![](https://top40-charts.com/thumb.php?x=110&y=110&i=https://www.celebritiesworldwide.com/Images/Mercury-Logo.jpg) NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Coldplay and the Kaiser Chiefs are among the acts nominated for this year's Nationwide Mercury Prize, it was announced today. The 12 shortlisted albums for the award honours the 'best album of the year' by a UK or Irish act. The overall winner of the �20,000 prize, which was claimed by Franz Ferdinand last year, will be announced on September 6, 2005. The full list of 2005 Mercury Prize Nominations is as follows: Bloc Party - "Silent Alarm" Hard-Fi -"Stars Of CCTV" Kaiser Chiefs - "Employment" MIA - "Arular" The Magic Numbers - "The Magic Numbers" Coldplay - "X&Y" The Go! Team - "Thunder, Lightning Strike" Antony And The Johnsons - "I Am A Bird Now" KT Tunstall - "Eye To The Telescope" Maximo Park - "A Certain Trigger" Seth Lakeman - "Kitty Jay" Polar Bear - "Held On The Tips Of Fingers"
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