2026 Libera Awards Winners

Best Alternative Rock Record

Geese – Getting Killed (Partisan Records / Play It Again Sam)

Best American Roots Record

Hayden Pedigo – I’ll Be Waving As You Drive Away (Mexican Summer)

Best Blues Record

Antone’s 50th Allstars – The Last Real Texas Blues Album (New West Records)

Best Classical Record

Tiffany Poon – Nature (Pentatone)

Best Country Record

Margo Price – Hard Headed Woman (Loma Vista Recordings)

Best Dance Record

Fcukers – “I Like It Like That” (Ninja Tune)

Best Electronic Record presented by Redeye Worldwide

Oklou – choke enough (True Panther Records)

Best Folk Record

Folk Bitch Trio – Now Would Be A Good Time (Jagjaguwar)

Best Global Record

Mdou Moctar – Tears of Injustice (Matador Records)

Best Heavy Record

Model/Actriz – Pirouette (True Panther Records)

Best Hip-Hop/Rap Record presented by AUDIOSALAD

Clipse – Let God Sort Em Out (Clipse, under exclusive license to Roc Nation Distribution)

Best Independent Record Store

Rough Trade NYC

Best Jazz Record

Mei Semones – Animaru (Bayonet Records)

Best Latin Record

Lido Pimienta – La Belleza (ANTI-)

Best Outlier Record

Panda Bear – Sinister Grift (Domino)

Best Pop Record

Oklou – choke enough (True Panther Records)

Best Punk Record

Lambrini Girls – Who Let The Dogs Out (City Slang)

Best R&B Record

Thundercat – “Children of the Baked Potato (feat. Remi Wolf)” (Brainfeeder)

Best Record From Games And Interactive Media

C418 – Minecraft: Alpha + Beta (Box Set) (Ghostly International)

Best Reissue

MF DOOM – Special Herbs (Rhymesayers Entertainment / Metalface Records)

Best Remix

Oklou – “blade bird (Nick León Broward Mix)” (True Panther Records)

Best Rock Record

Wednesday – Bleeds (Dead Oceans)

Best Singer-Songwriter Record

Ichiko Aoba – Luminescent Creatures (Psychic Hotline)

Annahstasia – Tether (drink sum wtr)

Best Soul/Funk Record

Mavis Staples – Sad And Beautiful World (ANTI-)

Best Spiritual Record

Lecrae – Reconstruction (Reach Records)

Best Sync Usage

Wet Leg – “mangetout” (Heated Rivalry) (Domino)

Breakthrough Artist presented by Sounds Better With Tito’s

Geese (Partisan Records / Play It Again Sam)

Best Creative Packaging

MF DOOM – Special Herbs (Rhymesayers Entertainment / Metalface Records)

Distributor of the Year

Secretly Distribution

Independent Champion presented by Bandcamp

Qobuz

Label of the Year (15 or more employees)

Partisan Records

Label of the Year (6-14 employees)

Mexican Summer

Label of the Year (5 or fewer employees)

True Panther Records

Marketing Genius

Geese – Getting Killed (Partisan Records / Play It Again Sam)

Music Video of the Year presented by YouTube

Oklou – “viscus” (True Panther Records)

Publisher of the Year

Secretly Publishing

Record of the Year presented by Merlin

Geese – Getting Killed (Partisan Records / Play It Again Sam)

Self-Released Record of the Year

Hayley Williams – Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party (Post Atlantic)