The Libera Award for Label of the Year categories are presented by the American Association of Independent Music at the annual Libera Award which recognizes "best independent record label worldwide" since 2012. The category is divided into three other categories, based on the number of full-time employees. Independent record labels with more than fifteen full-time employees are categorized into the Label of the Year (Large). Label of the Year (Medium) categorizes independent record labels with six to fourteen full-time employees. Record labels with five full-time employees or fewer are categorized into the Label of the Year (Small) category.
From 2012 to 2018, independent record labels with six or more full-time employees were categorized into the same category, Label of the Year (Large).
Label of the Year (Large) Year Winner(s) Nominees 2012Jagjaguwar2013Glassnote RecordsAnti Records ATO Records Big Machine Records Concord Music Hopeless Records Sub Pop XL Recordings2014Glassnote RecordsATO Records Dualtone Records Epitaph Records/Anti- Records Merge Records Secretly Canadian XL Recordings2015Sub Pop4AD Big Machine Records Concord Records Hopeless Records Partisan Records Secretly Canadian Thirty Tigers2016Sub Pop4AD ATO Records Captured Tracks Innovative Leisure Merge Records Mom + Pop Music Nuclear Blast2017JagjaguwarATO Records Innovative Leisure Mexican Summer Stones Throw Records XL Recordings Yep Roc Records2018 Dead OceansATO Records Loma Vista Recordings Ninja Tuna The Numero Group Warp2019 Domino Recording CompanyDead Oceans Polyvinyl Record Co. Rough Trade Records Warp2020 Partisan RecordsWarp Jagjaguwar Domino Recording Company Polyvinyl Record Co.2021Sub PopPartisan Records Warp Stones Throw Records Ninja Tune2022 Matador RecordsMom + Pop MusicATO Records Merge Records Ninja Tune Polyvinyl Record Co. Third Man Records2023 Partisan Records ATO Records Hopeless Records Merge Records New West Records Ninja Tune Sub Pop Records Third Man Records Warp Records
Label of the Year (Medium) Year Winner(s) Nominees 2019 Partisan RecordsBloodshot Records Mom + Pop Music Saddle Creek Records Yep Roc Records2020 Sacred Bones Records4AD Saddle Creek Records ATO Records Drag City2021 Light in the AtticSacred Bones Records Matador Records Ghostly International Rough Trade Records2022 Sacred Bones RecordsCity Slang Hopeless Records New West Records Saddle Creek Records Yep Roc Records2023 Captured Tracks City Slang Daptone Records Glassnote Records Saddle Creek Yep Roc Records
Label of the Year (Small) Year Winner(s) Nominees 2012 Daptone Records 2013 Dualtone Music GroupBar/None Records Daptone Records Frenchkiss Records Ghostly International Kill Rock Stars Third Man Records2014 Daptone RecordsGhostly International Innovative Leisure Luaka Bop Rhymesayers Entertainment Temporary Residence Limited2015 Ghostly International Dangerbird Records Daptone Records Innovative Leisure Kill Rock Stars Lindseystomp Loma Vista Recordings Mass Appeal Records2016 Daptone Records Awesome Tapes From Africa Brainfeeder Loma Vista Recordings Paradise of Bachelors Suicide Squeeze Records Temporary Residence2017 Triple Crown RecordsAcony Records Dangerbird Records Daptone Records Erased Tapes Records Run for Cover Records Topshelf Records2018 Daptone RecordsAwesome Tapes From Africa Kill Rock Stars Sacred Bones Records Triple Crown Records2019 Daptone Records Brainfeeder Hardly Art Innovative Leisure Oh Boy Records2020Father/Daughter RecordsInnovative Leisure Oh Boy Records Hardly Art Wichita Recordings2021 Daptone RecordsInnovative Leisure Fire Talk Records International Anthem Hardly Art Oh Boy Records2022 Oh Boy RecordsDon Giovanni Records Innovative Leisure Sargent House Sundazed Music2023 Innovative Leisure Don Giovanni Records Fire Talk Oh Boy Records Topshelf Records
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