As the nominees wait with bated breath for tonight’s announcement , the favourite to win this year’s Mercury Music Prize is PJ Harvey, according to both NME magazine and the bookies at William Hill.
Harvey’s album “Let England Shake” has an odds of 6/4 to win, followed by James Blake at 5/1 and Adele’s “21” at third with 6/1 odds. Though we think it’s a pretty tough call!
The nominees are: Adele - '21' Anna Calvi - 'Anna Calvi' Katy B - 'On A Mission' James Blake - 'James Blake' Elbow - 'Build A Rocket Boys!' Metronomy - 'The English Riviera' PJ Harvey - 'Let England Shake' Tinie Tempah - 'Disc-Overy' Gwilym Simcock - 'Good Days At Schloss Elmau' Everything Everything - 'Man Alive' Ghostpoet - 'Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam' King Creosote & Jon Hopkins - 'Diamond Mine'
This year is the first that all nominees will be performing at the ceremony, which is being held at the Grosvenor Hotel in London.
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Posted by Tori Gibson.