Blog: Idolator

UK MC Speech Debelle's Speech Therapy was named the winner of the 2009 Mercury Prize this evening; Debelle's debut album bested offerings from fellow UK citizens like Bat For Lashes, La Roux, and Florence and the Machine , among others. Meanwhile, the singles-centric Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize, which also had quite the competitive field , was nabbed by Girls Aloud's sterling "The Promise," because come on, it's amazing , how could it not?? (Full disclosure: I voted for it .) Clips from the winners after the jump! Speech [...]