Gennaro Castaldo watch: What of the Brits, Gennaro?

Gennaro Castaldo is called away from whatever he does when he's not commenting on the music scene, to deal with a Press Association eager to know what his thoughts on the Brits nominations are:

"Usually you have just one or two artists dominating the nominations, so it's unprecedented to see at least four major acts all in with a chance of bagging a handful of awards. It says a lot about the strength and vibrancy of British music right now," said HMV's Gennaro Castaldo.

Let's leave aside that 'handful' usually means 'a few' or 'a small number' and not speculate on if he meant 'armful' or 'sackful' instead, and instead ponder if having three acts with four nominations really is so very different from one or two acts having a lot of nominations.