Last updated: Tuesday, July 17, 2007

WINEHOUSE AND MONKEYS AMONG MERCURY NOMINEES

Singer AMY WINEHOUSE and rock group ARCTIC MONKEYS are among the 12 nominees for the 2007 Nationwide Mercury Prize.


AMY WINEHOUSE

Winehouse and Arctic Monkeys' second albums - Back To Black and Favourite Worse Nightmare - were announced on the shortlist at a conference at London's The Hospital venue on Tuesday (17Jul07).

British bookmakers William Hill have given 4/1 odds that either acts take home the coveted prize on 4 September (07).

Arctic Monkeys took home the gong last year (06) for their debut disc Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, while 2003's winner, London rapper Dizzee Rascal is up for his third album Maths + English.

The Mercury Prize shortlist is as follows:

The Young Knives - Game (Up All Night)

Bat For Lashes - Fur and Gold

Jamie T - Panic Prevention

Klaxons - Myths Of The New Future

The View - Hats Off To The Buskers

Amy Winehouse - Back To Black

Basquiat Strings - Basquiat Strings With Seb Rochford

Dizzee Rascal - Maths + English

New Young Pony Club - Fantastic Playroom

Maps - We Can Create

Fionn Regan - End Of History

Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worse Nightmare.

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Source: WENN

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