Arctic Monkeys Win 2006 Mercury Music Prize
By Jenny May on Sep 12, 2006 in Arctic Monkeys, BBC, Bands, Indie, Mercury Music Prize

The Arctic Monkeys have won the 2006 Mercury Music Prize for their album ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not‘. The awards show was broadcast on BBC 4 on September 5th and was presented by Jools Holland.
Other nominees were:
Isobel Campbell
Editors
Guillemots
Richard Hawley
Hot Chip
Muse
Zoe Rahman
Lou Rhodes
Scritti Politti
Sway
Thom Yorke
The Arcitc Monkeys walked away with a £20,000 prize which I’m sure they’ll put to good use.
