Congratulations to all of the Merlin Members nominated for 2023 Libera Awards. Over 60 Merlin label and distributor members have nominations with 166 total nominations, making up 76% of total nominations. The following is a list of Merlin Member nominees.
!K7 Records
- Best Classical Record – “At the Crest” – Jonas Colstrup
- Best Dance Record – “DJ-Kicks” – Theo Parrish
4AD (Beggars)
- Record of the Year – “Stumpwork” – Dry Cleaning
- Best Alternative Rock Record – “Stumpwork” – Dry Cleaning
- Best Folk Record – “Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You” – Big Thief
- Best Latin Record – “Ya No Astoy Aquí” – Helado Negro
- Best Live/Livestream Act – Live at the Getty – Bartees Strange
- Best Remix – “Wretched (keiyaA Remix)” – Bartees Strange
- Best Singer Songwriter Record – “Warm Chris” – Aldous Harding
Alligator Records (Exceleration Music)
- Best Blues Record – “Done Come Too Far” – Shemekia Copeland
ANTI- (Epitaph)
- Best American Roots Record – “El Mirador” – Calexico
- Best Country Record – “I Walked With You A Ways” – Plains
- Best Folk Record – “Quitters” – Christian Lee Hutson
- Best Latin Record – “IRE” – Combo Chimbita
- Best Outlier Record – “Jazz Codes” – Moor Mother
- Best Re-Issue – “Wild Creatures” – Neko Case
ATO Records
- Label of the Year (15 or more employees)
- Video of the Year presented by YouTube Music – “Hawk For The Dove” – Amanda Shires
- Best Alternative Rock Record – “Painless” – Nilüfer Yanya
- Best Global Record presented by Redeye Worldwide – “Weird Fishes/Arpeggi” – Rodrigo y Gabriela
- Best Latin Record – “Boleros Psicodélicos” – Adrian Quesada
- Best Live/Livestream Act – “Colors Live at Abbey Road Studios” – Black Pumas
- Best Outlier Record – “COMETA” – Nick Hakim
- Best Remix – “Midnight Sun (Sampha remix)” – Nilüfer Yanya
- Best Soul/Funk Record – “The Alien Coast” – St. Paul & The Broken Bones
- Creative Packaging – “Circuital, Deluxe Edition” – My Morning Jacket
Bayonet Records (Secretly Distribution)
- Best Outlier Record – “Glitch Princess” – yeule
Big Dada (Ninja Tune)
- Best R&B Record – “Remember Your North Star” – Yaya Bey
Because Music
- A2IM Humanitarian Award – Björk
- Best Dance Record – “Can’t Stop Thinking About” – Logic1000
- Best Electronic Record – “Topical Dancer ” – Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul
- Best Electronic Record – “Nymph” – Shygirl
- Best Remix – “Cliché (Soulwax Remix)” – Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul
Blackground Music 2.0 (EMPIRE Distribution)
- A2IM Humanitarian Award – Killer Mike
Brainfeeder (Ninja Tune)
- Best Remix – “Get Sun (Georgia Anne Muldrow Remix)” – Hiatus Kaiyote
Candid Records (Exceleration Music)
- Best Jazz Record – “new STANDARDS Vol. 1” – Terri Lyne Carrington, Kris Davis, Linda May Han Oh, Nicholas Payton, Matthew Stevens
- Best Latin Record – “Quietude” – Eliane Elias
Captured Tracks (Secretly Distribution)
- Label of the Year (6-14 Employees) – Captured Tracks
- Video of the Year presented by YouTube Music – “Thank You” – JayWood
Chrysalis (Reservoir Media)
- Best Blues Record – “Bloodline Maintenance” – Ben Harper
- Best Sync Usage – “Drink Before the War,” Euphoria – Sinéad O’Connor
City Slang (Zebralution)
- Label of the Year (6-14 Employees) – City Slang
- Best Global Record presented by Redeye Worldwide – “Let the Festivities Begin!” – Los Bitchos
- Best Short-Form Video – The Runner – Boy Harsher
Daptone Records (Redeye)
- Label of the Year (6-14 Employees) – Daptone Records
- Best R&B Record – “Thee Sacred Souls” – Thee Sacred Souls
- Best Soul/Funk Record – “Sentimental Fool” – Lee Fields
Dead Oceans (Secretly)
- Best Alternative Rock Record – “Laurel Hell” – Mitski
- Best American Roots Record – “This Is A Photograph” – Kevin Morby
- Best Global Record presented by Redeye Worldwide – “Ali” – Vieux Farka Touré et Khruangbin
- Best Live/Livestream Act – Glastonbury 2022 – Phoebe Bridgers
- Best R&B Record – “Texas Moon” – Khruangbin & Leon Bridges
- Best Short-Form Video – MAHAL TikTok series – Toro y Moi
- Creative Packaging – “Laurel Hell” – Mitski
Domino Recording Co.
