Merlin seine Mitglieder mit Nominierungen für die Libera Awards 2026

Die Nominierungen für die Libera Awards 2026 von A2IM wurden bekannt gegeben, und wir freuen uns sehr, dass so viele Künstler, Labels und Vertreiber aus dem gesamten Merlin für ihre herausragende Arbeit gewürdigt werden. Die 15. jährliche Preisverleihung, präsentiert von Merlin, findet am Montag, dem 8. Juni, in der historischen Gotham Hall in New York City statt. Die Awards sind eine Hommage an die unabhängige Musikszene. Es ist eine Ehre, unsere Mitglieder unter den Nominierten zu sehen!

Hier ist die vollständige Liste der Nominierungen für die von Merlin verliehenen Libera Awards 2026:

Label des Jahres (15 oder mehr Mitarbeiter)

Ghostly International (BWSCD)
Merge Records
Ninja Tune
Polyvinyl Record Co.
Sacred Bones Records (BWSCD)
Sub Pop Records
Stones Throw Records
Third Man Records
Warp Records

Label des Jahres (6-14 Mitarbeiter)

Captured Tracks (Secretly )
Light in the Attic (AudioSalad)
Mexican Summer (IDOL)
Run For Cover Records (BWSCD)
Secret City Records

Label des Jahres (5 oder weniger Mitarbeiter)

Bayonet Records (Secretly )
Brainfeeder (Ninja Tune)
Colemine Records (BWSCD)
Daptone Records (Redeye)
Oh Boy Records (Secretly )
Psychic Hotline (Redeye)
RVNG Intl. (BWSCD)
Saddle Creek
Wax Bodega (Many Hats Endeavors)

Rekord des Jahres

Hayley Williams – Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party (Post Atlantic / BWSCD)
Mavis Staples – Sad And Beautiful World (ANTI- / Epitaph)
Oklou – choke enough (True Panther Records / Because)
Oneohtrix Point Never – Tranquilizer (Warp Records)
Wednesday – Bleeds (Dead Oceans / BWSCD)

Durchbrechender Künstler

Gelli Haha (Innovative Leisure / Redeye)
Lambrini Girls (City Slang / IDOL)

Selbstveröffentlichte Platte des Jahres

Hayley Williams – Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party (Post Atlantic / BWSCD)

Musikvideo des Jahres

Die Spitz – „Throw Yourself to the Sword“ (Third Man Records)
Wednesday – „Elderberry Wine“ (Dead Oceans / BWSCD)
Wet Leg „catch these fists“ (Domino)
Oklou – „viscus“ (True Panther Records / Because)

Beste Alternative Rock-Platte

The Beths – Straight Line Was A Lie (ANTI- / Epitaph)
Nilufer Yanya – „Dancing Shoes“ (Ninja Tune)

Beste amerikanische Roots-Platte

Amanda Shires – Nobody’s Girl (ATO Records)
Hayden Pedigo – I’ll Be Waving As You Drive Away (Mexican Summer / IDOL)
Mon Rovîa – „Heavy Foot“ (Nettwerk Music Group)
Neko Case – Neon Grey Midnight Green (ANTI- / Epitaph)

Beste Blues-Platte

Antone’s 50th Allstars – The Last Real Texas Blues Album (New West Records / Redeye)

Beste Klassik-Platte

Kara-Lis Coverdale – A Series of Actions in a Sphere of Forever (Smalltown Supersound / BWSCD)
Will Liverman – The Dunbar/Moore Sessions, Vol. II (Lexicon Classics / Symphonic)

Beste Country-Platte

Alison Krauss & Union Station – „Richmond on the James“ (Down The Road Records / Exceleration)
Shaboozey – „Good News“ (American Dogwood / EMPIRE)

Beste Tanzplatte

Danny Brown – Stardust (Warp Records)
Fcukers – „I Like It Like That“ (Ninja Tune)
Gelli Haha – Switcheroo (Innovative Leisure / Redeye)
Sextile – yes, please. (Sacred Bones Records / BWSCD)
Shygirl – Club Shy Room 2 (Because Music)

