# The Mercury Prize winners of the 2010s

The ten albums that won the Mercury Prize, the UK and Ireland's award for album of the year, from 2010 to 2019.

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- Nov 15, 2019 · encore_salty
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## Top 10

1. **xx — The xx** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — 2010. Minimalist debut from the London trio.
2. **Overgrown — James Blake** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — 2013. Electronic soul and his falsetto.
3. **Let England Shake — PJ Harvey** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — 2011. War and England; Harvey's second Mercury, the only artist to win twice.
4. **Process — Sampha** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 2017. Grief and piano after his mother's death.
5. **At Least for Now — Benjamin Clementine** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — 2015. Piano and voice from a former Paris busker.
6. **An Awesome Wave — alt-J** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — 2012. Leeds art-rock debut with 'Breezeblocks'.
7. **Dead — Young Fathers** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — 2014. The Edinburgh trio's hip-hop and pop hybrid.
8. **Visions of a Life — Wolf Alice** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 2018. The London band's ambitious second album.
9. **Psychodrama — Dave** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 2019. A rap album structured like a therapy session.
10. **Konnichiwa — Skepta** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 2016. The grime album that broke into the mainstream.

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