Florence + the Machine’s 2025 album Everybody Scream has been nominated for the 2026 Mercury Prize. The award recognizes the best album of the year by a U.K. or Irish act.
Other nominees include Paul McCartney’s The Boys of Dungeon Lane, Olivia Dean’s The Art of Loving and the War Child benefit compilation HELP(2). HELP(2) features tracks from Arctic Monkeys, The Last Dinner Party, Depeche Mode, beabadoobee, Fontaines D.C., Wet Leg, Foals, Damon Albarn and Portishead’s Beth Gibbons.
The winner will be announced at a ceremony on Oct. 22 in Newcastle, England. For more details, visit MercuryPrize.com.