Beste elektronische Akte

Ela Minus – DÍA (Domino)
Helado Negro – The Last Sound On Earth (Big Dada / Ninja Tune)
Oklou – choke enough (True Panther Records / Because)
Oneohtrix Point Never – Tranquilizer (Warp Records)
Sudan Archives THE BPM (Stones Throw Records)

Beste Folk-Platte

Folk Bitch Trio – Now Would Be A Good Time (Jagjaguwar / BWSCD)
Joanne Robertson – Blurrr (AD 93 / !K7 )
Madi Diaz – Fatal Optimist (ANTI- / Epitaph)

Bester globaler Rekord

Lido Pimienta – La Belleza (ANTI- / Epitaph)
Mulatu Astatke – Mulatu Plays Mulatu (Strut Records / !K7 )
Pachyman – Another Place (ATO Records)

Beste Heavy-Platte

The Callous Daoboys – I Don’t Want To See You In Heaven (MNRK Music Group)
Die Spitz – Something to Consume (Third Man Records / BWSCD)
DRAIN – …IS YOUR FRIEND (Epitaph)
Model/Actriz – Pirouette (True Panther Records / Because)
They Are Gutting a Body of Water – LOTTO (ATO Records)
YHWH Nailgun – 45 Pounds (AD 93 / !K7 )

Beste Hip-Hop/Rap-Platte

billy woods – GOLLIWOG (Backwoodz Studioz / Ditto Ltd, Rhymesayers Entertainment, Secretly )
Shygirl – „SLIME is BESTIE (ft. JT und Sega Bodega)“ (Because Music)

Beste Jazz-Platte

Chick Corea, Christian McBride + Brian Blade – Trilogy 3 (Candid Records / Exceleration)
James Brandon Lewis – Apple Cores (ANTI- / Epitaph)
Kassa Overall – CREAM (Warp Records)
Ledisi – For Dinah (Candid Records / Exceleration)
Marshall Allen – New Dawn (Mexican Summer / IDOL)
Mei Semones – Animaru (Bayonet Records / BWSCD)

Beste lateinamerikanische Platte

Adrian Quesada – Boleros Psicodélicos II (ATO Records)
Buscabulla – Se Amaba Así (Domino)
Juan Wauters – MVD LUV (Captured Tracks / BWSCD)
Lido Pimienta – La Belleza (ANTI- / Epitaph)
Rubio – „Voy Creciendo“ (FAMA Collective / Symphonic)
Sessa – Pequena Vertigem de Amor (Mexican Summer / IDOL)

Bester Ausreißer-Rekord

Guerilla Toss – You’re Weird Now (Sub Pop)
Khruangbin – The Universe Smiles Upon You ii (Dead Oceans / BWSCD)
Panda Bear – Sinister Grift (Domino)
William Tyler – Time Indefinite (Psychic Hotline / BWSCD)

Beste Pop-Platte

Oklou – „Choke Enough“ (True Panther Records / Because)

Beste Punk-Platte

Joyce Manor – „Well, Whatever It Was“ (Epitaph)
Lambrini Girls – Who Let The Dogs Out (City Slang / IDOL)
Laura Jane Grace – Adventure Club (Polyvinyl Record Co.)
Scowl – Are We All Angels (Dead Oceans / BWSCD)
Snooper – Worldwide (Third Man Records / BWSCD)
Upchuck – I’m Nice Now (Domino)

Beste R&B-Platte

Dawn Richard – „A Flex“ (Merge Records)
Kelela – In The Blue Light (Warp Records)
NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge) – „Everybody Gets Down“ (Stones Throw Records)
Thundercat „Children of the Baked Potato (feat. Remi Wolf)“ (Brainfeeder / Ninja Tune)
Yaya Bey – do it afraid (drink sum wtr / BWSCD)

Beste Platte aus Spielen und interaktiven Medien

C418 – Minecraft: Alpha + Beta (Box-Set) (Ghostly International / BWSCD)

Beste Wiederveröffentlichung

Everything But The Girl – The Best of Everything But The Girl (Buzzin’ Fly, Chrysalis Records / BWSCD)
Hiroshi Yoshimura – Flora (Temporal Drift / Audiosalad)
MF DOOM – Special Herbs (Rhymesayers Entertainment, Metalface Records / BWSCD)
Rilo Kiley – The Execution of All Things (Frozen Lake Edition) (Saddle Creek)

