The first thing to say is that the Recording of the Year has been chosen along similar lines for many years and we always try to be fair and balanced in our approach. Our reviewers live in various countries - the UK, Europe and North America - so face to face meetings (even online) are not really practical. Also, all our colleagues have their own areas of interest and specialisation; consequently, it's never possible for all reviewers to hear everything that other colleagues propose as their Recordings of the Year.
We use the number of nominations as a means of applying a judgement as to recordings that have particularly impressed reviewers during the year. This year we arrived at a shortlist of eight recordings. Then five members of the editorial team considered the original reviews of the releases in question and reached a decision based on the strength of the case that the reviewer(s) had made when first writing about each of the releases in question.
Inevitably, there's an element of subjectivity involved in any selection process such as this. We recognise that and we regularly consider how we might refine and improve the process.
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