Mercury Prize 2012 - the winners so far

With the winner of the Mercury Music Prize 2012 set to be announced this evening, OfficialCharts.com can confirm that the 12 nominated albums have seen dramatic sales increases since the shortlist for the annual award ceremony was revealed on September 12

With the winner of the Mercury Music Prize 2012 set to be announced this evening, OfficialCharts.com can confirm that the 12 nominated albums have seen dramatic sales increases since the shortlist for the annual award ceremony was revealed on September 12.

According to Official Charts Company sales data, East London rapper Plan B’s third album, Ill Manors has received the biggest uplift of 43,100 copies (44%). The album is the soundtrack to the film of the same name, which he wrote and directed. Since its release in July, Ill Manors has sold now 140,100 copies in the UK.

Leeds alternative rockers Alt-J’s debut album, An Awesome Wave, has seen a 79% increase in sales, shifting an additional 31,900 copies since it was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. West London singer-songwriter Ben Howard’s Every Kingdom has seen a sales increase of 24,200 copies (9%). However, Howard’s debut album is the biggest selling record nominated for this year’s Mercury Prize (287,200), equating to a third of the combined sales figures of all the nominated albums.

South London singer/songwriter and ex-SBTRKT vocalist Jessie Ware will also be celebrating right now as sales of her critically acclaimed debut album Devotion have almost doubled (92%) since being nominated.

The Mercury Prize 2012 sales impact to date has been felt most strongly by those albums that had sold fewer than 10,000 copies at the time of nomination. Roller Trio’s self-titled album and Sam Lee’s Ground Of Its Own sales increased by 617% and 130%, respectively.

Prior to nomination, the 12 albums had sold a total of 706,000 copies between them. Over the seven weeks since, the nominees have seen their combined total album sales rise by 155,000 copies to 860,000 sales to date across the set.

The Official Biggest Selling Mercury Prize Albums Of 2012 are as follows:

	ARTIST	ALBUM	LABEL	SALES PRIOR TO NOMINATION	SALES TO DATE	SALES INCREASE	PERCENTAGE INCREASE	PEAK CHART POSITION
1	PLAN B	ILL MANORS	ATLANTIC	97,000	140,100	43,100	44%	1
2	ALT-J	AN AWESOME WAVE	INFECTIOUS	40,600	72,500	31,900	79%	19
3	BEN HOWARD	EVERY KINGDOM	ISLAND	263,100	287,200	24,200	9%	6
4	JESSIE WARE	DEVOTION	ISLAND	15,200	29,300	14,100	92%	5
5	RICHARD HAWLEY	STANDING AT THE SKY'S EDGE	PARLOPHONE	37,300	46,500	9,200	25%	3
6	LIANNE LA HAVAS	IS YOUR LOVE BIG ENOUGH?	WARNER BROS.	28,900	37,300	8,400	29%	4
7	MICHAEL KIWANUKA	HOME AGAIN	LONDON	93,800	101,300	7,600	8%	4
8	THE MACCABEES	GIVEN TO THE WILD	FICTION	92,000	98,700	6,700	7%	4
9	DJANGO DJANGO	DJANGO DJANGO	BECAUSE MUSIC	29,100	35,400	6,300	22%	33
10	FIELD MUSIC	PLUMB	MEMPHIS INDUSTRIES	LESS THAN 10,000	LESS THAN 10,000	LESS THAN 10,000	17%	49
11	SAM LEE	GROUND OF ITS OWN	THE NEST COLLECTIVE	LESS THAN 10,000	LESS THAN 10,000	LESS THAN 10,000	131%	N/A
12	ROLLER TRIO	ROLLER TRIO	PROPER MUSIC	LESS THAN 10,000	LESS THAN 10,000	LESS THAN 10,000	618%	N/A