# The Mercury Prize winners of the 2000s

The ten albums that won the Mercury Prize from 2000 to 2009, from Badly Drawn Boy to Speech Debelle.

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- Jul 3, 2024 · Millie Ashworth
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## Top 10

1. **The Hour of Bewilderbeast — Badly Drawn Boy** (107 · ▲120 ▼13) — 2000. Damon Gough's lo-fi debut.
2. **Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea — PJ Harvey** (87 · ▲99 ▼12) — 2001. New York and Dorset; Harvey's first Mercury.
3. **Boy in da Corner — Dizzee Rascal** (85 · ▲94 ▼9) — 2003. The 18-year-old's grime landmark from east London.
4. **A Little Deeper — Ms. Dynamite** (73 · ▲89 ▼16) — 2002. UK garage and R&B with 'Dy-Na-Mi-Tee'.
5. **Franz Ferdinand — Franz Ferdinand** (63 · ▲75 ▼12) — 2004. Glasgow art-rock with 'Take Me Out'.
6. **Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not — Arctic Monkeys** (50 · ▲63 ▼13) — 2006. The fastest-selling debut album in UK history at the time.
7. **Myths of the Near Future — Klaxons** (47 · ▲57 ▼10) — 2007. The 'new rave' moment.
8. **I Am a Bird Now — Antony and the Johnsons** (45 · ▲65 ▼20) — 2005. Chamber pop about gender and identity.
9. **The Seldom Seen Kid — Elbow** (45 · ▲57 ▼12) — 2008. The Manchester band's breakthrough, with 'One Day Like This'.
10. **Speech Therapy — Speech Debelle** (33 · ▲50 ▼17) — 2009. Intimate rap from south London.

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