Badly Drawn Boy's The Hour Of Bewilderbeast was yesterday (Sunday 17/09/00) aiming for a Top 20 return after its Mercury win prompted a massive rise in sales.

The Twisted Nerve/XL release's sales for the week instantly doubled the day after the Technics Mercury Music Prize last Tuesday, as it recorded one of the biggest post-win lifts in sales in the nine-year history of the competition.

The Beggars group's director of sales and marketing John Holborow predicts the album will reach ...