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Old 19-07-2011, 06:46 PM #1
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PJ Harvey has become the first person to win the Mercury Music Prize twice, with her album Let England Shake.

The record, which was inspired by the horrors of war, was the bookmakers' favourite.

Harvey won in 2001, when the ceremony was held on 11 September, but was unable to accept the prize in person because she was on tour in the US.

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Adele and Tinie Tempah are among the nominees for this year's Barclaycard Mercury Prize.

The artists are in the running alongside 2001 winner PJ Harvey and Elbow - who won the prize in 2008.

Katy B, Metronomy, King Creosote and Jon Hopkins, Anna Calvi, Ghostpoet, James Blake, Everything Everything and Gwilym Simcock also make the list.

The winner of the £20,000 prize, which is open to UK and Ireland artists, will be announced on 6 September.

The nominees, who have all released albums over the past year, will perform during the ceremony and the winner will be announced live on BBC Two.

Last year, London-based three-piece The xx was presented with the award.

Adele received her nomination for her latest album 21, which has spent a total of 17 weeks at the top of the UK chart so far this year.

It is the second time the musician has been up for the prize, after her debut record 19 lost out to Elbow's The Seldom Seen Kid.

In May, she topped a Guardian newspaper poll of the UK's most influential people in the music industry.

Disc-Overy by rapper Tinie Tempah went to number one in October last year and in May he was presented with an Ivor Novello award for his single Pass Out, which appears on the record.

Tempah is among the acts who have been shortlisted for their debut albums, along with Everything Everything (Man Alive) Anna Calvi (Anna Calvi), Katy B (On A Mission), James Blake (James Blake) and Ghostpoet (Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam).

Harvey, who has already been named a favourite alongside Adele, will compete for the award with her eighth album Let England Shake.

Also included is electronic group Metronomy for their third album The English Riviera.

The prize, which is judged by industry experts, is well known for selecting eclectic artists, who may not have enjoyed huge commercial success.

Jazz pianist Gwilym Simcock's Good Days at Schloss Elmau and Diamond Mine - King Creosote's collaboration with Jon Hopkins - both reached number 75 in the album charts when released.

Simon Frith, chair of judges said the list of nominees "highlights the remarkable possibilities of what can be achieved with music - the grand gesture and telling detail, albums that are dramatic, ambitious and artful, emotional and affectionate, funny and profound".

He added: "Much of the music here evokes a sense of place and time, providing a wonderful snapshot of Britain's varied musical life."
The Mercury Prize nominees

Adele -21
Anna Calvi - Anna Calvi
Elbow - Build a Rocket Boys!
Everything Everything - Man Alive
Ghostpoet - Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam
Gwilym Simcock - Good Days at Schloss Elmau
James Blake - James Blake
Katy B - On a Mission
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins - Diamond Mine
Metronomy - The English Riviera
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
Tinie Tempah - Disc-Overy


No Yuck, Wild Beasts, Patrick Wolf, The Joy Formidable, Jamie Woon, Glasvegas, Cocknbullkid

If PJ Harvey, Anna Calvi or Metronomy don't win this award can **** off

James Blake my arse.
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Can't stand Metromony

Tinie Tempah has the same beat and rap style in every single one of his songs, guy is awful
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I reckon they'll give it to Katy B
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Hey, I'm James Blake and I've got a bunch of hipsters positively wanking me off for beeping for an hour and calling it an album.

Disgusting list, positively abhorrent. Anna Calvi must win.
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-also hates Everything Everything-

and the Elbow album was a bit...er...they won in 2008 as well. And sure, PJ won in 2001, but that's ten years ago and this album is phenomenal
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elbow apart from there most popular tunes bore me to death, and whoever said everything everything was a good name for a band needs to be sacked from their job
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The Vaccines and Noah & The Whale not there?
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No Two Door Cinema club either (were they this year?)

Havn't heard most of them artists anyway
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I think (though I'm not sure) that TDCC are Irish and thus don't qualify.

-is happy Vaccines and NatW didn't make it -
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I stopped reading after Tinie Tempah. Jesus christ
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Yeah from N Ireland!
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ohhhh right, well then I dunno. I only liked a handful of tracks on it, but it was pretty good.
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PJ Harvey - Let England Shake

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Correct result, would have been happy with an Elbow, EE, James Blake, Anna Calvi win though.
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I tried listening to that album but couldnt, fair play though shows you can have a very long music career without ever having a number 1 album (something I think people are a bit too obsessed about) Also isn't this the first time its been won by a past winner?
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