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"Alt-J have been revealed as the favourites to win this year&amp;#039;s Barclaycard Mercury Prize. The group have topped the Paddy Power odds list at 1/1 to scoop this year&amp;#039;s prestigious award with their album An Awesome Wave.   Meanwhile, Richard Hawley&amp;#039;s Standing At The Sky&amp;#039;s Edge is second favourite at 4/1, followed by Jessie Ware&amp;#039;s Devotion and Plan B&amp;#039;s iLL Manors at 6/1.  Discussing their nomination, Alt-J&amp;#039;s Gus Unger-Hamilton told Digital Spy: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s incredible to be nominated. To be in there with 11 other great artists is just a really nice feeling. &amp;quot;May the best artist win.&amp;quot; It was recently announced that this year&amp;#039;s awards has launched a new digital initiative, asking fans to tweet as part of a &amp;#039;Voice Your Support&amp;#039; campaign. The Paddy Power Barclaycard Mercury Prize 2012 odds appear below:  1/1 Alt-J (An Awesome Wave) 4/1 Richard Hawley (Standing At The Sky&amp;#039;s Edge) 6/1 Jessie Ware (Devotion) 6/1 Plan B (Ill Manors) 7/1 Django Django (Django Django) 14/1 The Maccabees (Given To The Wild) 14/1 Ben Howard (Every Kingdom) 16/1 Field Music (Plumb) 20/1 Lianne La Havas (Is Your Love Big Enough) 20/1 Michael Kiwanuka (Home Again) 25/1 Sam Lee (Ground Of Its Own) 33/1 Roller Trio (Roller Trio) Who do you think will win this year&amp;#039;s Mercury Prize? Vote in our poll below:   "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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