Arctic Monkeys scoop Mercury prize

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Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys

Sheffield-based four piece Arctic Monkeys have taken the Mercury music prize for their debut album Whatever People Say I am, That's What I'm Not.

They were presented with the award tonight by Jools Holland, beating off competition from The Guillemots, Muse, Editors, Thom Yorke, Richard Hawley, Scritti Politti, Sway and Hot Chip. All of the contenders were chosen from a list of 200 albums released in the past year.

The Arctic Monkeys debut album broke chart records, shifting 360,000 copies in it's first week.

Daniel O'Connell

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