A2IM Libera Awards
June 21, 2018
Playstation Theater NYC
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The A2IM Libera Awards are sponsored by SoundExchange in celebration of Merlin's 10 Year Anniversary in partnership with The Orchard, ADA, Spotify, INgrooves, DISCO, Symphonic Distribution, Fox Rothschild LLP, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP and Songtrust
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ALBUM OF THE YEAR | BEST AMERICAN ROOTS & FOLK ALBUM | BEST BLUES ALBUM | BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM | BEST COUNTRY/AMERICANA ALBUM | BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM | BEST HIP-HOP/RAP ALBUM | BEST JAZZ ALBUM | BEST LATIN ALBUM | BEST LIVE ACT | BEST METAL ALBUM | BEST OUTLIER ALBUM | BEST R&B ALBUM | BEST RE-ISSUE | BEST ROCK ALBUM | BEST SYNC USAGE | BEST WORLD ALBUM | BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST | CREATIVE PACKAGING | INDEPENDENT CHAMPION | LABEL OF THE YEAR (BIG) | LABEL OF THE YEAR (SMALL) | MARKETING GENIUS | VIDEO OF THE YEAR | INDEPENDENT IMPACT
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Big Thief | Capacity
Saddle Creek
Chuck Berry | CHUCK
Dualtone Music Group
Cigarettes After Sex | Cigarettes After Sex
Partisan Records
Father John Misty | Pure Comedy
Sub Pop Records
Slowdive | Slowdive
Dead Oceans
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Presented By The Orchard
BEST AMERICAN ROOTS & FOLK ALBUM
Aimee Mann | Mental Illness
SuperEgo Records
Big Thief | Capacity
Saddle Creek
Hiss Golden Messenger | Hallelujah Anyhow
Merge Records
Kevin Morby | City Music
Dead Oceans
Phoebe Bridgers | Stranger In The Alps
Dead Oceans
BEST BLUES ALBUM
Benjamin Booker | Witness
ATO Records
Chuck Berry | CHUCK
Dualtone Music Group
Joe Bonamassa | Live at Carnegie Hall
J&R Adventures
Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' | TajMo
Concord Records
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band | Front Porch Sessions
Family Owned Records
BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM
Boris Giltburg; Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Carlos Miguel Prieto (conductor) | Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 - 8 Études-Tableaux, Op. 33
Naxos
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta (conductor) | Novák: In the Tatra Mountains, Lady Godiva & Eternal Longing
Naxos
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin (conductor) | Copland: Symphony No. 3 & 3 Latin American Sketches
Naxos
Grandbrothers | Open
City Slang
Luca D'Alberto | Endless
7K! Records
BEST COUNTRY/AMERICANA ALBUM
Deer Tick | Deer Tick Vol. 1
Partisan Records
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | The Nashville Sound
Southeastern Records/Thirty Tigers
Lee Ann Womack | The Lonely, The Lonesome, and The Gone
ATO Records
Midland | On The Rocks
Big Machine Records
The Wild Reeds | The World We Built
Dualtone Music Group
BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM
Bicep | Bicep
Ninja Tune
Four Tet | New Energy
Text Records
Nicolas Jaar | Sirens (deluxe edition)
Other People/Kobalt
Oneohtrix Point Never | Good Time Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Warp Records
Sylvan Esso | What Now
Loma Vista Recordings
Yaeji | EP2
GODMODE
Presented by Symphonic Distribution
BEST HIP-HOP/RAP ALBUM
Lil Baby | Harder Than Hard
Quality Control Music
Meyhem Lauren & DJ Muggs | Gems From The Equinox
Soul Assassins
Sean Price | Imperious Rex
Ruck Down Records
Shabazz Palaces | Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star
Sub Pop Records
Wu-Tang Clan | The Saga Continues
eOne/36 Chambers
Presented by Fox Rothschild LLP
BEST JAZZ ALBUM
Kamasi Washington | Harmony of Difference
Young Turks
Kiefer | Kickinit Alone
Leaving Records
King Krule | The Ooz
Matador Records
Mike Stern | Trip
Heads Up International
Thelonious Monk | Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960
Sam Records
BEST LATIN ALBUM
Chicano Batman | Freedom Is Free
ATO Records
Él Mató A Un Policía Motorizado | La Síntesis O'Konor
Nacional Records
Eliane Elias | Dance of Time
Concord Jazz
Ibeyi | Ash
XL Recordings
La Vida Boheme | La Lucha
Nacional Records
BEST LIVE ACT
Father John Misty
Sub Pop Records
Flying Lotus
Warp Records
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
ATO Records
Nick Cave
