Ah, the always slightly random Mercury Music Prize returns today, as organisers of the award announce their short list of 12 albums for 2006 - that's the 12 'best' British albums of the last 12 months. Arctic Monkeys, Lily Allen and Sandi Thom are favourites to appear on the shortlist - especially for those tippers with short memories. Being notoriously bad at guessing Mercury nominees and winners, I'm going to stick with the 'surely it'll be urban this year' philosophy that made me incorrectly tip Mia last year, and predict that Plan B will be this year's winner. Which probably means he won't even make the shortlist. By the time you read this, the list will be most likely in the public domain (it's due to be announced at 11.30am), needless to say, we'll have it for you in tomorrow's Daily. The award itself will be presented on 5 Sep.
Jul 18, 2006
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Mercury shortlist to be announced today
The Mercury Music Prize shortlist of twelve albums is due today, with the award presented on 5 September.