Raye Wins 2026 Mercury Prize for 'This Music May Contain Hope'
The British singer defeated Paul McCartney and others to claim the award in Newcastle.
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First reported by Stereogum, 2 min ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
The story so far
7 publishers have covered this in 7 articles since 22 Oct 2026. Stereogum published first, on 22 October at 21:22 UTC; The Guardian followed 2 min later. The most recent article, from Pitchfork, appeared on 22 October at 23:09 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: The Guardian (major outlet), Variety (major outlet), Stereogum, Billboard, NME, BBC Entertainment, Pitchfork.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- StereogumRaye Wins 2026 Mercury Prize
- The GuardianRaye wins 2026 Mercury prize for This Music May Contain Hope
- VarietyRaye Wins Mercury Prize for Album of the Year
- BillboardRAYE Wins 2026 Mercury Prize With ‘This Music May Contain Hope’
- NMERaye wins the Mercury Prize 2026: “Hope is just something that we all need. Music is medicine”
- BBC EntertainmentRaye wins the Mercury Prize with This Music May Contain Hope
- PitchforkRaye Wins 2026 Mercury Prize
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- Raye Wins Mercury Prize for Album of the Year Variety ·
- Raye wins 2026 Mercury prize for This Music May Contain Hope The Guardian ·
- Raye Wins 2026 Mercury Prize Pitchfork
- Raye wins the Mercury Prize with This Music May Contain Hope BBC Entertainment
- Raye wins the Mercury Prize 2026: “Hope is just something that we all need. Music is medicine” NME
- RAYE Wins 2026 Mercury Prize With ‘This Music May Contain Hope’ Billboard
- Raye Wins 2026 Mercury Prize Stereogum
In this story
- Raye
- Mercury Prize
- Paul McCartney
- Olivia Dean
- Suede
- Jade