Bad Seed LTD
Queens Of The Stone Age
Matador Records
BEST METAL ALBUM
Chelsea Wolfe | Hiss Spun
Sargent House
Converge | The Dusk In Us
Epitaph Records
Mutoid Man | War Moans
Sargent House
Myrkur | Mareridt
Relapse Records
Powerflo | Powerflo
New Damage Records
Presented by Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
BEST OUTLIER ALBUM
Alex Cameron | Forced Witness
Secretly Canadian
Arca | Arca
XL Recordings
Moses Sumney | Aromanticism
Jagjaguwar
Sleaford Mods | English Tapas
Rough Trade Records
Sneaks | It's a Myth
Merge Records
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Presented by Songtrust
BEST R&B; ALBUM
Jamila Woods | HEAVN
Jagjaguwar
Katie Hargrove | Katie Hargrove
Transoceanic Records
Kelela | Take Me Apart
Warp Records
Mavis Staples | If All I Was Was Black
Anti- Records
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Soul of a Woman
Daptone Records
BEST RE-ISSUE
Alice Coltrane | World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda
Luaka Bop
Elliott Smith | Either/Or: Expanded Edition
Kill Rock Stars
Fela Kuti | Fela Kuti Box Set #4 Curated By Erykah Badu
Knitting Factory Records
Hüsker Dü | Savage Young Dü
The Numero Group
Radiohead | OKNOTOK
XL Recordings
BEST ROCK ALBUM
Bully | Losing
Sub Pop Records
Manchester Orchestra | A Black Mile to the Surface
Loma Vista Recordings
Queens Of The Stone Age | Villains
Matador Records
The National | Sleep Well Beast
4AD
BEST SYNC USAGE
Cigarettes After Sex | The Handmaid's Tale on Hulu
(Music Supervision: Jessica Dolinger)
Partisan Records / Spanish Prayers
Luca D'Alberto | Salvation Episode One
(Music Supervision: Nora Felder)
7K! Records
Run the Jewels | EA's FIFA '18 Official trailer starring Cristiano Ronaldo
(Music Supervision: Raphaella Lima & Amaechi Uzoigwe)
Run the Jewels, Inc.
Sofi Tukker | Apple - Meet iPhone X
(Music Supervision: TBWA\Media Arts Lab)
Sofi Tukker LLC/Ultra Records
William Onyeabor | Apple - iPhone 7 Plus - Barbers
(Music Supervision: Apple/Licensing: Fine Gold Music)
Luaka Bop
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Presented By DISCO
BEST WORLD ALBUM
Forró In The Dark | Sandcastle
Nacional Records
Ibeyi | Ash
XL Recordings
Ibibio Sound Machine | Uyai
Merge Records
Tribalistas | Tribalistas
Phonomotor
Vieux Farka Touré | Samba
Six Degrees Records
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST
Alice Merton | No Roots
Mom+Pop Music
Jamila Woods | HEAVN
Jagjaguwar
Power Trip | Nightmare Logic
Southern Lord
Princess Nokia | 1992 Deluxe
Rough Trade Records
Trippie Redd | A Love Letter To You
TenThousand Projects/Caroline
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Presented By INgrooves
CREATIVE PACKAGING
Bob’s Burgers | The Bob’s Burgers Music Album
Sub Pop Records
Father John Misty | Pure Comedy
Sub Pop Records
Hüsker Dü | Savage Young Dü
Numero Group
Sharon Jones & the E.L. Fields Gospel Wonders | Heaven Bound/Key to the Kingdom
Daptone Records
The National | Sleep Well Beast
4AD
INDEPENDENT CHAMPION
LABEL OF THE YEAR (BIG)
LABEL OF THE YEAR (SMALL)
MARKETING GENIUS
Bob's Burgers | Bob's Burgers
(Marketing Lead: Jon Strickland)
Sub Pop Records
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | Polygondwanaland
(Marketing Lead: Eric Moore / Jon Salter / Dave McClain)
ATO Records
Perfume Genius | Wreath Video Contest
(Marketing Lead: Rian Fossett, Marisa Gesualdi, Gabe Spierer, Hana Mogulescu)
Beggars Group
Radiohead | OKNOTOK
(Marketing Lead: Radiohead, Patrick North, Blake Thomas, Pablo Douzoglou, Claire Taylor)
Beggars Group
Run the Jewels | Call Ticketron! - 646.846.RTJ3 (www.1215.runthejewels.com)
(Marketing Lead: Amaechi Uzoigwe & Lee Martin)
Run the Jewels, Inc.
Slowdive | Slowdive Album Campaign
(Marketing Lead: Phil Waldorf / Tom Davies)
Secretly Group
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Arca | Reverie
XL Recordings
Noga Erez | Off the Radar
City Slang
NxWorries | Scared Money
Stones Throw
Perfume Genius | Die 4 You
Matador Records
Superorganism | Something for your M.I.N.D.
Domino Recording Company
INDEPENDENT IMPACT
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | The Nashville Sound
Southeastern Records/Thirty Tigers
JAY-Z | 4:44
Roc Nation
Lindsey Stirling | Warmer in the Winter
Concord Records
Queens Of The Stone Age | Villains
Matador Records
Taylor Swift | Reputation
Big Machine Label Group
