Mercury Music Prize Betting 2010
The Mercury Music Prize, or Mercury Prize as it is now officially known, is awarded on a yearly basis for the best album of the year from Great Britain and Ireland. The award was established in 1992 by the British Phonographic Industry and British Association of record Dealers as an alternative to the Brit Awards which were becoming increasingly dominated by teen-pop music.
The Mercury Music Prize has a reputation of being won by lesser known acts and in the past it used to be a failsafe strategy to back the outsiders in Mercury Music Prize Betting. However, the bookmakers are now wise to the trend and it is often the lesser known acts that dominate the Mercury Prize Betting markets.
The 2009 Mercury Prize was awarded to Speech Debelle for her album Speech Therapy. The rapper beat off competition from better known names such as Kasabian, La Roux and Florence and The Machine.
Mercury Music Prize Nominations 2010
In July 2010 the Mercury Prize nominations were announced and the Mercury Music Prize Betting 2010 markets followed shortly after. Nominations include household names such as Paul Weller, Dizee Rascal, Biffy Clyro and Corin Bailey Rae; however, none of these artists appear towards the forefront of the betting. Instead it is lesser known acts The xx and Wild beasts that head the Mercury Music Prize Betting 2010. Below is a full list of the nominees;
- Biffy Clyro – Only Revolutions
- Corinne Bailey Rae – The Sea
- Dizzee Rascal – Tongue n' Cheek
- Kit Downes Trio – Golden
- Foals – Total Life Forever
- I Am Kloot – Sky at Night
- Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can
- Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More
- Paul Weller – Wake Up the Nation
- Villagers – Becoming a Jackal
- Wild Beasts – Two Dancer
- The xx – xx
Mercury Music Prize Winner Betting
The xx are the Mercury Music Prize Betting 2010 favourites, but how much do you know about them? Well, they are a three-piece band that hails from London and they met at Elliot School, which has also spawned bands such as Hot Chip, Burial and Four Tet. Their debut album ‘xx’ – for which they have been nominated for the Mercury Prize – was voted at 2 in the Rolling Stone and NME album of the year lists respectively, and it peaked at number 16 in the UK album charts.
Second in the Mercury Music Prize Betting 2010 stakes are Wild Beasts. They are an Indie rock band from Kendal at their album Two Dancers is their second album. Third favourite in the Mercury Music Prize Betting 2010 are Mumford & Suns who achieved notoriety with their single The Cave.