2025 Libera Awards Winners

Best Alternative Rock Record

Kim Gordon – The Collective (Matador Records)

Best American Roots Record

MJ Lenderman – Manning Fireworks (ANTI-)

Best Blues Record

Ruthie Foster – Mileage (Sun Records)

Best Classical

Kelly Moran – Moves in the Field (Warp Records)

Best Country Record

Waxahatchee – Tigers Blood (ANTI-)

Best Dance Record

Fcukers – Baggy$$ (Technicolour / Ninja Tune)

Best Electronic Record

Caribou – Honey (Merge Records)

Best Folk Record

Jessica Pratt – Here in the Pitch (Mexican Summer)

Best Global Record

Mdou Moctar – Funeral for Justice (Matador Records)

Best Heavy Record

METZ – Up On Gravity Hill (Sub Pop Records)

Best Hip-Hop/Rap Record

Shygirl – “Immaculate (feat. Saweetie)” (Because Music)

Best Jazz Record

Nala Sinephro – Endlessness (Warp Records)

Best Jazz Record

Kamasi Washington – Fearless Movement (Young)

Best Latin Record

Reyna Tropical – Malegría (Psychic Hotline)

Best Outlier Record

Khruangbin – A LA SALA (Dead Oceans)

Best Outlier Record

SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE – YOU’LL HAVE TO LOSE SOMETHING (Saddle Creek)

Best Pop Record

Magdalena Bay – Imaginal Disk (Mom+Pop)

Best Punk Record

Pissed Jeans – Half Divorced (Sub Pop Records)

Best R&B Record

Mavis Staples – “Worthy” (ANTI-)

Best Reissue

MF DOOM – MM..FOOD (20th Anniversary Edition) (Rhymesayers Entertainment)

Best Remix

MF DOOM – “One Beer (Madlib Remix)” (Rhymesayers Entertainment)

Best Rock Record

Fontaines D.C. – Romance (XL Recordings)

Best Singer-Songwriter Record

Jessica Pratt – Here in the Pitch (Mexican Summer)

Best Soul/Funk Record

Thee Sacred Souls – Got a Story to Tell (Daptone Records)

Best Spiritual Record

The Harlem Gospel Travelers – Rhapsody (Colemine Records)

Best Sync Usage

De La Soul – “Say No Go” (Civil War) (A.O.I./Chrysalis/Reservoir)

Breakthrough Artist

MJ Lenderman (ANTI-)

Creative Packaging

MF DOOM – MM..FOOD (20 Year Anniversary Edition) (Rhymesayers Entertainment)

Distributor of the Year

Redeye

Independent Champion

Bandcamp

Label of the Year (15 or more employees)

Partisan Records

Label of the Year (5 or fewer employees)

True Panther

Label of the Year (6-14 employees)

Mexican Summer

Marketing Genius

IDLES – TANGK (Partisan Records)

Music Video of the Year

Fontaines D.C. – “Starburster” (XL Recordings)

Publisher of the Year

Warp Publishing

Record of the Year

Jessica Pratt – Here in the Pitch (Mexican Summer)

Self-Released Record of the Year

RAYE – Genesis. (Human Re Sources)