HMV confirm Mercury nominee sale increases

Music
16 Sep 08

HMV have confirmed that each of the Mercury Prize nominated albums has benefited from a considerable increase in sales.

Position. Artist / Album (% Increase)

1. Burial / Untrue (1004% = x10)
2. Portico Quartet / Knee Deep In The North Sea (754%)
3. Elbow / The Seldom Seen Kid (688%)
4. The Last Shadow Puppets / The Age Of Understatement (626%)
5. Neon Neon / Stainless Style (435%)
6. Laura Marling / Alas, I Cannot Swim (431%)
7. Rachel Unthank And The Winterset / Bairns (373%)
8. Radiohead / In Rainbows (369%)
9. British Sea Power / Do You Like Rock Music (286%)
10. Adele / 19 (266%)
11. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss / Raising Sand (263%)
12. Estelle / Shine (119%)