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 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.