The shortlist for the prize was recently revealed and Adele is on there with her album 21, along with Tinie Tempah and Disc-Overy and Elbow's Build A Rocket Boys!
Simon Frith, Chair of Judges, said: 'This year's Barclaycard Mercury Prize shortlist highlights the remarkable possibilities of what can be achieved with music - the grand gesture and telling details, albums that are dramatic, ambitious and artful, emotional and affectionate, funny and profound.
'Much of the music here evokes a sense of place and time, providing a wonderful snapshot of Britain's varied musical life.'
Other stars with albums in the shortlist include: Metronomy, Everything Everything, Ghostpoet, Anna Calvi, Gwilym Simcock, James Blake, PJ Harvey, Katy B and King Creosote & Jon Hopkins.