Libera Award for Best Blues Record explained

Libera Award for Best Blues Record
Awarded For:	quality blues records
Presenter:	American Association of Independent Music (A2IM)
Country:	United States
Year:	2018
Holder:	Shemekia Copeland, Done Come Too Far (2023)

The Libera Award for Best Blues Record (known as Best Blues Album prior to 2021) is an award presented by the American Association of Independent Music at the annual Libera Award which recognizes "best blues album released commercially in the United States by an independent label" since 2018.^[1]

Prior to the creation of the category, an award named Best Blues/Jazz/R&B Album was presented, though it was only awarded in 2017.

American musician Benjamin Booker was the first recipient of the award for his album Witness. Fantastic Negrito is the only artist to received the award more than once, with two wins, in 2019 for Please Don't Be Dead and in 2021 for Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?.

Winners and nominees

Year	Winner(s)	Work	Nominees
2018	Benjamin Booker	Witness		^[2] ^[3]
2019	Fantastic Negrito	Please Don't Be Dead		^[4] ^[5]
2020	Mavis Staples	We Get By		^[6] ^[7]
2021	Fantastic Negrito	Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?		^[8]
2022	Christone "Kingfish" Ingram	662		^[9]
	Cedric Burnside	I Be Trying
2023	Shemekia Copeland	Done Come Too Far		^[10] ^[11]

Artists that received multiple wins

2 wins

• Fantastic Negrito

Artists that received multiple nominations

2 nominations

• Cedric Burnside
• Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
• Fantastic Negrito
• Delbert McClinton
• North Mississippi Allstars
• Shemekia Copeland

Notes and References

1. Web site: . October 9, 2019. 2020 Libera Awards - 2020 Categories. March 19, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200319041926/https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3Ab5c3765a-ffe0-438f-b5b4-0e6f317a88cb. March 19, 2020.
2. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20180622220324/http://liberaawards.squarespace.com/nominees. A2IM Libera Awards 2018 - Nominees. June 22, 2018. March 19, 2020.
3. Web site: Aimee Mann, Funky Four +1 Perform, Slowdive Wins Big at Indie Libera Awards. June 22, 2018. March 19, 2020. Variety. Jem. Aswad.
4. Web site: A2IM Names Indie Libera Award Nominees 2019: Mitski, Bad Bunny, Courtney Barnett, More. Hypebot. March 28, 2019. March 19, 2020. Bruce. Houghton.
5. Web site: A2IM Libera Indie Music Awards 2019 – Full Winners List. June 24, 2019. March 19, 2020. Hypebot. Bruce. Houghton.
6. Chance the Rapper, FKA Twigs, Courtney Barnett & More Shortlisted For 2020 A2IM Libera Awards. Billboard. April 2, 2020. April 8, 2020. Lars. Brandle.
7. Web site: http://www.freezepage.com/1596095496BXYUWMWSBV. 2020 - Libera Awards. July 30, 2020. July 30, 2020.
8. Phoebe Bridgers, Run the Jewels & Perfume Genius Among Top Nominees For 2021 Libera Awards. Billboard. March 22, 2021. June 6, 2021. Paul. Grein.
9. Web site: Japanese Breakfast, Jason Isbell, Arlo Parks Lead Indie-Music Collective A2IM's 2022 Libera Awards Nominees. Variety. March 23, 2022. March 25, 2022. Jem. Aswad.
10. Web site: Wet Leg Leads Nominations for A2IM's Indie Libera Awards. Variety. Jem. Aswad. March 22, 2023. March 22, 2023.
11. News: Garcia . Thania . Okusanya . Emanuel . June 16, 2023 . Wet Leg, Sudan Archives and More Win Big at 2023 A2IM Libera Awards . . November 5, 2023.