Mercury Prize 2024: Brat Summer continues as Charli XCX among shortlisted artists

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Charli XCX’s sixth album is nominated alongside records by baroque pop band The Last Dinner Party, grime veteran Ghetts, rock band English Teacher and singer-songwriter Cat Burns. open image in gallery Rock band English Teacher received a nomination for their debut, ‘This Could Be Texas’ Corinne Bailey Rae received her first Mercury Prize nomination in 14 years, thanks to her critically hailed fourth album, Black Rainbows, which was inspired by an exhibition on Black history that she visited in Chicago. The full shortlist for the 2024 Mercury Prize is as follows: Barry Can’t Swim – When Will We Land?’ BERWYN – Who Am I Beth Gibbons – Lives Outgrown Cat Burns – early twenties Charli XCX – Brat CMAT – Crazymad, for Me Corinne Bailey Rae – Black Rainbows corto.alto – Bad with Names English Teacher – This Could Be Texas Ghetts – On Purpose, With Purpose Nia Archives – Silence Is Loud The Last Dinner Party – Prelude to Ecstasy open image in gallery The Last Dinner Party singer Abigail Morris, pictured during the band’s performance at Glastonbury in June Since its release on 7 June, Brat has generated one of the defining moods of 2024, capturing an attitude that rejects other TikTok-friendly trends such as “clean girl living” and instead embracing a messier, more hedonistic outlook. The 2024 Mercury Prize judges are: Chair Jeff Smith; writer and broadcaster Danielle Perry; musician and radio presenter Jamie Cullum, 6 Music presenter and DJ Jamz Supernova; Radio 2 and 6 Music’s Head of Music, Jeff Smith; music programming consultant Lea Stonhill; songwriter and broadcaster Mistajam; Kerrang’s creative director Phil Alexander; Radio 1 presenter Sian Eleri; The Times’ critic Will Hodgkinson and music writer Sophie Williams.