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  "id": 16111079,
  "title": "Raye Wins Mercury Prize for Album of the Year",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/raye-wins-mercury-prize-for-album-of-the-year",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-22T21:40:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
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    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/music/news/raye-wins-mercury-prize-album-of-the-year-1236921858/"
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  "summary": "Singer-songwriter and Variety Hitmakers 2024 honoree Raye has won the 2026 Mercury prize for her epic second studio album, “This Music May Contain Hope,” beating out Olivia Dean, Paul McCartney and others for the prize. The Mercury Prize has no real equivalent in the U.S., and is intended to recognize music from the U.K. and […]",
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        "title": "Raye Wins 2026 Mercury Prize",
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        "published": "2026-10-22T21:22:11.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Billboard",
        "title": "RAYE Wins 2026 Mercury Prize With ‘This Music May Contain Hope’",
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        "published": "2026-10-22T21:43:58.000Z"
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        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "Raye wins the Mercury Prize with This Music May Contain Hope",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/raye-wins-the-mercury-prize-with-this-music-may-contain-hope",
        "published": "2026-10-22T22:33:52.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Pitchfork",
        "title": "Raye Wins 2026 Mercury Prize",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/raye-wins-2026-mercury-prize-16121249",
        "published": "2026-10-22T23:09:47.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}