Libera Award for Best Breakthrough Artist

Libera Award for Best Breakthrough Artist
CountryUnited States
Presented byAmerican Association of Independent Music (A2IM)
First awarded2012
Currently held byWet Leg (2022)
Websiteliberaawards.com

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.

Winners and nominees

Year Winner(s) Work Nominees Ref.
2012 The Dø
JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound
2013 Mikal Cronin
The Virginmarys
2014 Angel 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
2020 Orville Peck
2021 Arlo Parks
2022 Wet Leg "Chaise Longue"

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