Although the bookies currently have newcomers FKA Twigs and Kate Tempest as the favourites to win the Mercury Music Prize, Brighton-based rock duo Royal Blood have seen the biggest sales gains since being nominated.

Since their shortlisting was announced on September 10, the act's debut, self-titled album Royal Blood - which also lays claim to being the fastest-selling rock debut in three years - has shifted a further 59,000 copies, giving them the largest sales during the nominations period, and ...