Young Fathers win Mercury Prize

29 October 2014, 22:00 | Written by Laurence Day

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(Young Fathers) (Damon Albarn) (Anna Calvi) (Bombay Bicycle Club) (East India Youth) (Polar Bear) (FKA Twigs) (Jungle) (Royal Blood) (Nick Mulvey) (Kate Tempest) (GoGo Penguin)

Young Fathers were awarded this year's Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize during a ceremony held at the Roundhouse in London earlier this evening.

The alternative hip-hop group beat the likes of Damon Albarn, Jungle, bookies' favourite FKA Twigs and more to claim the Award (and accompanying £20,000 cash prize) for their album album Dead - which also picked up the Scottish Album of The Year Award earlier this year. Read out review here.

Given to a UK or Irish-born band/artist deemed responsible for the best album of the past year, Mercury Prize alumni include Alt-J, PJ Harvey, the xx and James Blake - who won last year for his album Overgrown.

Some might argue the real winners are the record sales, according to the BBC, with all but three nominees receiving a double-digit percentage increase on sales - and with Kate Tempest and GoGo Penguin more than doubling their sales.

Check out the rest of the nominess below in full:

Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots
Royal Blood - Royal Blood
Kate Tempest - Everybody Down
GoGo Penguin - v2.0
FKA twigs - LP1
East India Youth - Total Strife Forever
Anna Calvi - One Breath
Jungle - Jungle
Nick Mulvey - First Mind
Polar Bear - In Each And Every One
Bombay Bicycle Club - So Long, See You Tomorrow