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Benjamin Gerard Coyle-Larner (born 6 October 1994), known professionally as Loyle Carner, is an English hip hop musician. He released his debut album, Yesterday's Gone, in 2017, which was nominated for the 2017 Mercury Prize. He released his second album, Not Waving, but Drowning, in April 2019, and his third, hugo, in October 2022. His fourth studio album, Hopefully!, was released in June 2025. Carner has been nominated for three Brit Awards.
Carner is mixed race. His stage name is a spoonerism of his double-barrelled surname as well as a reference to his childhood struggle with his ADHD and dyslexia diagnoses.
At the age of 13, Carner had a small role in the 2008 film 10,000 BC. He started his secondary education at Whitgift School in South Croydon, then after having secured a scholarship moved on to study at the BRIT School. He was then accepted into the Drama Centre where he began a degree in acting. In 2014, he dropped out of the Drama Centre after his stepfather died of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP), deciding to focus on his music.Reflecting on this decision, Carner said: "It changed my life not just by making money from it but also by meeting all the people I know. All the people I love are connected to this thing of ours."
Carner's debut album, entitled Yesterday's Gone, was released on 20 January 2017. It garnered acclaim from music critics, with The Independent naming it the album of the year. The album was nominated for the 2017 Mercury Prize, which was won by Sampha for Process.
In 2018, he received two respective Brit Award nominations for British Breakthrough Act and British Male Solo Artist. He was scheduled to perform on BBC Radio 1 in February 2018 but cancelled due to a disagreement over cover song choices. Carner's second album, Not Waving, but Drowning, was released on 19 April 2019. On 30 June, he performed as part of the year's Glastonbury Festival on its Other Stage, marking his second appearance after playing the John Peel Stage the year before. The song "Angel" was listed as part of the FIFA 20 soundtrack playlist. In 2020, Carner and his brother co-directed a music video for the song "Eugene" by Arlo Parks.
Carner's third studio album, Hugo, was released on 21 October 2022. It was met with critical acclaim. At Metacritic the album received an average score of 87, based on 8 reviews. Hugo was nominated for the 2023 Mercury Prize, but lost to Ezra Collective's Where I'm Meant to Be.
Carner headlined Glastonbury's West Holts stage in 2023. During his set, he brought up former youth MP Athian Akec on stage, who gave a speech about the knife crimes in the UK.
On 24 May 2024, Carner released his first live album, Hugo: Reimagined (Live from the Royal Albert Hall). Recorded during his performance at the Royal Albert Hall in October 2023, it includes all songs from his album Hugo, as well as some songs from his previous albums.
On 20 June 2025, Carner released his fourth studio album, Hopefully!. In its first charting week, Hopefully! opened at number-two on the UK Albums Chart, marking it his highest charting album in the country.
Carner has been confirmed to be performing at the Soundstorm 2025 Music Festival in Banban, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in December 2025.
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.”
In 2018, he appeared in a film for a project by the charity organisation Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM), which aims to prevent male suicide. The following year, he curated an art exhibition and donated its proceeds to CALM.
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". He also named his 2016 tour after Cantona, and has worn his stepfather's Cantona shirt during concerts. 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.
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| 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 | rowspan="6" | |||
| Brit Awards | British Breakthrough Act | rowspan="3" | |||
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| 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" |
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