Triumph for PJ Harvey at the Barclaycard Mercury Prize on Tuesday night.
The singer-songwriter is the first artist to receive the award for the second time for her album 'Let England Shake'.
Harvey, who had been a favourite to win said she was glad to accept the award in person this time.
SOUNDBITE: PJ Harvey, Mercury 2011 winner, saying (English)
"It's also really good to actually be here this evening because when I last won which was ten years ago on September 11, 2001 I was in Washington D.C. watching the Pentagon burning from my hotel window."
The winning album was partly inspired by Harvey's reaction to the recent conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq and as she told reporters later 'in a certain way' so did the events ten years ago.
SOUNDBITE: PJ Harvey, Mercury 2011 winner, saying (English)
"Thank for the recognition of my work on this album. Obviously this record that I won tonight with is largely about the wars that we're involved in, contemporary wars but also I wanted it in a way to be timeless because we've always been involved in wars. But I think that the greater urgency that I felt to write an album like this now is because of the result of what has happened in the last ten years. So in some way yes."
With her win Harvey beat out 11 other nominees that evening including chart queen Adele, Tinie Tempah and fellow previous winners Elbow.
The prize, now in its twentieth year, honours British and Irish artists and is based solely on the music on the album.
It also comes with a GBP20,000 cash prize, but no words yet as to what Harvey is going to spend her money on.
SOUNDBITE: PJ Harvey, Mercury 2011 winner, saying (English)
"I'll give it some careful thought and I'll need to think about it for the next few days."
Kathi Urban, Reuters