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Mercury picks dark horses and rising stars

It is the music prize that purports to reward quality over quantity. This year the Nationwide Mercury prize judges aimed to prove it by overlooking huge sellers from Duffy and Coldplay in favour of an eclectic mix of homegrown talent they said ...
Dubstep artist Burial is the surprise early favourite to claim Britain's prestigious Nationwide Mercury Music Prize, awarded annually for the country's best album, according to bookmakers on Wednesday. Previous winners of the award include Portishead, Dizzee Rascal, Franz Ferdinand and Arctic Monkeys, ...