Libera Award for Record of the Year

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Libera Award for Record of the Year
CountryUnited States
Presented by American Association of Independent Music (A2IM)
First awarded2012
Currently held by Wet Leg, Wet Leg (2023)
Website liberaawards.com

The Libera Award for Record of the Year (known as Album of the Year prior to 2021) is an award presented by the American Association of Independent Music at the annual Libera Award which recognizes "best album released commercially in the United States by an independent label" since 2012. [1]

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American band Bon Iver was the first recipients of the award for their eponymous album. Since 2013, a set of nominees is presented annually alongside the winner. Rock band Alabama Shakes are the only artists who have received the award more than once with two wins, for Boys & Girls in 2013 and for Sound & Color in 2016. Hip-hop duo Run the Jewels holds the most nominations in the category with three.

Winners and nominees

YearWinner(s)WorkNomineesRef.
2012 Bon Iver Bon Iver — [2]
2013 Alabama Shakes Boys & Girls [3] [4]
2014 Arcade Fire (tie) Reflektor [5] [6]
Arctic Monkeys (tie) AM
2015 The War on Drugs Lost in the Dream [7] [8]
2016 Alabama Shakes Sound & Color [9] [10]
2017 Angel Olsen My Woman [11] [12]
2018 Slowdive Slowdive [13] [14]
2019 Kamasi Washington Heaven and Earth [15] [16]
2020 Big Thief U.F.O.F. [17] [18]
2021 Phoebe Bridgers Punisher [19]
2022 Japanese Breakfast Jubilee [20]
2023 Wet Leg Wet Leg [21]
[22]

Artists with multiple wins

2 wins

Artists with multiple nominations

3 nominations
2 nominations

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