... Speech Debelle.
That's right, the London hip hop lady has become the winner of the 2009 Berclaycard Mercury Prize for best album of the year. She beat off competiton from the following fantastic albums:
Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
Florence and The Machine - Lungs
Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires
Glasvegas - Glasvegas
The Horrors - Primary Colours
La Roux - La Roux
Led Bib - Sensible Shoes
The Invisible - The Invisible
Lisa Hannigan - Sea Sew
Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Sweet Billy Pilgrim - Twice Born Men
Debelle is the first hip hop artist to win the award since Dizzee Rascal's debut album 'Boy In Da Corner' in 2003. 'Speech Therapy' is Debelle's debut album, and by the looks of things, we'll be hearing a lot more from her.
Some elements are not supported yet for this mobile version.