003: Dizzee Rascal “Boy in da Corner”
2004: Franz Ferdinans “Franz Ferdinand”
2005: Antony and the Johnsons “I Am a Bird Now”
2006: Arctic Monkeys “Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not”
2007: Klaxons “Myths of the Near Future”
2008: Elbow “The Seldom Seen Kid”
2009: Speech Debelle “Speech Therapy”
2010: The XX “XX”
