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Raye wins Mercury Prize for her album This Music May Contain Hope
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Evening Standard
22 Oct, 22:15
Raye wins Mercury Prize for her album This Music May Contain Hope
The 28-year-old singer won the prize for her second album, which came out in March, and debuted at number one in the charts.
The Guardian
22 Oct, 21:24
Raye wins 2026 Mercury prize for This Music May Contain Hope
Singer who has had record-breaking Brit awards success adds to haul thanks to massively ambitious big-band album
Raye is the winner of the 2026 Mercury prize, for her second studio album, This Music May Contain Hope.
Her win – for a hugely ambitious 73-minute record that spanned big band jazz, power balladry, funk and more – caps an ongoing renaissance for a British singer who at one point was in the doldrums, lashing out publicly at her record label for not letting her release a studio album.
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