ENGLISH SINGER-SONGWRITER James Blake has bagged the coveted Mercury Prize for Album of the Year after being nominated for a second year in a row.

The musician won the award for his new album Overgrown which was released in April this year and made it into the top ten UK chart.

The £20,000 prize, which is for the best British or Irish album of the year, was handed out at the Roundhouse in London tonight.

Though the legendary David Bowie and British band Arctic Monkeys were pegged as the favourites to win the prize, the young electronic musician could not be beaten.

After accepting his award, he said he felt “completely emotional and overwhelmed” by the experience.

“I feel like I jotted some things down and here I am,” he said. “I had convinced myself that it was going to be a second year of being nominated and not winning.”

Irish band Villagers were also been on the shortlist for the award with their album Awayland.

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