It's hardly surprising that acts who are at the top of their game keep getting nominated. If they were good last year and the year before that, the chances are they'll be good this year. There are still plenty of new young players appearing on the list, but once they've been nominated a couple of times they too join "the usual suspects".

Perhaps once someone has won they should be barred from being nomisated again, but that would be unfair on those performers who continue to be top of the league year after year.

It would be nice to see more information about the nominations. It seems to me that "Singer"/Musician of the Year" should reflect a special contribution during the year in question, rather than simply a high profile. It would be interesting to know what makes them the singer/musician of this particular year.