M People win the Mercury

13 September 1994: Number 25 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance musicAfter Primal Scream's Screamadelica win in 1992 and Suede's triumph in 1993, the Mercury prize threw up one of its many curveballs in its third year. The judges decided against Britpop favourites Blur (Parklife) and Pulp (His 'n' Hers), Paul Weller's acclaimed Wild Wood and the Prodigy's edgy Music for the Jilted Generation in favour of M People, the pop-dance act formed by ex-Haçienda DJ Mike Pickering...

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