The Popjustice £20 Music Prize, also known as the Popjustice Twenty Quid Prize,[1] is an annual prize awarded by music website Popjustice to recognise the best British pop single of the previous year. The prize was conceived by Popjustice founder Peter Robinson in 2003 as a reaction to what he perceived as the pompous and elitist nature of the existing Mercury Prize, which recognises the best album of the previous year, and in particular its exclusion of pop music acts in favour of those from more esoteric genres.[2] The shortlist for the Popjustice prize is announced in September of each year and the winner named the following month, to coincide with the presentation of the Mercury Prize.[3] Popjustice gives a token prize of £20 to the winner of its award, in contrast to the £20,000 given to the winner of the Mercury Prize.[2][3]
Girls Aloud (pictured in 2013) have won the award five times, more than any other act.
The winning entry is chosen by a panel of Popjustice readers, who apply for the position via the website. The judges meet in a pub to debate the merits of the songs shortlisted by Robinson and eliminate them, often based on bizarre or arbitrary criteria, until a winner is chosen.[4][5] In 2009 Nicola Roberts of Girls Aloud attended the pub in person to collect the prize of a £20 note in a plastic container.[6]
The first prize was awarded to Girls Aloud in 2003 for their single "No Good Advice", and the act went on to win the award four more times over the next six years; no other act had won more than once until Little Mix's second win in 2015 with "Black Magic", the eighth time the award had been won by a British girl group.[7] Girls Aloud and Little Mix have received the most nominations, with eight apiece. The next highest number of nominations for an act is five for Dua Lipa, Calvin Harris and Mark Ronson.
Rachel Stevens has been nominated for the award four times as a solo artist and was also a member of the group S Club, who were nominated in 2003.
Amy Winehouse received the award in 2007 and was nominated the next year in 2008.
Rapper Example was the first male winner of the award. Prior to his win in 2010, Girls Aloud had received the award five times and female soloists had won twice.
Girl group The Saturdays has won the award once out of four nominations in 2011.
Will Young became the second male winner of the award when he received it in 2012 in his third nomination.
Lauren Mayberry, lead vocalist of 2013 winners Chvrches
Little Mix have won the award on three occasions and share the record of most nominations overall with Girls Aloud with eight nominations.
Former One Direction member Zayn won on his first solo nomination in 2016 after receiving three nominations as part of the group.
^Corner, Lewis (30 October 2014). "Little Mix 'Move' wins popjustice 20 quid prize". Digital Spy. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
^ abRobinson, Peter (31 October 2012). "The Popjustice Twenty Quid Music prize: more exciting than the Mercury". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
^ abCorner, Lewis (12 September 2013). "Girls Aloud, MKS, Little Mix, 1D for Popjustice 20 Quid Music Prize". Digital Spy. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
^Savage, Mark (10 September 2008). "Girls Aloud win £20 single prize". BBC News. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
^Fletcher, Alex (9 September 2009). "Girls Aloud win fifth Popjustice prize". Digital Spy. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
^Savage, Mark (9 September 2009). "Girls Aloud star takes £20 prize". BBC News. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
^O'Mance, Brad. "Little Mix's 'Black Magic' has won the 2015 Twenty Quid Music Prize". Popjustice.
