Archive
Since 2012, A2IM has brought the Libera Awards to New York City to shine the spotlight on the power of independent labels and musicians on the larger music industry. Below, you can explore the development of the largest celebration of independent music over the last decade.
Libera Awards Winners
- Breakthrough Artist presented by Virgin Music Group
Blondshell
- Partisan Records
- 2024
- Best Alternative Rock Record
Caroline Polachek
- Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
- Perpetual Novice
- 2024
- Best American Roots Record
MJ Lenderman
- "Rudolph"
- ANTI
- 2024
- Best Blues Record
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
- Live In London
- Alligator Records
- 2024
- Best Classical Record
Hauschka
- Philanthropy
- City Slang
- 2024
- Best Country Record
Margo Price
- Best Country Record
- Loma Vista Recordings
- 2024
- Best Dance Record
Romy
- Mid Air
- Young
- 2024
- Best Electronic Record
Yaeji
- With A Hammer
- XL Recordings
- 2024
- Best Folk Record
Sufjan Stevens
- Javelin
- Asthmatic Kitty Records
- 2024
- Best Global Record presented by Redeye Worldwide
WITCH
- Zango
- Desert Daze Sound
- 2024
- Best Heavy Record
Model/Actriz
- Dogsbody
- True Panther
- 2024
- Best Hip-Hop/Rap Record
Killer Mike
- MICHAEL
- Loma Vista Recordings
- 2024
- Best Jazz Record
John Carroll Kirby
- Blowout
- Stones Throw Records
- 2024
- Best Latin Record
Helado Negro
- "LFO (Lupe Finds Oliveros)"
- 4AD
- 2024
- Best Outlier Record
L’Rain
- I Killed Your Dog
- Mexican Summer
- 2024
- Best Pop Record
Samia
- Honey
- Grand Jury Music
- 2024
- Best Punk Record
Mannequin Pussy
- “I Got Heaven”
- Epitaph
- 2024
- Best R&B Record
Sampha
- Lahai
- Young
- 2024
- Best Record From Games and Interactive Media
HEALTH
- "HATEFUL"
- Loma Vista Recordings
- 2024
- Best Reissue
De La Soul
- 3 Feet High & Rising
- AOI Records/Chrysalis Records
- 2024
- Best Remix
Sudan Archives, ODESZA
- "Selfish Soul (ODESZA Remix)"
- Stones Throw under exclusive license to Foreign Family Collective/Ninja Tune
- 2024
- Best Rock Record
Blondshell
- Blondshell
- Partisan Records
- 2024
- Best Short-Form Video
IDLES
- "Grace" Teaser
- Partisan Records
- 2024
- Best Singer-Songwriter Record
Angel Olsen
- Forever Means
- Jagjaguwar
- 2024
- Best Soul/Funk Record
Betty Davis
- Crashin' From Passion
- Light in the Attic
- 2024