Mercury Prize 2010: Every Mercury Prize winner, ever, including the xx

This year's Mercury Prize was won by the xx last night, but who has won the award before, and who tops the all-time sales chart?• Get the dataIndie band the xx won the 2010 Mercury Music Prize at a ceremony at Grosvenor House last night. Their eponymous debut album was voted the best of the past year, beating eleven other nominees including Corinne Bailey Rae, Mumford & Sons and last-minute bookies' favourite Paul Weller.So, what exactly makes a winner?Started in 1992, the Mercury prize for be...

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