The Arctic Monkeys were good to their favourites tag as they took the £20,000 prize as winners of the Mercury Prize for their album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not.
The Arctic Monkeys have been one of the most raved about bands in recent years, even before they released their album and had a record contract they had a massive following thanks to online services such as Myspace. Their debut album was the fastest selling debut album ever.
They beat competition from Muse, Editors, Thom Yorke, Richard Hawley, The Guillemots, Scritti Politti and Hot Chip.
Posted by: martinwarn on Tuesday, September 05, 2006 - 11:43 PM