Harry Styles earned his first Mercury Prize selection for his third solo album. It competes for the award for best British album of the year with artists like singer-songwriter Sam Fender and rapper Little Simz.
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Styles was shortlisted on Tuesday for his album Harry’s Housewhich stayed at the top of the UK charts for six weeks, longer than all the albums he recorded as a member of boy band One Direction combined.
Among the 12 albums in the running for this year’s Mercury Prize are Seventeen Going Under from Fender and Sometimes I Might Be Introverted by Little Simz.
Actress Jessie Buckley, who recently won the Olivier for Best Actress in a Musical for her role as Sally Bowles in Cabaretis also listed for For All Our Days That Tear The Hearthis album with former Suede guitarist Bernard Butler.
A jury including musicians Jamie Cullum and Anna Calvi selected the finalists.
The award ceremony will take place on September 8 in London, with live performances from most of the shortlisted artists.