AIM Independent Music Awards

The AIM Independent Music Awards return on 25 August 2021 as a global livestream, marking the 22^nd year of the Association of Independent Music. The ceremony champions industry-leading creativity, innovation, and performance shown by independent artists, labels and outstanding individuals.

Full List of Nominees

UK Independent Breakthrough in association with YouTube Music

• Arlo Parks (Transgressive Records)

• Conducta (Kiwi Rekords)

• India Jordan (Ninja Tune)

• Rina Sawayama (Dirty Hit)

• Working Men’s Club  (Heavenly Recordings)

International Breakthrough in association with Deezer

• Bicep (Ninja Tune)

• Fontaines D.C. (Partisan Records)

• Jayda G (Ninja Tune)

• 박혜진 Park Hye Jin (Ninja Tune)

• Tkay Maidza (4AD)

Best Independent Track in association with Facebook

• Arlo Parks – Hope (Transgressive Records)

• Bonobo & Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – Heartbreak (OUTLIER – Ninja Tune)

• ENNY – Peng Black Girls ft. Amia Brave (FAMM)

• Katy J Pearson – Take Back The Radio (Heavenly Recordings)

• Lava La Rue – Magpie (Marathon Artists)

• Mustafa – Air Forces (Young)

• serpentwithfeet – Fellowship (Secretly Canadian)

• Shygirl – TASTY (Because Music)

• Squid – Narrator ft. Martha Skye Murphy (Warp Records)

• Tkay Maidza – Shook (4AD)

Best Independent Album in association with Spotify

• Arlo Parks – Collapsed in Sunbeams (Transgressive Records)

• Che Lingo – The Worst Generation  (7Wallace Music)

• Dry Cleaning – New Long Leg (4AD)

• Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra – Promises (Luaka Bop)

• Krust – The Edge of Everything (Crosstown Rebels)

• Moses Sumney – græ (Jagjaguwar)

• Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher (Dead Oceans)

• Speaker Music – Black Nationalist Sonic Weaponry (Planet Mu)

• Rian Treanor – File Under UK Metaplasm (Planet Mu)

• Working Men’s Club – Working Men’s Club (Heavenly Recordings)

Best [Difficult] Second Album in association with BBC Radio 6 Music

• AJ Tracey – Flu Game (Revenge Records)

• Bicep – Isles (Ninja Tune)

• Dream Wife – So When You Gonna… (Lucky Number)

• Fontaines D.C. – A Hero’s Death (Partisan Records)

• Leon Vynehall – Rare, Forever (Ninja Tune)

Best Independent Remix in association with SoundCloud

• Bon Bon (Mike Lindsay Remix) – Songhoy Blues (Transgressive Records)

• Fair Chance ft. Ty Dolla $ign & Lil B (Floating Points Remix) – Thundercat (Brainfeeder)

• megapunk (Elkka Remix) – Ela Minus (Domino)

• soulboy (IZCO Remix) – p-rallel, Greentea Peng (Different Recordings)

• Sweat ft. LIZ (SOPHIE Remix) – Sonikku (Bella Union)

One To Watch in association with BBC Music Introducing

• Che Lingo (7Wallace Music)

• ENNY (FAMM)

• Lava La Rue (Marathon Artists)

• Nova Twins (Nova Twins Ltd)

• TSHA (Ninja Tune)

Best Creative Packaging

• AJ Tracey – Flu Game (Special Edition) (Revenge Records)

• Figaro de Montmartre – Emotion Soap (Figaro de Montmartre)

• King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Eco Wax Editions (Heavenly Recordings and Flightless Records)

• Sleaford Mods – Spare Ribs (Rough Trade Records)

• Working Men’s Club – Working Men’s Club (RAW Edition) (Heavenly Recordings)

Best Independent Video in association with Vevo

• Arlo Parks – Hope (Transgressive Records)

• Julien Baker – Hardline (Matador Records)

• Kojaque – No Hands (Different Recordings)

• Novo Amor – If We’re Being Honest (AllPoints)

• Wesley Joseph – Thrilla (EEVILTWINN)

Best Independent Label in association with [Integral]

• 4AD

• Dead Oceans

• Forever Living Originals 

• Partisan Records 

• Transgressive Records

Best Small Label in association with Believe

• Athens of the North

• Finesse Foreva

• Killing Moon

• Sonic Cathedral

• Strut Records

Indie Champion in association with MCPS

• Bandcamp

• Love Record Stores

Diversity Champion

• Paulette Long