The Libera Award for Best Breakthrough Artist is an award presented by the American Association of Independent Music at the annual Libera Award which recognizes "independent artist whose release exceeded a certain total of streams or equivalent sales" since 2012. The category was previously called Up & Comer Award in 2012 to 2014.
For the first two years of the awards, the category had two winners, one voted by A2IM members and the other voted by eMusic members. Indie pop band The Dø and Indie soul band JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound were the inaugural recipients of the award. Since 2013, a set of nominees is annually presented, with the nomination sometimes being credited for a specific release.
Winners and nominees Year Winner(s) Work Nominees 2012The Dørowspan="2" rowspan="2" JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound2013 Mikal Croninrowspan="2" The Virginmarys2014Angel Olsen (Up & Comer Artist Award)Burn Your Fire for No Witness Chvrches (Breakthrough Artist) The Bones of What You Believe 2015 Sturgill Simpson 2016 Courtney Barnett Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit 2017 Whitney Light Upon the Lake 2018 Princess Nokia 1992 Deluxe 2019 Idles Joy as an Act of Resistance 2020Orville Peck 2021Arlo Parks 2022 Wet Leg "Chaise Longue" 2023 Sudan Archives 2024 Blondshell 2025 MJ Lenderman
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