Sampha, Stormzy, J Hus and More Nominated For This Year's Mercury Prize

The nominees for this year's Hyundai Mercury Prize—awarded to the "best British album of the year"—were announced earlier today, and some of the biggest names in the UK's music scene have made the cut.

British-Ghanian grime heavyweight, Stormzy earned a nomination for his album Gang Signs and Prayer, while Sierra-Leonean soul singer, Sampha is up for his debut album Process.

Gambian newcomer, J Hus earned a nod for his debut Common Sense as well.

I put my heart, my soul and my absolute everything into making this album. Over the moon right now. Giving God the glory. 🙏🏿❤️ #GSAP pic.twitter.com/air4qdde7M

— #GSAP (@Stormzy1) July 27, 2017

Last year's Mercury prize went to British-Nigerian grime star Skepta for his seminal album Konichiwa. Hopefully, another African artist will take home the award again this year—yes we're completely biased.

Check out the full list of nominees below.

So happy & honoured for Process to be nominated for the @MercuryPrize! Congratulations to all the other nominees too. Big love from Tokyo ❤️ pic.twitter.com/LtB8mFHKQ6

— Sampha (@sampha) July 27, 2017

Congratulations @Jhus on making the @MercuryPrize shortlist 🙌 #MercuryPrize pic.twitter.com/Ynmi0hriNV

— Black Butter (@BlackButterRecs) July 27, 2017

2017 Mercury Prize Nominees:

Alt-J - Relaxer

Blossoms - Blossoms

Dinosaur - Together, As One

Ed Sheeran - ÷

Glass Animals - How To Be A Human Being

J Hus - Common Sense

Kate Tempest - Let The Eat Chaos

Loyle Carner - Yesterday's Gone

Sampha - Process

Stormzy - Gang Signs & Prayer

The Big Moon - Love In The 4th Dimension

The xx - I See You