David Bowie is most likely to win this year’s Mercury Prize by quite a long way, say the latest stats released by William Hill – with 78% of all money bet placed on his album ‘Blackstar’.
His closest contender is previous winner Anohni at 6/1, who returns this year with ‘Hopelessness’, having won in 2005 with Antony and the Johnsons’ album ‘I Am a Bird Now’.
As for the rest, well:
Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool (8/1)
Skepta – Konnichiwa (10/1)
Michael Kiwanuka – Love & Hate (14/1)
Laura Mvula – The Dreaming Room (16/1)
Bat For Lashes – The Bride (16/1)
Kano – Made in the Manor (16/1)
The 1975 – I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It (20/1)
Savages – Adore Life (25/1)
The Comet Is Coming – Channel the Spirits (25/1)
Jamie Woon – Making Time (33/1)
Poor Jamie Woon.