1992. Primal Scream: 'Screamadelica' - The Scream scooped the first ever Mercury Music Prize, which had been set up in '92 as an alternative to the Brit Awards. Also nominated that year were U2 with 'Achtung Baby', The Jesus and Mary Chain's 'Honey's Dead' and strangely 'Stars' by Simply Red.

1993. Suede: 'Suede' – One of the records cited as kick-starting Britpop, Brett Anderson and co.'s debut album stormed to victory 15 years ago. It came in ahead of albums including Stereo MCs' 'Connected', PJ Harvey's 'Rid of Me' and Sting's 'Ten Summoners Tales.' Yep, really.

1994. M People: 'Elegantly Slumming' - Containing hits like 'Moving On Up' and 'One Night In Heaven', it's hard to imagine such a poppy record scooping the prize today. What makes it even harder to swallow is that it beat Blur's 'Parklife' to the prize.

1995. Portishead: 'Dummy' - The Bristolian trio's debut album managed to fight off defining releases by Oasis ('Definitely Maybe'), Leftfield ('Leftism'), Elastica ('Elastica') and Tricky ('Maxinquaye') to take the award. 'The Bends' by Radiohead didn't even make it into the shortlist.

1996. Pulp: 'Different Class' – A different class by title and a different class by nature, Pulp's pivotal album of the nineties truly deserved its award. Other entrants of note in '96 were Oasis' '(What's The Story) Morning Glory' and Manic Street Preachers' 'Everything Must Go.'

1997. Roni Size/Reprazent 'New Forms' - The defining drum n' bass album was a surprising winner considering the distinguished field it was up against. Amongst those it beat were 'Dig Your Own Hole' by The Chemical Brothers', The Prodigy's 'The Fat Of The Land' and arguably the best album of the decade, Radiohead's 'OK Computer.'

1998. Gomez: 'Bring It On' – Upon winning the Mercury Music Prize with their debut album, the Southport five-piece thought it would be the start of a glittering career. Sadly, they failed to ever emulate their debut and their career took a nosedive. The Verve's 'Urban Hymns' and Pulp's 'This Is Hardcore' were amongst those ignored.

1999. Talvin Singh: 'OK' – A modern day interpretation of classical Indian music, Singh's 1999 album was a brave choice for the Mercury judges. Beth Orton's 'Central Reservation', Blur's '13' and Manic Street Preachers' 'This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours' all missed out on the gong.

2000. Badly Drawn Boy: 'The Hour Of The Bewilderbeast' – The Mancunian solo artists' lovable debut scooped the first Mercury Music Prize of the new millennium. Coldplay's 'Parachutes', Death In Vegas' 'The Contino Sessions' and Doves' 'Lost Souls' all missed out.

2001. PJ Harvey: 'Stories from the Cities, Stories from the Sea' – It was a case of third time lucky (having already been nominated for 'Rid Of Me' and 'To Bring You My Love' in previous years) for Polly Jean in 2001 with this opus. Missing out were Radiohead with 'Amnesiac', Elbow's 'Asleep At The Back' and Super Furry Animals' 'Rings Around The World.'

2002. Ms Dynamite: 'A Little Deeper' – We have to give Ms. Dynamite her dues, she may not have been the most popular choice for the prize, but at least she gave her £20,000 to charity. The bookmakers backed The Streets' 'Original Pirate Material' for the gong, while Roots Manuva's 'Come Save Me' was also shunned.

2003. Dizzee Rascal: 'Boy In Da Corner' – A winner that gave the Mercury Music Prize a lot of credibility, 19-year-old Dizzee was and is the youngest ever person to scoop the award. Thankfully, the nominated 'Permission To Land' by The Darkness didn't win.

2004. Franz Ferdinand: 'Franz Ferdinand' – Already a big seller thanks to the omnipotent 'Take Me Out', Franz were one of the most commercial acts to scoop the prize in years. Missing out were Belle & Sebastian's 'Dear Catastrophe Waitress', Basement Jaxx's 'Kish Kash' and MOR efforts from Joss Stone, Keane and Snow Patrol.

2005. Antony & The Johnsons: 'I Am A Bird Now' - Almost the antithesis of Franz a year earlier, the judging panel opted for this extremely affecting, but tortured record three years back. Gigwise's money was on the dazzling 'Arular' by M.IA.

2006. Arctic Monkeys: 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' – They were already the biggest band in Britain at that moment in time, but the judges didn't let this put them off. Also in with a viable shout were Muse's 'Black Holes & Revelations' and Hot Chip's 'The Warning.' Thom Yorke's 'The Eraser' was also snubbed, making it four nominations and no wins for the Radiohead frontman.

2007. Klaxons: 'Myths of the Near Future' – Klaxons' debut record topped arguably one of the strongest shortlists for years. Bat For Lashes' 'Fur and Gold', Amy Winehouse's 'Back To Black' and Dizzee Rascals' 'Maths and English' were notable records that missed out on the main prize.

2008 - Elbow, 'The Seldom Seen Kid'. Manchester's finest finally won the critical award they had long deserved.

2009. Speech Debelle, 'Speech Therapy': The London rapper proved an unexpected winner, showing that the Mercury Prize could still spring a few surprises.

2010. The xx - 'xx': The xx walked away with the award, and seemed humbled beyond words as they gave their acceptance speech.