Triumph for PJ Harvey at the Barclaycard Mercury Prize on Tuesday night.<br/> The singer-songwriter is the first artist to receive the award for the second time for her album 'Let England Shake'.<br/> Harvey, who had been a favourite to win said she was glad to accept the award in person this time.<br/> SOUNDBITE: PJ Harvey, Mercury 2011 winner, saying (English)<br/> "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."<br/> 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.<br/> SOUNDBITE: PJ Harvey, Mercury 2011 winner, saying (English)<br/> "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."<br/> With her win Harvey beat out 11 other nominees that evening including chart queen Adele, Tinie Tempah and fellow previous winners Elbow.<br/> The prize, now in its twentieth year, honours British and Irish artists and is based solely on the music on the album.<br/> It also comes with a GBP20,000 cash prize, but no words yet as to what Harvey is going to spend her money on.<br/> SOUNDBITE: PJ Harvey, Mercury 2011 winner, saying (English)<br/> "I'll give it some careful thought and I'll need to think about it for the next few days."<br/> Kathi Urban, Reuters
