Loyle Carner

Acting Carner made his acting debut as Arran in the crime drama series Mint, which premiered on BBC One and iPlayer on 20 April 2026.

Artistry Carner employs a "languid" style of rapping. He cites American hip-hop and grime music as musical influences. He also regards American poet Langston Hughes and British writer Benjamin Zephaniah as inspirations.

Carner has described himself as feeling “like an outsider, in a nice way,” while also recognising his place in the UK rap lineage, citing admiration from both grime MCs such as Kano and Ghetts and UK hip-hop figures including Rodney P, Jehst, and Klashnekoff. He explained that his aim was “to be a link in the chain, to take it from where it was before and allow another generation to love it as much as me.” The following year, he curated an art exhibition and donated its proceeds to CALM.

he was running a cooking school for children with ADHD called Chilli Con Carner. He has titled songs after chefs Yotam Ottolenghi and Antonio Carluccio.

Carner is a supporter of Liverpool F.C. As a tribute to his stepfather, who idolised Eric Cantona and was a passionate Manchester United F.C. supporter, Carner released a song titled "Cantona". Carner used samples of songs written and performed by his stepfather alongside Misure La VerT for Yesterday's Gones hidden title track, which concludes the album.

Discography Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications UK BEL (FL) FRA GER IRE NLD SCO SWI Yesterday's Gone Released: 20 January 2017 Label: AMF Records Format: CD, digital download, vinyl 14 135 171 86 — — 43 69 BPI: Gold Not Waving, but Drowning Released: 19 April 2019 Label: AMF Records Format: CD, digital download, vinyl 3 31 109 66 26 51 20 33 BPI: Gold Format: CD, digital download, vinyl 2 5 — 17 52 13 4 31 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums + List of live albums, with selected details and chart positions Title Details Peak chart positions UKR&B/HH SCO 2015 — "Ain't Nothing Changed" — BPI: Silver 2016 — "No CD" — BPI: Silver — BPI: Silver 2018 74 BPI: Gold 2019 — "Loose Ends" 62 BPI: Gold 2020 — "Let It Go" — "Hate" 2022 — Hugo "Georgetown" — "Nobody Knows (Ladas Road)" — "Take It Slow" 2023 — We Go Again "All I Need / In My Mind" 2025 — Hopefully! "About Time / Lyin" — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As a featured artist + List of singles as a featured artist, with selected certifications, showing year released, and album name Title Year Certifications Album "Nightgowns" 2015 Beat Tape 2 "When Will I Stop Dreaming" "Crazy Dream" 2016 BPI: Silver 2018 Geography "Good to Be Home" "What Am I to Do?" 2019 You Can't Steal My Joy "It’s Ok to Cry" Nobody Cares Till Everybody Does "I Wonder Why" 2020 Does It Make You Feel Good? EP "Hocus Pocus" 2024 Blood Diamond "Colourblind"

Other charted and certified songs + List of non-single songs, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Certification Album UK 2013 Rejjie Snow Rejovich — EP "Guts" 2016 Kae Tempest Speedy Wunderground – Year 2 "Shadows" 2017 MANIK MC Midnight Express — EP "Taxin' (Long Version)" 2019 DJ Shadow Our Pathetic Age

Accolades Year Organisation/Event Award Work Result 2017 Mercury Prize Album of the Year Yesterday's Gone 2018 NME Awards Best British Solo Artist supported by VO5 Best Album supported by Orange Amplification Yesterday's Gone Brit Awards British Breakthrough Act British Male Solo Artist 2019 Q Awards Best Solo Act 2022 BBC Radio 1 Hottest Record of the Year "Nobody Knows (Ladas Road)" 2023 Mercury Prize Album of the Year Hugo 2019 Berlin Music Video Awards Best Experimental "Ottolenghi"