- Record of the Year – “Wet Leg” – Wet Leg
- Video of the Year presented by YouTube Music – “Ur Mum” – Wet Leg
- Best Alternative Rock Record – “Wet Leg” – Wet Leg
- Best Live/Livestream Act – US 2022 tour – Wet Leg
- Best Outlier Record – “Time Skiffs ” – Animal Collective
- Best Remix – “Too Late Now (Soulwax Remix)” – Wet Leg
- Marketing Genius – “Wet Leg” – Wet Leg
Don Giovanni Records (Redeye Worldwide)
- Label of the Year (1-5 Employees) – Don Giovanni Records
- Best Country Record – “Blackberry Rose” – Lavender Country
- Best Soul/Funk Record – “I Need A Job…So I Can Buy More Auto-Tune” – Swamp Dog
Epitaph
- Record of the Year – “Diaspora Problems” – Soul Glo
- Breakthrough Artist/Release – Soul Glo
- Breakthrough Artist/Release – The Linda Lindas
- Best Heavy Record – “Diaspora Problems” – Soul Glo
- Best Punk Record – “Growing Up” – The Linda Lindas
Fire Talk (Redeye Worldwide)
- Label of the Year (1-5 Employees) – Fire Talk
Foreign Family Collective (Ninja Tune)
- Best Electronic Record – “The Last Goodbye” – ODESZA
Friends of Friends (!K7)
- Best Classical Record – “We Will Live On” – Deru
FUGA
- Independent Champion – FUGA
Ghostly International (Secretly)
- Best Electronic Record – “Let’s Turn It Into Sound” – Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
Hopeless Records
- Label of the Year (15 or more employees) – Hopeless Records
- A2IM Humanitarian Award – Hopeless Records
- Best Punk Record – “The Hum Goes On Forever” – The Wonder Years
Innovative Leisure (Redeye Worldwide)
- Label of the Year (1-5 Employees) – Innovative Leisure
- Best Jazz Record – “Living Sky” – Leland Whitty
Jagjaguwar (Secretly)
- Best American Roots Record – “Big Time” – Angel Olsen
- Best Re-Issue – “Bon Iver, 10th Anniversary Edition ” – Bon Iver
- Best Sync Usage – “Go Home,” Empire of Light Trailer – Angel Olsen
KGLW (ATO Records)
- Best Live/Livestream Act – King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard at Red Rocks – King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
Kill Rock Stars (Redeye Worldwide)
- Best Punk Record – “Back Home ” – Big Joanie
Matador Records (Beggars)
- Best Global Record presented by Redeye Worldwide – “Afrique Refait” – Mdou Moctar
- Best Rock Record – “Lucifer On The Sofa” – Spoon
- Best Short-Form Video – “Scooter” – Belle And Sebastian
Merge Records
- Label of the Year (15 or more employees) – Merge Records
- Best Classical Record – “Pigments” – Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn
- Best Global Record presented by Redeye Worldwide – “Electricity” – Ibibio Sound Machine
Mexican Summer (Redeye Worldwide)
- Best Global Record presented by Redeye Worldwide – “En Är För Mycket och Tusen Aldrig Nog” – Dungen
- Best Latin Record – “Estrela Acesa” – Sessa
Mom + Pop
- A2IM Humanitarian Award – Tegan and Sara
- Best Pop Record – “Second Nature” – Lucius
- Best Pop Record – “Crybaby” – Tegan and Sara
Nettwerk Music Group
- Best Classical Record – “memorie” – doeke
New West Records (Redeye Worldwide & [PIAS])
- Label of the Year (15 or more employees) – New West Records
- Best American Roots Record – “Denim & Diamonds ” – Nikki Lane
- Best Blues Record – “Set Sail” – North Mississippi Allstars
- Best Country Record – “Neon Blue” – Joshua Hedley
- Best Country Record – “JERRY JEFF” – Steve Earle and The Dukes
- Best Soul/Funk Record – “Love & Algorhythms” – SERATONES
- Best American Roots Record – “Fortune Favors the Bold” – 49 Winchester
Ninja Tune
- Label of the Year (15 or more employees) – Ninja Tune
- Best Dance Record – “Water” – Bicep
- Best Electronic Record – “Fragments” – Bonobo
- Creative Packaging – “Ants From Up There, Deluxe” – Black Country, New Road
Partisan Records ([PIAS])
- Label of the Year (15 or more employees) – Partisan Records
- Video of the Year presented by YouTube Music – “Jackie Down The Line” – Fontaines D.C.
