2019 Winners

Album of the Year
Kamasi Washington – Heaven and Earth (Young Turks)
Best American Roots/Folk Album
John Prine – The Tree of Forgiveness (Oh Boy Records)
Best Blues Album
Fantastic Negrito – Please Don’t Be Dead (Cooking Vinyl)
Best Classical Album
Jean-Michel Blais – Dans Ma Main (Arts & Crafts Productions Inc.)
Best Country/Americana Album
John Prine – The Tree of Forgiveness (Oh Boy Records)
Best R&B Album
Charles Bradley – Black Velvet (Daptone Records)
Best Dance/Electronic Album
Yves Tumor – Safe In The Hands Of Love (Warp Records)
Best Hip-Hop/Rap Album
Awkwafina – In Fina We Trust (Awkwafina Records / AWAL)
Best Jazz Album
Kamasi Washington – Heaven and Earth (Young Turks)
Best Latin Album
Bad Bunny – X 100PRE (Rimas Entertainment)
Best Metal Album
Deafheaven – Ordinary Corrupt Human Love (ANTI- Records)
Best Outlier Album
Khruangbin – Con Todo El Mundo (Dead Oceans)

Best Re-Issue
Pixies – Come On Pilgrim…It’s Surfer Rosa (4AD)
Best Rock Album
Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel (Mom+Pop)
Best Live Act
BADBADNOTGOOD (Innovative Leisure)
Marketing Genius Award
Aphex Twin – Collapse EP (Warp Records)
Best Sync Usage
Run the Jewels, Black Panther (RTJ Music, Inc.)
Breakthrough Artist
IDLES – Joy as an Act of Resistance (Partisan Records)
Creative Packaging
Kamasi Washington – Heaven and Earth (Young Turks)
Best World Album
Bombino – Deran (Partisan Records)
Independent Champion
NPR
Video of the Year
Mitski – Nobody (Dead Oceans)
A2IM Lifetime Achievement Award
Jonathan Poneman (Sub Pop Records)
Label of the Year (Big)
Domino Recording Co. Ltd.
Label of the Year (Medium)
Partisan Records
Label of the Year (Small)
Daptone Records

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