
Leeds Festival
PJ Harvey also nomiated, who won the award a decade ago for Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea.
For this year one of the UK’s best selling albums, Adele’s 21 will have stiff competition up against Build a Rocket Boys by Elbow - who won in 2009 - and Tinie Tempah, nominated for debut Disc-Overy.
The winner will be announced on 6th September.
Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize nominations 2011:
PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
Adele – 21
Everything Everything – Man Alive
Ghostpoet – Peanut Butter Blues and Melencholy Jam
King Creosote and Jon Hopkins – Diamond Mine
Anna Calvi – Anna Calvi
Radiohead – The King of Limbs
Metronomy – The English Riviera
Katy B – On a Mission
Elbow – Build a Rocket Boys
Tinie Tempah – Disc-overy
Gwilym Simcock - Good Days At Schloss Elmau