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) 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. In 1979, staff photographer Tom Kelly won in the Spot News Photography category. In 1990, staff Tom Hylton won in the Editorial Writing category. "The Mercury" has won hundreds of other state and national awards in the past 75 years. Some of its investigative work has led to changes in state and federal laws. In its most recent public service campaign, The Mercury led the battle to