Skepta Wins 2016 Mercury Prize

5:01 PM EDT on September 15, 2016

LONDON, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 15: Joseph Junior Adenuga aka Skepta picks up the winning prize at this years Hyundai Mercury Prize 2016 at Eventim Apollo on September 15, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images)

|Dave Benett/Getty Images

Skepta's Konnichiwa has won the 2016 Mercury Prize, the annual award honoring the best album (as selected by a panel of judges) from Great Britain and Ireland. Finalists this year included Laura Mvula's The Dreaming Room, the 1975's I Like It When You Sleep... (who was chosen by the public), David Bowie's ?, Radiohead's A Moon Shaped Pool, and Michael Kiwanuka's Love & Hate.

AND THE WINNER IS... @Skepta!!! 🎉🔥?🏆 pic.twitter.com/r8Wx1NKZP5
— Mercury Prize (@MercuryPrize) September 15, 2016

Performers at the ceremony included Skepta, Lazarus actor Michael C. Hall (singing Bowie), ANOHNI, Savages, Bat For Lashes, and the 1975. Watch below.

So much #greatness. Proud is not the word. KING @Skepta 🇬🇧🏆 #MercuryPrize pic.twitter.com/yUSqMZJAta
— SHABBA (@ellesmx) September 15, 2016

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