The album also received a number of accolades including a BRIT Award nomination for Best Female Artist and two Grammy Award nominations for Best Rock Album and Best Female Rock Performance for the album 's third single , " This Is Love " . However , most notably , Harvey was nominated for , and won , the 2001 Mercury Music Prize . The awards ceremony was held on the same day as the September 11 attacks on the United States and Harvey was on tour in Washington , D.C. , one of the affected cities , when she won the prize . Reflecting on the win in 2011 , she said : " quite naturally I look back at that and only remember the events that were taking place across the world and to win the prize on that day — it did n't have much importance in the grand scheme of things " , noting " it was a very surreal day " . The same year , Harvey also topped a readers ' poll conducted by '' Q Magazine '' of the 100 Greatest Women in Rock Music
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