A Happy New Year to you all.
Before any results are posted I have to acknowledge the hard work of @salwarpe, who has done the vast, vast majority of the leg work on this enterprise this year. Any thanks that have been offered to me (and there have been plenty, thanks for your thanks) should really be directed towards him and his magic spreadsheet.
Before the excitement of this year’s results, here is a quick summary of the results from the last seven years.
2018 642 albums nominated – winner Ry Cooder: Prodigal Son
2019 563 albums nominated – winner Bruce Springsteen: Western Stars
2020 531 albums nominated – winner Bob Dylan: Rough & Rowdy Ways
2021 565 albums nominated – winner Robert Plant & Alison Krauss: Raise The Roof
2022 556 albums nominated – winner Half Man Half Biscuit: The Voltarol Years
2023 574 albums nominated – winner Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit: Weathervanes
2024 – 558 albums nominated – winner: ?????????????