Da podsjetimo, to je nagrada koja promovira britanske/irske izvođače. Od 12 nominiranih samo je jedan koji godišnje odnosi tu laskavu titulu, najboljeg britanskog albuma… A nominirani su:

Anthony & the Johnsons - I am a Bird Now
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Coldplay - X&Y
Hard-Fi - Stars of CCTV
Kaiser Chiefs - Employement
KT Tunstall - Eye to the Telescope
M.I.A. - Arular
Maximo Park - A Certain Trigger
Polar Bear - Held on the Tips of Fingers
Seth Lakeman - Kitty Jay
The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike
The Magic Numbers - The Magic Numbers

Dodjela nagrada održat će se 06/09/2005, a ako ste mislili da su Coldplay favoriti, varate se!!!

Za one koji to neznaju, dosadašnji pobjednici bili su:

1992 - Primal Scream: Screamadellica (ispred U2, Saint Etienne, Jesus & Mary Chain…)
1993 - Suede: Suede (ispred PJ Harvey, Stereo MC's, New Order…)
1994 - M People: Elegant Slumming (ispred Pulp, Paul Wellera, Prodigy…)
1995 - Portishead: Dummy (ispred Van Morrisona, Oasis, Trickya…)
1996 - Pulp: Different Class (ispred Oasis, Manic Street Preachers, War Child benefit…)
1997 - Roni Size/Reprazent: New Forms (ispred Radiohead, Suede, Chemical Brothers…)
1998 - Gomez: Bring It On (ispred Massive Attack, Pulp, Cornershop…)
1999 - Talvin Singh: Ok (ispred Manic Street Preachers, Faihless, Underworld…)
2000 - Badly Drawn Boy: The Hour of the Bewilderbeast (ispred Coldplay, Doves, Death in Vegas…)
2001 - PJ Harvey: Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (ispred Radiohead, Goldfrapp, Zero 7…)
2002 - Ms. Dynamite: A Little Deeper (ispred David Bowie, The Streets, The Coral…)
2003 - Dizzee Rascal: Boy in da Corner (ispred Coldplay, Darkness, Radiohead…)
2004 - Franz Ferdinand: Franz Ferdinand (ispred The Streets, Keane, Joss Stone…)

pedja // 03/08/2005