Raye wins 2026 Mercury prize for This Music May Contain Hope

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: entertainment-sports · Bias: Center · Published: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 21:24:17 GMT

Singer who has had record-breaking Brit awards success adds to haul thanks to massively ambitious big-band albumRaye is the winner of the 2026 Mercury prize, for her second studio album, This Music May Contain Hope.Her win – for a hugely ambitious 73-minute record that spanned big band jazz, power balladry, funk and more – caps an ongoing renaissance for a British singer who at one point was in the doldrums, lashing out publicly at her record label for not letting her release a studio album. Continue reading...

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