Nominations for the most prestigious music accolade in Britain – the Mercury Music Prize – have been announced.

The prize is awarded to the best album in Britain and Ireland each year, with 2007’s top gong taken out by Myths Of The Near Future trio Klaxons.

Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner has scored his third nomination in three years thanks to his latest outfit, The Last Shadow Puppets, while indie kings Radiohead are also up for the gong.

With the winner set to be unveiled at a London ceremony on Tuesday 9 September, the shortlist includes:

Adele – 19

British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music

Burial – Untrue

Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid

Estelle – Shine

The Last Shadow Puppets – The Age Of The Understatement

Laura Marling – Alas I Cannot Swim

Neon Neon – Stainless Style

Portico Quartet – Knee-Deep In The North Sea

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss – Raising Sand

Radiohead – In Rainbows

Rachel Unthank And The Winterset – The Bairns