Harry Styles, Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler, Joy Crookes, Kojey Radical, Nova Twins, Sam Fender, Self Esteem, Wet Leg, and Yard Act to the gong.Accepting her prize onstage, Little Simz said she was ‘very overwhelmed and grateful’ to receive the accolade.‘To my family over here, my loved ones right here,’ she beamed. ‘I want to say a huge thank you to the Mercury for this incredible prize.‘I want to say thank you to my brother and close collaborator Inflo… he’s known me since I was so young, he’s stuck by me, we created this album together.‘There was times in the studio when I didn’t know if I was going to finish this record, I was feeling all the emotions and really going through it.