Some of that might be confusing. Sorry. Let me add some further information....

The list is sent as an aide memoire. It also helps people to remember what was released during that year,(though as we have seen in the past the year has been known to stretch). I am currently putingtogether a radio show of records released this year. That's be a god send to me. To be honest I am going to fudge it.

The panel nominates up to THREE names in each category, not just one, so the breadth of voting is probably a lot wider than people realise.

Another improvement I think would be useful is if the BBC published on their website a list of everyone who got even one nomination, as fRoots does with its critics poll. Then you would get a sense of just how wide the original range of nominations were...