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Every year, the Mercury Prize nominees are announced to a flurry of debate. When an artist wins that award, it's the peak of their career.
However, what follows is not always superstardom and a long and fruitful career. In fact, winning the prize has sounded the death knell for many musicians.
From Arctic Monkeys to Speech Debelle (anyone...?), we've pulled together the success stories and the less successful stories of some of the winners from the past 21 years.
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