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The album collier argent infini zirconium cemented the band’s journey from University of Leeds DIY types to collier femme 3 rang the Top 20 and made them bookies’ collier argent etnique favourites for the prize. The well connected posh boys’ success spawned predictable social media outrage, acheter collier femme pas cher but their collier femme goutte debut’s clever mix of experimental glitches, daft lyrics and quirkily catchy tunes nonetheless shifted 100,000 copies.

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Niomi McLean Daley’s Mercury triumph was a rare early victory for British hip hop in a field dominated by US culture; you heard Dy na mi tee’s hook being sung by fans everywhere. coque samsung coque iphone xs Sixteen years on, A Little Deeper’s mix of Lauryn Hill inspired singing, ragga and R sounds collier femme clé somewhat of its time, but it’s not without its charms.

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The London born winner accepted his prize in tears as you would, collier argent promo had your career taken you from sleeping rough to being hailed (by Debrett’s, no less) as “one of the most influential people in Britain”. coque iphone 8 At Least for Now didn’t shift units, but the pianist tenor mixed emotion, grandeur, poetry and humour with a striking, anguished voice.

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Controversially, this saw off such era defining albums as the Prodigy’s Music for the Jilted Generation and Blur’s Parklife. Although the Hacienda influenced band’s advert hogging pop was seen as dance music for Mondeo man, it shrewdly took club culture into the mainstream.

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Polly Harvey’s first Mercury winning album is her most commercial. The title recognises the songs’ inception in New York and her coastal home in Dorset. coque huawei p30 While Big Exit is contemporary, punky melodrama, not all fans were comfortable with the album’s shift from gros collier femme argenté her former edgy, ramshackle, indie blues to a more FM radio sheen.

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This Edinburgh based, Liberian/Nigerian/Scottish experimental hip hop trio overcame long odds to win. coque iphone The Mercury did its job in shining a spotlight on a relatively unknown but deserving band whose music inventively fused electro punk and African sounds.

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Gomez’s winner sold shiploads, but it was not received well among elements of the music press. coque huawei However, the Bring It On 20th anniversary tour proved a hot ticket: there’s still much love among its dusty psych blues funk and vim filled tales of youthful escapades.

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15. Elbow: The Seldom Seen Kid (2008)

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The young Londoners’ debut has been widely imitated. coque iphone 7 pas cher Still, in 2010, the Mercury winners’ stripped down, minimalist, spacious sound collier femme grossiste pas cher a sparse negative of Joy Division, with whispered tales of sexual longing and shades of contemporary R felt as fresh as a daisy.

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