about eight months after polygram's 1989 acquisition of the island records group marot was appointed md of island records uk. the label went through a period of change with marot supervising the eradication of much of the former roster and the subsequent rebuild. artists signed and/or developed by marot's team while at island records included pulp, pj harvey, stereo mcs, p. m. dawn, the cranberries (signed to the us label but developed in the uk), the orb, talvin singh, tricky, nine inch nails, and chaka demus & pliers. the mercury music prize started in 1992, was dominated by island acts in the 1990s. the company scored 12 nominations and two wins in the first eight years of the awards, and pj harvey has subsequent won the prize twice more since.