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Indie band Wild Beasts have been giving their predictions for this year’s Mercury Music Prize, and have named Leeds-based singer Corinne Bailey Rae as their tip for the annual prize.

Arcade Fire have scored their first UK number one album this week, with their excellent third studio album ‘The Suburbs‘ landing at #1. Elsewhere, Mercury nominees Mumford & Sons and The xx are both non-movers this week at #9 and #13 respectively.

In the Singles chart, rapper Ne-Yo is this week’s UK number one with his track ‘Beautiful Monster‘.

The nominations for this year’s Mercury Music Prize were revealed at a press conference in London earlier today.

Amongst the leading contenders will be Mumford & Sons’ big-selling debut ‘Sigh No More‘ and singer-songwriter Laura Marling’s widely-acclaimed new release ‘I Speak Because I Can‘.

Eminem’s latest album ‘Recovery‘ climbs one place to top this week’s UK Album chart, replacing last week’s number one ‘Aphrodite‘ which drops to #2. Bombay Bicycle Club’s new acoustic record ‘Flaws‘ is a new entry in the top ten at #8, while Mumford & Sons’ debut ‘Sigh No More‘ rises to no.6. Outside the top ten, The Coral debut at #16 with ‘Butterfly House‘.

As the 2010 Latitude festival prepares for the early arrivals at Henham Park, Suffolk, one of this year’s headliners have been speaking of their delight as they prepare to headline their first major festival.

Blues duo The Black Keys remain at no.3 on this week’s Billboard Alternative Album Chart with their sixth studio album ‘Brothers’, while Canadian indie band Wolf Parade debut at #6. British folk-rockers Mumford & Sons climb into the top 10 to chart at #9 on the chart which is topped this week by the latest Twilight Saga soundtrack. Outside the top 10, Gorillaz ‘Plastic Beach’ drops to no.11 and The Gaslight Anthem are at #14 with ‘American Slang’.

In the Billboard Alternative Singles chart, reggae-rockers The Dirty Heads are on top with their track ‘Lay Me Down’, and Thirty Seconds To Mars, Cage The Elephant and Rise Against are all non-movers.

Popstar Kylie Minogue is on top of this week’s Album chart with her comeback record ‘Aphrodite‘, while Oasis’ singles collection ‘Time Flies‘ and Mumford & Sons’ ‘Sigh No More‘ hold on to top ten spots. Outside the top ten, rock trio Feeder’s new album ‘Renegades‘ is a new entry at #16 and Manchester’s I Am Kloot debuts at #24 with ‘Sky At Night‘.

Pop group JLS lead this week’s Singles chart with their track ‘The Club Is Alive‘.

Rock heavyweights Muse are set to bring the curtain down on the first day of Scotland’s T In The Park festival tonight, with various acts already talking up what is always one of the highlights of the UK festival season.

Folk-rockers Mumford & Sons have revealed they have recorded a track with Kinks legend Ray Davies which will appear on his new covers album.

Rock band Pendulum are on top of this week’s Album chart, with their new album ‘Immersion‘, while there are also new entries for hit TV show Glee (#3) and songwriter Katie Melua (#4). Singer Michael Buble re-enters the top 10, climbing seventeen places to no.2. Last week’s no.1, the re-issued ‘Exile On Main St.‘, is this week’s no.5. Elsewhere, folk-rockers Mumford & Sons are back in the top 20, with their debut album ‘Sigh No More‘ climbing three places to #20.

In the Singles chart, Dizzee Rascal has scored another UK no.1 with his new track ‘Dirtee Disco‘.