AIR Awards of 2015 | |
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Date | 22 October 2015 [1] |
Venue | The Meat Market, North Melbourne, Australia |
Hosted by | Dylan Lewis [2] |
Most awards | Courtney Barnett (3) |
Most nominations | Courtney Barnett and Hermitude (4) [3] |
Website | https://air.org.au/air-awards/ |
The AIR Awards of 2015 (or Carlton Dry Independent Music Awards of 2015) is the tenth annual Australian Independent Record Labels Association Music Awards (generally known as the AIR Awards) and was an award ceremony at The Meat Market, North Melbourne on 22 October 2015. The event was again sponsored by Australian liquor brand, Carlton Dry. The Carlton Dry Global Music Grant award was removed this year, after two previous appearances.
Courtney Barnett won Best Independent Artist and Best Independent Single for the second consecutive year. [4]
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; other final nominees are listed alphabetically. [3] [5]
Best Independent Artist | Best Independent Album |
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Best Independent Single or EP | Breakthrough Independent Artist of the Year |
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Best Independent Blues and Roots Album | Best Independent Classical Album |
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Best Independent Country Album | Best Independent Dance/Electronica Album |
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Best Independent Dance, Electronica or Club Single | Best Independent Hard Rock, Heavy or Punk Album |
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Best Independent Hip Hop Album | Best Independent Jazz Album |
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Best Independent Label | |
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