Bester Remix

Ela Minus – „QQQQ (Nick León Apocalypto Remix)“ (Domino)
Faux Real – „Walking Away From My Demons (Wet Leg )“ (City Slang / IDOL)
Lambrini Girls – „Cuntology 101 (Peaches Remix)“ (City Slang / IDOL)
Oklou – „blade bird (Nick León Broward Mix)“ (True Panther Records / Because)
Reyna Tropical / Amantes del Futuro – „Conocerla“ (Psychic Hotline / BWSCD)

Beste Rockplatte

Hayley Williams – Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party (Post Atlantic / BWSCD)
Momma – Welcome to My Blue Sky (Polyvinyl Record Co.)
Wednesday – Bleeds (Dead Oceans / BWSCD)

Beste Singer-Songwriter-Platte

Alice Phoebe Lou – Oblivion (Nettwerk Music Group)
Annahstasia – Tether (drink sum wtr / BWSCD)
Ichiko Aoba – Luminescent Creatures (Psychic Hotline / BWSCD)
Madi Diaz – Fatal Optimist (ANTI- / Epitaph)
Mei Semones – Animaru (Bayonet Records / BWSCD)

Beste Soul/Funk-Platte

The Altons – Heartache in Room 14 (Daptone Records / Redeye)
Curtis Harding – Departures & Arrivals: Adventures of Captain Curt (ANTI- / Epitaph)
Durand Jones & The Indications – Flowers (Dead Oceans / BWSCD)
Mavis Staples – Sad And Beautiful World (ANTI- / Epitaph)
Say She She – Cut & Rewind (drink sum wtr / BWSCD)

Beste spirituelle Platte

Alexxander – LLORÓN (Reach Records)
Ami Taf Ra – The Prophet and The Madman (Brainfeeder / Ninja Tune)
Lecrae Reconstruction (Reach Records)

Vertriebspartner des Jahres

AudioSalad
IDOL
Redeye Worldwide
Secretly
Symphonic Distribution

Unabhängiger Champion

AudioSalad
FaroLatino

Verlag des Jahres

Reservoir
Secretly
Sub Pop Publishing
Warp Publishing

Marketing-Genie

Because Music – Because Beaubourg (Because Music)
Hayley Williams – Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party (Post Atlantic / BWSCD)
MF DOOM – Special Herbs (Rhymesayers Entertainment, Metalface Records / BWSCD)
Wednesday – Bleeds (Dead Oceans / BWSCD)
We’ll Never Stop Living This Way: A Ghostly International Catalogue (Ghostly International / BWSCD)

Beste Sync-Verwendung

Bully – „Days Move Slow“ (I Know What You Did Last Summer) (Sub Pop)
Buzzcocks – „Why Can’t I Touch It“ (ROSS) (Domino)
De La Soul – „Me Myself and I“ (Target Back to School) (A.O.I. Records/Reservoir)
Goldie Boutilier – „King of Possibilities“ (The Hunting Wives) (ONErpm)
John Prine – „In Spite of Ourselves“ (Die My Love) (Oh Boy Records / BWSCD)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – „Burning“ (Lucid) (Secretly )
Wet Leg „mangetout“ (Heated Rivalry) (Domino)

Beste kreative Verpackung

Bobby „Boris“ Pickett & Edgar Winter – „Monster Rap“ mit B-Seite „Frankenstein 1984“ (Frankenstein-förmige Schallplatte) (Reservoir Recordings)
Bon Iver SABLE, fABLE (Jagjaguwar / BWSCD)
Chucho Valdés, Royal Quartet – Cuba And Beyond (InnerJazz / InnerCat)
J Dilla – Donuts (Audiophile Edition) (Stones Throw Records)
John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter und Daniel Davies – Halloween: The Complete Expanded Collection (Sacred Bones Records / BWSCD)
MF DOOM – Special Herbs (Rhymesayers Entertainment, Metalface Records / BWSCD)

Herzlichen Glückwunsch an alle Nominierten. Wir freuen uns darauf, am 8. Juni mit euch zu feiern!