2010 Mercury Nominations Announced

20 July 2010

The nominations have been announced for this year’s Barclaycard Mercury Prize.

The award, which takes place on September 7th, honours the best British album of the past 12 months and is selected by a panel of music industry experts

Previous winners include Speech Debelle, Elbow and The Klaxons.

This years nominees are:

  • Biffy Clyro – Only Revolutions
  • Corinne Bailey Rae – The Sea
  • Dizzee Rascal – Tongue n' Cheek
  • Kit Downes Trio – Golden
  • Foals – Total Life Forever
  • I Am Kloot – Sky at Night
  • Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can
  • Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More
  • Paul Weller – Wake Up the Nation
  • Villagers – Becoming a Jackal
  • Wild Beasts – Two Dancers
  • The xx – xx

 

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