2021 Libera Awards
2021 Libera Awards | |
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Date | June 17, 2021 |
Website | liberaawards |
The 2021 Libera Awards took place on June 17, 2021, to recognize the best in independent music presented by the American Association of Independent Music.[1] The nominations were announced on March 23, 2021. The years marks the tenth anniversary of the ceremony.[2] The event was streamed live on YouTube.[3]
A number of category changes took place for the awards. The A2IM Humanitarian Award and Best Spiritual Record were added to the ceremony and . A2IM also made the "Album" categories more inclusive by renaming them "Records." A2IM also renamed a number of categories: Best Live Act to Best Live/Livestream Act; Best Mainstream Rock Album and Best Indie Rock Album to Best Rock Record; and, Best Punk/Emo Album to Best Punk Record.[4]
Winners and nominees
[edit]Multiple wins and nominations
[edit]Nominees with more than two nominations[4]
Artists
Multiple Wins | |
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Artist | Wins |
Phoebe Bridgers | 5 |
Run the Jewels |
Multiple Nominations | |
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Artist | Nominations |
Run the Jewels | 7 |
Phoebe Bridgers | 5 |
Perfume Genius | |
IDLES | 3 |
Record Labels
Multiple Wins | |
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Artist | Wins |
Dead Oceans | 4 |
Jewel Runners | 3 |
Jagjaguwar | 2 |
Merge Records | |
Stones Throw Records |
Multiple Nominations | |
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Artist | Nominations |
Dead Oceans | 8 |
Partisan Records | |
Jewel Runners | 7 |
Matador Records | |
Stones Throw Records | 6 |
Anti- | 5 |
Loma Vista | |
Thirty Tigers | |
Domino | 4 |
Merge Records | |
New West Records | |
Sub Pop | |
Warp | |
XL Recordings | |
37d03d | 3 |
Fat Possum | |
Jagjaguwar | |
Light in the Attic | |
[PIAS] |
Performances
[edit]- Arlo Parks – "Hope"
- Black Pumas
- Fantastic Negrito – "Chocolate Samurai"
- Lecrae – "Drown"
- Lido Pimienta – "Te quiera"
- Mavis Staples – "Who Told You That"
- Phoebe Bridgers
- Yuna – "Don't Blame It on Love"/"Crush"
- Stax Academy Rhythm Section[5]
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "A2IM names 2021 Libera indie music awards nominees [the full list]". Hypebot. 2021-03-23. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
- ^ "Phoebe Bridgers, Run the Jewels & Perfume Genius Among Top Nominees For 2021 Libera Awards". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
- ^ a b Aswad, Jem (2021-05-13). "Mavis Staples to Be Honored, Arlo Parks and Black Pumas to Perform at A2IM Libera Awards". Variety. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
- ^ a b "2021 Nominees". Libera Awards. Archived from the original on 2021-06-14. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
- ^ Shaffer, Claire (2021-05-13). "Mavis Staples, Black Pumas, Arlo Parks to Appear at 2021 Libera Awards". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2021-05-13. Retrieved 2021-06-14.