The shortlist for this year's Mercury Prize has been revealed with a number of returning nominees.A total of seven of the 12 nominated albums are from women or women-fronted acts.Stormzy, Laura Marling and Michael Kiwanuka have all secured nods in previous years, and are up for the prize once again, while Dua Lipa, Anna Meredith and Georgia made this year's shortlist for the first time.Nominations for the album of the year award were decided by a panel of judges which included Anna Calvi, Annie Mac, Supergrass frontman Gaz Coombes, Jamie Cullum, Jorja Smith and Vice.com’s editorial director Tshepo Mokoena.Last year’s Mercury Prize was won by rapper Dave for his album Psychodrama, fending off competition from nominees including Slowthai, The.
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