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    PJ Harvey Red Hot Favourite To Win Mercury Prize 2011

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    September 05, 2011 by Jason Gregory | Photo by WENN.com
    PJ Harvey Red Hot Favourite To Win Mercury Prize 2011

    PJ Harvey is the favourite to win this year's Mercury Prize.

    The singer's album 'Let England Shake' is 6/4 favourite to win the annual award, which will be handed out at a ceremony in London tomorrow (September 6).

    James Blake's self-titled debut is second favourite at 5/1, while Adele's '21' is at 6/1 – you can see the full odds and nominees at the bottom of this page.

    Rupert Adams, a spokesman for bookmakers William Hill, said: “The Judges have produced a number of surprise winners in recent years, Anthony and The Johnsons and Speech Debelle to name a few.

    “Over the weekend we have seen a significant gambles on King Creosote and Jon Hopkins, who our punters think could be the dark horse this year.”

    Gigwise will be brining you all the news and photos from this year's Mercury Prize.

    The full Mercury Prize odds are:

    6/4 PJ Harvey; 5/1 James Blake; 6/1 Adele; 7/1 Anna Calvi; 7/1 Metronomy; 8/1 Ghostpoet; 16/1 Katy B; 16/1 Everything Everything; 20/1 King Creosote & Jon Hopkins; 33/1 Elbow; 40/1 Tinie Tempah; 50/1 Gwilym Simcock

    Mercury Prize 2011 - Nominees

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