Winners of Polar Music Prize Announced
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Brazilian singer Gilberto Gil and German romance singer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau were named the 2005 winners of the Polar Music Prize for their contributions to music.
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Arctic Monkeys have scored a record seven nominations for this year's NME Awards, including best British band.
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The Arctic Monkeys are favourites to win this year's Mercury Prize at a London ceremony.
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Arctic Monkeys are nominated for the Mercury Music Prize again, while Amy Winehouse also makes the shortlist.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden - In a tradition that has become as venerable as the 103-year-old Nobel Prizes themselves, the guessing game over who will take home the world's most coveted awards this week has entered full swing.    The first announcement of 2004 winners comes Monday with the physiology or medicine prize, followed by a week of announcements of winners for physics, chemistry, economics, peace and possibly literature...
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Infectious rockers the Arctic Monkeys &#151; who released Britain's fastest-selling debut album after building a cult Internet following &#151; have won the prestigious Mercury music prize, beating a diverse field of musicians.
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The Mercury Music Prize, the record industry's equivalent of the literary world's Booker prize, was won last night by Franz Ferdinand, a four-piece rock band from Glasgow.
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The four member band won the Â£20,000 pop music prize, which brings with it prestige, ahead of 11 other acts including one-man rap band The Streets for A Grand Don&#39;t Come For Free and Liverpool group The Zutons and their debut album Who Killed .
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Scottish art-rockers Franz Ferdinand have scooped the prestigious Mercury music prize with their debut album.
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Rock group Snow Patrol sweep the board at the Ireland Music Awards, winning four honours.
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Scottish rockers Franz Ferdinand, whose debut album has been hailed by critics as a masterpiece of pop, won the prestigious Mercury Music Prize.
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LONDON - Scottish rockers Franz Ferdinand, whose debut album has been hailed by critics as a masterpiece of pop, won the prestigious Mercury Music Prize.    The Glasgow-based quartet were the favorites among the 12-strong shortlist to take home the award for their self-titled album...
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Dance punk group the Klaxons beat out British pop powerhouse Arctic Monkeys and troubled diva Amy Winehouse to win Britain's Mercury Prize on Tuesday for their debut album, "Myths of the Near Future."
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The guessing game over who will take home the world's most coveted awards ends this week with the announcement of the 2004 Nobel Prize winners.
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David Bowie and Coldplay make a list of 25 artists in the running for the best song award at the Brits.
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Glasgow band Franz Ferdinand win this year's Mercury Music Prize for their self-titled debut album.
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The winners of this year's Right Livelihood Awards - dubbed the "alternative Nobels" - received their prizes Thursday from Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf in a ceremony at parliament.