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David Bowie's 'Blackstar' Nominated Posthumously For Mercury Prize

Staff Writer

Plus Anohni, The 1975 and Bat For Lashes

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The prestigious Mercury Prize nominees for 2016 have finally been revealed this morning, with David Bowie's "parting gift" to the world, Blackstar, receiving a posthumous nomination for Album Of The Year.

Alongside Blackstar, which topped album charts in Australia and around the world, experimental artist Anohni's Hopelessness, Radiohead's fifth record A Moon Shaped Pool, The 1975's I Like It When You Sleep For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It and Savages' Adore Life all scored nominations for the £25,000 prize.

As BBC notes, despite being the highest selling albums during the Mercury Prize's eligibility period, Adele's 25 and Coldplay's A Head Full Of Dreams were omitted from this year's nominations.

Check out the full list of Mercury Prize nominations below.

Anohni - Hopelessness
Bat For Lashes - The Bride
David Bowie - Blackstar
Jamie Woon - Making Time
Kano - Made In The Manor
Laura Mvula - The Dreaming Room
Michael Kiwanuka - Love and Hate
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
Savages - Adore Life
Skepta - Konnichiwa
The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It
The Comet Is Coming - Channel The Spirits

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