- Video of the Year presented by YouTube Music – “Parasites” – NoSo
- Best Jazz Record – “Where I’m Meant To Be” – Ezra Collective
- Best Live/Livestream Act – Live on ‘From The Basement’ – IDLES
- Best Pop Record – “Stay Proud of Me ” – NoSo
- Best Re-Issue – “Fela with Ginger Baker Live!” – Fela Kuti
- Best Rock Record – “Skinty Fia” – Fontaines D.C.
- Best Short-Form Video – “Pistol ” – Cigarettes After Sex
- Best Singer Songwriter Record – “Weather Alive” – Beth Orton
- Best Sync Usage – “Water No Get Enemy,” Airbnb – Fela Kuti
- Marketing Genius – “Skinty Fia” – Fontaines D.C.
Pentatone (Naxos)
- Best Classical Record – “Lost & Found” – Sean Shibe
Polyvinyl Record Co.
- Record of the Year – “Blue Rev” – Alvvays
- Best Alternative Rock Record – “Blue Rev” – Alvvays
- Best Folk Record – “PRE PLEASURE ” – Julia Jacklin
Reach Records
- Best Spiritual Record – “Church Clothes 4” – Lecrae
Redeye Worldwide
- Independent Champion – Redeye Worldwide
Rough Trade (Beggars)
- Best Electronic Record – “I Love You Jennifer B” – Jockstrap
- Best Heavy Record – “Hellfire” – black midi
- Best Punk Record – “Endure” – Special Interest
- Best Short-Form Video – Hellfire TikTok promotion – Black Midi
Saddest Factory Records (Secretly)
- Best Pop Record – “MUNA” – MUNA
Saddle Creek
- Label of the Year (6-14 Employees) – Saddle Creek
Secretly Canadian (Secretly)
- Video of the Year presented by YouTube Music – “Spitting Off the Edge of the World” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- Best Folk Record – “Quiet The Room” – Skullcrusher
- Best Outlier Record – “Please Have A Seat” – NNAMDÏ
- Marketing Genius – “Cool It Down ” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Secretly Distribution (Secretly)
- Independent Champion – Secretly Distribution
Stones Throw Records
- Breakthrough Artist/Release – Sudan Archives
- Best R&B Record – “Natural Brown Prom Queen” – Sudan Archives
- Marketing Genius – “Natural Brown Prom Queen” – Sudan Archives
Strut Records (!K7)
- Best Latin Record – “If You Will” – Flora Purim
Sub Pop
- Label of the Year (15 or more employees) – Sub Pop
- Best Live/Livestream Act – Live – Low
- Best Remix – “Nothing Is Safe (remx)” – Clipping
- Best Rock Record – “When The Wind Forgets Your Name” – Built to Spill
- Best Singer Songwriter Record – “And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow” – Weyes Blood
Tangerine Records (Exceleration Music)
- Best Re-Issue – “A Message From The People” – Ray Charles
- Best Soul/Funk Record – “Live in Stockholm 1972” – Ray Charles
Third Man Records
- Label of the Year (15 or more employees) – Third Man Records
- Best Rock Record – “Fear of the Dawn” – Jack White
- Creative Packaging – “2022 Collector’s Set” – Jack White
- Creative Packaging – “Dopesmoker, Weedian High-Fi Edition” – Sleep
Warp Records
- Label of the Year (15 or more employees) – Warp Records
- Best Dance Record – “Happy Ending” – Kelela
- Best Punk Record – “LOGGERHEAD ” – Wu-Lu
- Best Sync Usage – “A Flower Called Nowhere,” Atlanta – Warp Records
XL Recordings (Beggars)
- Record of the Year – “A Light for Attracting Attention” – The Smile
- Best Hip-Hop/Rap Record – “LOUIE” – Kenny Beats
- Best Short-Form Video – LOUIE 001 Instagram vignette series – Kenny Beats
Yep Roc Records (Redeye Worldwide)
- Best Folk Record – “Age of Apathy” – Aoife O’Donovan
YOUNG (Beggars)
- Best Dance Record – “Strong” – Romy feat. Fred Again…
- Best Jazz Record – “The Garden Path” – Kamasi Washington
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