^ abcdefghijklmnopq. Popjustice. Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
^Robinson, Peter (July 22, 2021). "The 2021 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: shortlist announced". Popjustice. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
^"The 2022 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: shortlist". Popjustice. July 26, 2022. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
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The Popjustice 20 Music Prize also known as the Popjustice Twenty Quid Prize 1 is an annual prize awarded by music website Popjustice to recognise the best British pop single of the previous year The prize was conceived by Popjustice founder Peter Robinson in 2003 as a reaction to what he perceived as the pompous and elitist nature of the existing Mercury Prize which recognises the best album of the previous year and in particular its exclusion of pop music acts in favour of those from more esoteric genres 2 The shortlist for the Popjustice prize is announced in September of each year and the winner named the following month to coincide with the presentation of the Mercury Prize 3 Popjustice gives a token prize of 20 to the winner of its award in contrast to the 20 000 given to the winner of the Mercury Prize 2 3 Girls Aloud pictured in 2013 have won the award five times more than any other act The winning entry is chosen by a panel of Popjustice readers who apply for the position via the website The judges meet in a pub to debate the merits of the songs shortlisted by Robinson and eliminate them often based on bizarre or arbitrary criteria until a winner is chosen 4 5 In 2009 Nicola Roberts of Girls Aloud attended the pub in person to collect the prize of a 20 note in a plastic container 6 The first prize was awarded to Girls Aloud in 2003 for their single No Good Advice and the act went on to win the award four more times over the next six years no other act had won more than once until Little Mix s second win in 2015 with Black Magic the eighth time the award had been won by a British girl group 7 Girls Aloud and Little Mix have received the most nominations with eight apiece The next highest number of nominations for an act is five for Dua Lipa Calvin Harris and Mark Ronson Contents 1 Recipients 2 Most nominated artists 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksRecipients Edit Rachel Stevens has been nominated for the award four times as a solo artist and was also a member of the group S Club who were nominated in 2003 Amy Winehouse received the award in 2007 and was nominated the next year in 2008 Rapper Example was the first male winner of the award Prior to his win in 2010 Girls Aloud had received the award five times and female soloists had won twice Girl group The Saturdays has won the award once out of four nominations in 2011 Will Young became the second male winner of the award when he received it in 2012 in his third nomination Lauren Mayberry lead vocalist of 2013 winners Chvrches Little Mix have won the award on three occasions and share the record of most nominations overall with Girls Aloud with eight nominations Former One Direction member Zayn won on his first solo nomination in 2016 after receiving three nominations as part of the group Rita Ora received the award in 2018 Georgia won the award in 2019 Dua Lipa received the award in 2020 Year Song Performing artist s Nominees RefWinners of the Popjustice 20 Music Prize 2003 No Good Advice Girls Aloud If You re Not the One Daniel Bedingfield Misfit Amy Studt Say Goodbye S Club Scandalous Mis Teeq Seventeen Ladytron Stop Sign Abs New Direction S Club 8 What I Go to School For Busted Lately Lisa Scott Lee 8 2004 Some Girls Rachel Stevens Crashed the Wedding Busted 5 Colours in Her Hair McFly Hole in the Head Sugababes Leave Right Now Will Young Maybe Emma Bunton Never Felt Like This Before Shaznay Lewis The Show Girls Aloud Somewhere Only We Know Keane Superstar Jamelia Surrender Javine Sweet Dreams My LA Ex Rachel Stevens 8 2005 Wake Me Up Girls Aloud Crazy Chick Charlotte Church Don t Play Nice Verbalicious Dumb The 411 Everyday I Love You Less and Less Kaiser Chiefs In My Arms Mylo Lola s Theme Shapeshifters Negotiate with Love Rachel Stevens Oh My Gosh Basement Jaxx Ooh La La Goldfrapp Out of Touch Uniting Nations Radio Robbie