Plan B and Richard Hawley are joint favourites to win the Mercury Music Prize.
The shortlist of 12 was announced last night for the highly-valued award.
The nominees also include The Maccabees and Jessie Ware. Michael Kiwanuka is nominated for his album Home Again.
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The full list of nominees is:
id="_mcePaste">- Django Django /Â Django Django
- Alt-J (∆) / An Awesome Wave
- Ben Howard /Â Every Kingdom
- Field Music /Â Plumb
- Jessie Ware /Â Devotion
- Lianne La Havas /Â Is Your Love Big Enough?
- Michael Kiwanuka /Â Home Again
- Plan B /Â Ill Manors
- Richard Hawley /Â Standing at the Sky’s Edge
- Roller Trio /Â Roller Trio
- Sam Lee /Â Ground of its Own
- The Maccabees /Â Given to the Wild