Mercury Prize £25,000. The winner also receives an additional winner's trophy. To date, PJ Harvey is the only artist to have won the award on more than one occasion (in 2001 and 2011). She was also the first female solo artist to receive the award. Alex Turner has received five nominations as a member of Arctic Monkeys and The Last Shadow Puppets, winning once. Thom Yorke has 6 nominations, 5 with Radiohead and one for "The Eraser", but has never won. The Mercury Prize can have a considerable effect on sales for those artists who are shortlisted. Elbow saw a 700% sales
Guelph Mercury content would continue to be published on the newspaper's web site. Metroland Media Group confirmed that it would continue publishing news and "unique local content" through its twice-weekly Guelph Tribune which is distributed free of charge. As well, the Mercury's real estate section, Guelph and District Homes, would continue to be printed and distributed. By April 2016, the Mercury had increased its coverage of local news and rebranded with a new title, Guelph Mercury Tribune; at the same time, this entity took over publication of the Mercury web site. Guelph Mercury The Guelph Mercury was an English language daily newspaper