Williams 8 2006 Biology Girls Aloud Dare Gorillaz Destroy Everything You Touch Ladytron I Said Never Again But Here We Are Rachel Stevens Number 1 Goldfrapp Over and Over Hot Chip Push the Button Sugababes Smile Lily Allen Supermassive Black Hole Muse Up All Night Matt Willis Valentine Delays Who Am I Will Young 8 2007 Rehab Amy Winehouse Acceptable in the 80s Calvin Harris Beware of the Dog Jamelia Catch You Sophie Ellis Bextor Don t Give It Up Siobhan Donaghy Foundations Kate Nash Overpowered Roisin Murphy She s Madonna Robbie Williams Shine Booty Luv Something Kinda Ooooh Girls Aloud That Saxo Feeling The Rustie Lee Revue Yeah Yeah Bodyrox feat Luciana 8 2008 Call the Shots Girls Aloud A amp E Goldfrapp About You Now Sugababes Bleeding Love Leona Lewis Dance wiv Me Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris Flux Bloc Party Money Daggers That s Not My Name The Ting Tings Valerie Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse Ready for the Floor Hot Chip Song 4 Mutya Out of Control Groove Armada featuring Mutya Buena Stuck on Repeat Little Boots 8 2009 The Promise Girls Aloud Beat Again JLS Better Off as Two Frankmusik I m Not Alone Calvin Harris In For The Kill La Roux Love Etc Pet Shop Boys Method of Modern Love Saint Etienne New In Town Little Boots Take Me Back Tinchy Stryder featuring Taio Cruz Up The Saturdays The Boy Does Nothing Alesha Dixon The Fear Lily Allen 8 2010 Kickstarts Example Bad Boys Alexandra Burke featuring Flo Rida Bittersweet Sophie Ellis Bextor I Am Not a Robot Marina and the Diamonds I Wish Mini Viva I Won t Kneel Groove Armada Left My Heart in Tokyo Mini Viva Never Leave You Tinchy Stryder featuring Amelle Berrabah Once Diana Vickers One Touch Mini Viva Real Late Starter Nerina Pallot Wonderful Life Hurts 8 2011 Higher The Saturdays Rolling in the Deep Adele Stay Hurts Do It Like a Dude Jessie J Ambitions Joe McElderry Somebody to Love Me Mark Ronson amp The Business Intl featuring Boy George and Andrew Wyatt Taking Over the Dancefloor Nadia Oh Beat of My Drum Nicola Roberts Stop Hey Sunday Girl The Flood Take That All Time Low The Wanted Finish Line Yasmin 8 2012 Jealousy Will Young All Fired Up The Saturdays Down with the Trumpets Rizzle Kicks Feel the Love Rudimental featuring John Newman Heart Skips a Beat Olly Murs featuring Rizzle Kicks Power amp Control Marina and the Diamonds Powerless Siobhan Dillon Promises Nero Taking Over Me Lawson Tonight Saint Etienne What Makes You Beautiful One Direction Wings Little Mix 8 2013 The Mother We Share Chvrches The Apple VV Brown Candy Robbie Williams Cut Copy Me Petula Clark Dear Darlin Olly Murs DNA Little Mix Flatline Mutya Keisha Siobhan Gentleman The Saturdays Kiss You One Direction Need U 100 Duke Dumont featuring A M E Something New Girls Aloud White Noise Disclosure featuring AlunaGeorge 8 2014 Move Little Mix Boom Clap Charli XCX Crying for No Reason Katy B I Will Never Let You Down Rita Ora Story Of My Life One Direction Uptight Downtown La Roux Tough Love Jessie Ware Take Shelter Years amp Years Me and My Broken Heart Rixton One More Sleep Leona Lewis Ghost Ella Henderson Solo Dancing Indiana 8 2015 Black Magic Little Mix Body Talk Foxes I Loved You Blonde featuring Melissa Steel I m a Ruin Marina and the Diamonds King Years amp Years Losing Becky Hill Don t Be So Hard On Yourself Jess Glynne Love Me Like You Do Ellie Goulding Seasons Olly Murs The Thrill Nero Turn The Music Louder Rumble KDA Tinie Tempah and Katy B Uptown Funk Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars 8 2016 Pillowtalk Zayn Do It Well XY constant featuring Tom Aspaul Something in the Way You Move Ellie Goulding Hotter than Hell Dua Lipa Sax Fleur East Love Me Like You Little Mix Somebody Else The 1975 You Don t Know Love Olly Murs Party Politics The Rhythm Method Elizabeth Taylor Clare Maguire What s It Gonna Be Shura Tears Clean Bandit featuring Louisa Johnson 8 2017 Touch Little Mix 1UL Danny L Harle Best Behaviour Louisa Johnson Boys Charli XCX Feels Calvin Harris featuring Pharrell Williams Katy Perry and Big Sean Just Say KDA and Tinashe On My Mind Disciples Reborn Rae Morris Rockabye Clean Bandit Anne Marie and Sean Paul Scared of the Dark Steps Shape of You Ed Sheeran Slow Hands Niall Horan 8 2018 Anywhere Rita Ora All or Nothing Naughty Boy featuring Ray BLK and Wyclef Jean Dancefloor Tracey Thorn