Mercury Prize increase of their album "The Seldom Seen Kid" after winning the Prize in 2008. In their winner's speech, Elbow's frontman Guy Garvey said that winning the Mercury Prize was 'Quite literally the best thing that has ever happened to us'. Similarly, sales of The xx's winning album rose by 450% the day after they won the 2010 Mercury Prize and 2013 winner James Blake saw a 2,500% sales increase on Amazon after he was announced as the winner of the 2013 Mercury Prize. 2011 winner PJ Harvey's album "Let England Shake" jumped from number 181 to 24 in the UK
The Mercury (Pennsylvania) Berks counties in southeastern Pennsylvania. "The Mercury" won seven awards in the 2007 editorial excellence contest sponsored by Suburban Newspapers of America. Located at the corner of Hanover and King streets in Pottstown, "The Mercury" has a daily circulation of 27,500 and also posts stories at its Web site. "The Mercury" is owned by the Journal Register Company, one of the largest newspaper chains in the country. The Mercury (Pennsylvania) The Mercury is a daily newspaper published in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United States. "The Mercury" is the smallest circulation newspaper in the U.S. to have its staffers win two Pulitzer Prizes.