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
The Big Prize of this album, the band won the Juno Award for "Group of the Year" and was also nominated for "Album of the Year" in 1986. In a 2008 interview, Honeymoon Suite's guitarist Derry Grehan said "I think our best record was "The Big Prize"." Following the success of their debut album and a subsequent two-year tour, Honeymoon Suite wrote much of their next album on the road. "The Big Prize" was produced by Bruce Fairbairn with assistance from fellow Canadian Bob Rock and featured the trademark 80s sound of rock guitars interlaced with keyboards. The first single "Bad Attitude" was