The Mercury Prize Album of the Year is a major landmark on the musical award circuit. This year there is a heavy bias towards female singer/songwriters, such as Bat For Lashes, La Roux and Florence and the Machine, showing a healthy respect for independent women in music. Now, thanks to Nokia Music you can get all these albums for free. Find out how with our guide on how to download the Mercury Prize 2009 Nominations….

The Mercury Music 2009 Awards are in full swing and while we won’t find out who the winner is until the 2nd September. Favourites to scoop the £20,000 prize include Bat for Lashes, Florence and the Machine and even Kasabian. Keeping a close eye on the leaders are La Roux and our favourites for the prize, Glasvegas.

The full list of nominations for the Mercury prize 2009 are:

Florence and the Machine – Lungs
Kasabian – West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Bat for Lashes – Two Suns
La Roux – La Roux
Glasvegas – Glasvegas
Speech Debelle – Speech Therapy
Friendly Fires – Friendly Fires
The Horrors – Primary Colours
Lisa Hannigan – Sea Sew
The Invisible – The Invisible
Led Bib – Sensible Shoes
Sweet Billy Pilgrim – Twice Born Men

You can download and check out all the albums courtesy of Nokia Music. What’s more, if you’re signed up to Comes With Music, Nokia Music’s all-you-can-eat- download service, you’ll be able to download all ten albums for free – it doesn’t get any easier than that.

Nokia Music has over six million tracks and it’s been added to almost daily. Every week, you’ll find the latest Single and Album of the week being promoted, along with the official Top 40 Singles and Album charts.