| | | | After bringing down the curtain on riotous performances on Wednesday evening from The Libertines (Rough Trade), Lethal Bizzle (Skint Gang Records) and Pixey (Chess Club Records), the AIM Independent Music Awards celebrated another glorious year for the independent sector and for the talented artists, labels and outstanding individuals at the forefront of its success.
From all the AIM team - a huge congratulations to Rough Trade (Best Independent Label) and Local Action (Best Boutique Label) for this well-deserved recognition from your peers.
Winning artist and label partnerships include Wet Leg (Domino Recording Co), Nova Twins (Marshall Records), Mitski (Dead Oceans), Jeshi (Because Music), Blxst (Red Bull Records), TAAHLIAH (untitled (recs)), Cleo Sol (Forever Living Originals), Nilüfer Yanya (ATO Records [PIAS]) and Champion (XL Recordings). Nia Archives, Corey Johnson, Stormzy, Rina Sawayama, Lethal Bizzle and The Libertines also triumphed.
We'd like to send a huge thank you for every single submission received and to all the shortlisted nominees, every category sponsor and Platinum Partner, this year's performers and DJs, passionate judges, The Brain Charity, Name PR and our incredible hosts DJ Target and Joelah Noble and everybody who continues to make these awards such an important moment for our community.
Scroll down to see all the winners! See the full announcement here and what The Sun, Evening Standard, BBC, Independent, USA Today, Music Week and Independent Music Insider have already had to say about the awards' epic return as an in-person event. | | | UK INDEPENDENT BREAKTHROUGH
in association with YouTube Music
WET LEG (DOMINO RECORDING COMPANY) | | | | INTERNATIONAL BREAKTHROUGH
in association with Deezer
BLXST (RED BULL RECORDS) | | | | BEST INDEPENDENT TRACK
in association with META
NOVA TWINS 'ANTAGONIST' (MARSHALL RECORDS) | | | | BEST INDEPENDENT EP/MIXTAPE
TAAHLIA 'ANGELICA' (UNTITLED (RECS)) | | | | BEST INDEPENDENT ALBUM
in association with Spotify
CLEO SOL 'MOTHER' (FOREVER LIVING ORIGINALS) | | | | ONE TO WATCH
in association with BBC Music Introducing
NIA ARCHIVES | | | | BEST [DIFFICULT] SECOND ALBUM
in association with BBC 6 Music
NILÜFA YANYA 'PAINLESS' (ATO RECORDS [PIAS]) | | | | BEST INDEPENDENT REMIX
IBEYI 'LAVENDER AND RED ROSES FT. JORJA SMITH (CHAMPION REMIX)' (XL RECORDINGS) | | | | OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO MUSIC
in association with Merlin
LETHAL BIZZLE | | | | BEST CREATIVE CAMPAIGN
in association with Able
MAYLEE TODD 'MALOO' (STONES THROW RECORDS) | | | | BEST INDEPENDENT VIDEO
in association with VEVO
JESHI '3210' (BECAUSE MUSIC) | | | | MUSIC ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR
COREY JOHNSON (CEO AND FOUNDER, DEFENDERS ENT) | | | PPL AWARD FOR MOST PLAYED NEW INDEPENDENT ARTIST
D.O.D. (AXTONE RECORDS) | | | | BEST INDEPENDENT LABEL
ROUGH TRADE RECORDS | | | | BEST BOUTIQUE LABEL
LOCAL ACTION | | | | DIVERSITY CHAMPION
STORMZY | | | | INNOVATOR AWARD
in association with Amazon Music
RINA SAWAYAMA | | | | BEST LIVE PERFORMER
through an online public vote
MITSKI (DEAD OCEANS) | | | | INDEPENDENT CHAMPION
in association with MCPS
KENNY GATES AND MICHEL LAMBOT ([PIAS]) | | | | Association of Independent Music Ltd
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