I just voted in the Songlines awards, and for me these are essentially album awards in all but name. In each of the categories, the drop downs refer to an album, and I think that’s the basis people will vote rather than consider the complete body of work of each of those many artists.
So there will be four (world) music winners, and I don’t see the need to diminish a win in any of those categories by introducing an overall best album category which undoubtedly would be “worth moreâ€