在上周揭晓的水星音乐奖上，来自伦敦的26岁的年轻歌手Speech Debelle力挫La Roux和Kasabian，羸得大奖。

在表达获奖感言时，Speech表示，她的获胜证明了“有志者事竟成”的道理。她希望自己融合了爵士，灵歌和说唱风格的乐风，可以为流行音乐界加入一丝新元素。

她告诉记者，“每天都有好多相似的音乐，在电台里不停地播放。希望人们听到我的专辑时，可以意识到，不一定所有的音乐都听上去差不多，不一样的音乐也可以是好的音乐。”

Speech Debelle是2002年来首位女性获奖者，2002年的获奖者是Dynamite。其他2009年获得提名的歌手有Lisa Hannigan, Led Bib, Sweet Billy Pilgrim和The Invisible。

Speech Debelle wins Mercury Prize

The 26-year-old, from south London, beat contenders including La Roux and Kasabian to win the £20,000 prize.

She said afterwards that her win proved "if you believe in something and you think you can do it, you can".

She said she hoped her album, on which she raps and sings, and which relies heavily on jazz and soul as well as hip-hop, had thrown a "real wrench" into the music business.

"There's a lot of music that sounds the same, all day on the radio," she told journalists.

"Hopefully people will hear this album and realise they don't have to make music that sounds the same - they can make music that sounds good."

She is the prize's first female winner since 2002, when Ms Dynamite picked up the trophy. Lisa Hannigan, Led Bib, Sweet Billy Pilgrim and The Invisible were also nominated.

（Source: BBC News，英国使馆文化教育处提供）