The artists/albums in the running for the Mercury Prize 2010 are:-

Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can
The XX - xx
Paul Weller - Wake Up The Nation
Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
Dizzee Rascal - Tongue n' Cheek
I Am Kloot - Sky At Night
Kit Downes Trio - Golden
Foals - Total Life Forever
Corrine Bailey Rae - The Sea
Biffy Clyro - Only Revolutions
Villagers - Becoming A Jackal