Do It Rae Morris Falling into Me Let s Eat Grandma Love Lasts Forever All Saints One Kiss Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa Paradise George Ezra Pat Earrings CASisDEAD Solo Clean Bandit featuring Demi Lovato Waking Up Slow Gabrielle Aplin Word of Mouth Metroplane and Bree Runway 8 2019 About Work the Dancefloor Georgia Baby Clean Bandit featuring Marina and Luis Fonsi Blame It On Your Love Charli XCX featuring Lizzo Different Things Gracey Electricity Silk City and Dua Lipa featuring Diplo and Mark Ronson Fingers Zayn The Human Stone KDA featuring Angie Stone Interstellar Disco Oscar Scheller with Pawws It s Not Living If It s Not with You The 1975 Nothing Breaks Like a Heart Mark Ronson featuring Miley Cyrus Phone Down Stefflon Don featuring Lil Baby Ritual Tiesto Jonas Blue and Rita Ora2020 Physical Dua Lipa Alone In My Room Gone by Gracey Another Place by Bastille and Alessia Cara Break Up Song by Little Mix Damn Daniel by Bree Runway and Yung Baby Tate Forever by Charli XCX If You re Too Shy Let Me Know by The 1975 New Me by Ella Eyre Please Don t Touch by Raye Save a Kiss by Jessie Ware Take Care Of You by Ella Henderson Watermelon Sugar by Harry Styles 8 2021 Got Me Laura Mvula Black Hole by Griff Hot Hot by Bree Runway I Don t Mind by Georgia Twinn I Don t Really Care For You by CMAT Levitating by Dua Lipa Love of Your Life by RAYE On a Mountain by Danny L Harle Right Now by Sophie amp The Giants She s My Religion by Pale Waves Sweet Melody by Little Mix What s Your Pleasure by Jessie Ware 9 2022 As It Was Harry Styles All I Ever Asked by Rachel Chinouriri Cardboard Box by FLO Cupid by Rose Gray Good Ones by Charli XCX Let s Do It Again by Jamie xx Merry Christmas by Ed Sheeran and Elton John Panic by Phoebe AXA Primadonna by Moss Kena Something About Your Love by SG Lewis This Hell by Rina Sawayama Twice In A Lifetime by HYYTS 10 Most nominated artists EditThe following have received three or more nominations Artist Nominations YearsArtists nominated three or more times for the Popjustice 20 Music Prize Girls Aloud 8 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2013Little Mix 8 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2020 2021Dua Lipa 5 2016 2018 2019 2020 2021Calvin Harris 5 2007 2008 2009 2017 2018Mark Ronson 5 2008 2011 2015 2019 2 nominations Charli XCX 5 2014 2017 2019 2020 2022Rachel Stevens 4 2004 2004 2005 2006Marina and the Diamonds 4 2010 2012 2015 2019Olly Murs 4 2012 2013 2015 2016The Saturdays 4 2009 2011 2012 2013Clean Bandit 4 2016 2017 2018 2019Jessie Ware 3 2014 2020 2021Goldfrapp 3 2005 2006 2008Will Young 3 2004 2006 2012KDA 3 2015 2017 2019Robbie Williams 3 2005 2007 2013Sugababes 3 2004 2006 2008The 1975 3 2016 2019 2020Rita Ora 3 2014 2018 2019Bree Runway 3 2018 2020 2021Mini Viva 3 2010 three nominations One Direction 3 2012 2013 2014See also EditMercury Music PrizeReferences Edit Corner Lewis 30 October 2014 Little Mix Move wins popjustice 20 quid prize Digital Spy Retrieved 30 October 2014 a b Robinson Peter 31 October 2012 The Popjustice Twenty Quid Music prize more exciting than the Mercury The Guardian Retrieved 13 February 2014 a b Corner Lewis 12 September 2013 Girls Aloud MKS Little Mix 1D for Popjustice 20 Quid Music Prize Digital Spy Retrieved 14 February 2014 Savage Mark 10 September 2008 Girls Aloud win 20 single prize BBC News Retrieved 14 February 2014 Fletcher Alex 9 September 2009 Girls Aloud win fifth Popjustice prize Digital Spy Retrieved 14 February 2014 Savage Mark 9 September 2009 Girls Aloud star takes 20 prize BBC News Retrieved 14 February 2014 O Mance Brad Little Mix s Black Magic has won the 2015 Twenty Quid Music Prize Popjustice a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q The Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize Popjustice Archived from the original on 14 September 2013 Retrieved 14 February 2014 Robinson Peter July 22 2021 The 2021 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize shortlist announced Popjustice Retrieved July 27 2021 The 2022 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize shortlist Popjustice July 26 2022 Retrieved August 1 2022 External links EditPopjustice com main page Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Popjustice 20 Music Prize amp oldid 1149088457, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
