2010 AMP nominees announced

The nine nominees for the fifth annual Australian Music Prize were announced in Melbourne yesterday. Find out if you favourite Australian album in the past 12 months made the cut.

The Australian Music Prize (AMP) is different to most other awards. For starters, it's awarded by music critics and takes into account more than simply record sales or popularity. Now in its fifth year, the AMP is building in prestige and the 2010 nominees have just been announced. They are:

Oh Mercy - Privilged Woes

Black Cab - Call Signs

Kid Sam - Kid Sam

Lisa Mitchell - Wonder

Sarah Blasko - As Day Follows Night

Bertie Blackman - Secrets and Lies

Lucie Thorne - Black Across the Field

Urthboy - Spitshine

The Mess Hall - For The Birds

The four previous winners of the AMP are The Drones (2006), Augie March (2007), The Mess Hall (2008) and Eddy Current Suppression Ring (2009). This year's winner will be anounced on Fri Mar 12 in Sydney and will be awarded a $30,000 cash prize thanks to PPCA.

What do you think of this year's nominees? Do you think we need a critic's award like the AMP?

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