{"id":49316,"date":"2025-10-16T21:53:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T21:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/16\/sam-fender-wins-2025-mercury-prize-for-people-watching\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T21:53:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T21:53:56","slug":"sam-fender-wins-2025-mercury-prize-for-people-watching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/16\/sam-fender-wins-2025-mercury-prize-for-people-watching\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Fender Wins 2025 Mercury Prize for People Watching"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Sam Fender<\/a> has won the 2025 Mercury Prize<\/a>, awarded by a music-industry panel to the best British album of the year. The North Shields singer-songwriter\u2019s album People Watching<\/em><\/a> fended off competition from FKA twigs<\/a> (Eusexua<\/em><\/a>), PinkPantheress<\/a> (Fancy That<\/em><\/a>), Fontaines D.C.<\/a> (Romance<\/em><\/a>), Pulp<\/a> (More<\/em><\/a>), Pa Salieu<\/a> (Afrikan Alien<\/em><\/a>), Wolf Alice<\/a> (The Clearing<\/em><\/a>), CMAT<\/a> (Euro-Country<\/em><\/a>), and more. See the full shortlist below.<\/p>\n

Last year, English Teacher<\/a> won<\/a> the award for This Could Be Texas<\/em><\/a>, beating the likes of Charli XCX<\/a> and double-nominee CMAT.<\/p>\n

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