The winner of this year's Mercury Music Prize has finally been announced and Benjamin Clementine has claimed the coveted award. 

Benjamin Clementine managed to beat tough competition to the £20,000 prize at the ceremony, which was held this evening at the  BBC Broadcasting House's Radio Theatre and presented by Lauren Laverne. In his acceptance speech, Clementine repeated that he didn't know what to say and added:

"I would like to say that if there's anyone watching, a child, a youngster or a student, the world is your oyster. Go out there and get what you want to get."

Last year's winner was Young Fathers with 'Dead', 2013 saw James Blake take the title with 'Overgrown', and 2012's Mercury Prize winner was Alt-J with 'An Awesome Wave'.

Check out the full list of nominees below:

• Aphex Twin - Syro
• Benjamin Clementine - At Least For Now
• Gaz Coombes - Matador
• C Duncan - Architect
• Eska - Eska
• Florence + The Machine - How Big How Blue How Beautiful (pictured)
• Ghost Poet - Shedding Skin
• Jamie xx - In Colour
• Roisin Murphy - Hairless Toys
• Slaves - Are You Satisfied
• Soak - Before We Forgot How To Dream
• Wolf Alice - My Love Is Cool

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