Speech Debelle has triumphed to win the Mercury Prize 2009 for her album Speech Therapy.
She beat the bookies favourite Florence & The Machine aswell as La Roux to take the coveted award. It also means means second time unlucky for Bat For Lashes' Natasha Khan, nominated in a year where the shortlist included a strong female contingent.
Collecting the award from Jools Holland at London's Grosvenor Hotel a delighted Speech thanked her gran who was there along with supporters from her record label, Big Dada.
What do you think of the result, tweet your thoughts #MercuryPrize to @QMagazine or leave them in the comments below.
Not heard it yet? Listen to Speech Debelle's album Speech Therapy on spotify here.
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10:28 PM | 08/09/2009
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