A History Of Mercury Music Prize Winners

• Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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1992. Primal Scream: 'Screamadelica' - The Scream scooped the first ever Mercury Music Prize, which had been set up in '92 as an alternative to the Brit Awards. Also nominated that year were U2 with 'Achtung Baby', The Jesus and Mary Chain's 'Honey's Dead' and strangely 'Stars' by Simply Red.

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