Well the obvious answer to the question posed in the headline is you can’t. But that’s not stopping the BBC Music Awards who give it a go this week. All six vie for international artist of the year at the inaugural awards.

Whatever happened to the BBC Jazz Awards and World Music Awards? Sadly they stopped after running successfully enough for a number of years. Specialist music awards generate far more value to their respective communities  – and cost a lot less – than generic one-size-fits-all jamborees created to chase ratings.

Gregory Porter above and Lorde