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Olivia Dean stole the show and took home 3 prizes at the MOBO Awards 2026

Olivia Dean took home the most prizes at the MOBOs this year, earning three in total, as she continues her decent to the top.

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Olivia Dean sweeps three major awards at Mobo Awards 30th anniversary in Manchester

Dean was honoured with Song of the Year for her single ‘Man I Need’, Album of the Year for ‘The Art of Loving’ and Best Female Act

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Olivia Dean leads the way with three wins at 2026 Mobo awards

Other winners include Raye for video of the year, Central Cee for best hip-hop act and Ezra Collective in jazz category

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Ivor Novello award nominees reflect gender disparity in British and Irish songwriters, with twice as many men as women

Olivia Dean, Wolf Alice’s Ellie Rowsell, Jacob Alon, Self Esteem and Kae Tempest lead this year’s Ivors, with two nominations each

The Guardian - UK

Ivors 2026: See the nominations in full as Lily Allen, CMAT and Olivia Dean up for top prizes

Prestigious songwriting prize vows to continue recognising human creativity amid music industry concern about the use of AI

The Independent UK

The Brits 2026: who should win – and who will actually win

From Lily Allen to Lola Young, it’s a crowded field this year. But who will triumph on the night?

Evening Standard

Olivia Dean, Lola Young and Lily Allen nominated for 2026 Brit Awards

Sam Fender, the most recent recipient of the Mercury Prize, received four nominations.

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Olivia Dean and Lola Young lead Brit Awards 2026 as nominations mark record year for representation

This year’s nominations mark a milestone for the awards, with almost 70 per cent of shortlisted acts identifying as female or non-binary across solo and mixed-gender group categories

Evening Standard

Olivia Dean and Lola Young lead 2026 Brit award nominations

Singer-songwriters each receive five nominations at British music industry’s flagship awards – where Jarvis Cocker will return 30 years after Michael Jackson incident

The Guardian - UK

Little Simz and Olivia Dean lead Mobo Award nominations

The pair, along with Kwn and Jim Legxacy, are this year’s most nominated artists at the awards ceremony, which is due to be held in Manchester.

Evening Standard

Little Simz and Olivia Dean among most nominated at 2026 MOBO Awards

The MOBOs are returning bigger than ever before at Manchester's Co-op Live.

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Grief inspired so much of the year’s best music – and that’s something AI won’t ever feel

As AI generated ever more pop slop, reflective songwriting by artists from Clipse to CMAT drew its power from its very humanity

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The 20 best albums of 2025, from Rosalía’s Lux to Lily Allen’s West End Girl

THE COUNTDOWN: From the thrills and spills of Lily Allen’s ‘divorce album’ to dazzling pop debuts, introspective UK rap and country romps, Roisin O’Connor, Hannah Ewens and Ellie Muir reflect on the best in music 2025 had to offer

The Independent UK

‘Constant stimulation, dopamine overload’: how EsDeeKid and UK underground rap exploded on a global scale

With an experimental and maxed-out sound, bold new MCs are emerging from all corners of the UK – and with US rap in the doldrums, the time is ripe for another British Invasion

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Tell us your favourite albums of 2025

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Jim Legxacy: Black British Music review – London iconoclast catalyses chaos into a major mixtape

The rapper and producer doubles down on his vaulting style, lurching from alt-rock to distortion and chipmunk soul on an astonishingly coherent and melodic third record

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The 50 best albums of 2023 – 50 to 1

Lankum’s roaring reworking of Irish folk heads our pick of the year’s LPs, with unprecedented invention from Young Fathers and Caroline Polachek’s oblique angle on pop close behind

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