The nominations for this year’s A2IM Libera Awards have been revealed! The 2025 awards will take place on Monday, June 9, 2025, at Gotham Hall in New York City. Congratulations to The Orchard labels and partners on 10+ nominations! We are also proud to announce that The Orchard has received a nomination for Distributor of the Year!
Thirty Tigers’ artists received a total of 4 nominations in the American Roots Record, Blues Record, Classical Record and Country Record categories for releases by Joe Ely, Little Feat, Il Divo, and Johnny Blue Skies.
Fat Possum scored 2 nominations for Label of the Year (6-14) and Hip-Hop/Rap Record via their artist E L U C I D for his album REVELATOR.
Find the full list of Libera Award nominations here and The Orchard distributed nominees below.
Distributor of the Year
The Orchard
Label of the Year (6-14)
Fat Possum
Self Released Record of the Year
RAYE – Genesis. (Human Re Sources)
Orla Gartland – Everybody Needs a Hero (New Friends Music)
Hip-Hop/Rap Record
E L U C I D – REVELATOR (Fat Possum)
American Roots Record
Joe Ely – Driven to Drive (Rack ’Em Records / Thirty Tigers)
Blues Record
Little Feat – Sam’s Place (Hot Tomato Records / Thirty Tigers)
Classical Record
Michael Torke – Bloom (Ecstatic Records / MRI Entertainment)
Il Divo – XX: 20th Anniversary Album (Il Divo Music / Thirty Tigers)
Country Record
Johnny Blue Skies – Passage du Desir (High Top Mountain Records / Thirty Tigers)
Heavy Record
High On Fire – Cometh The Storm (MNRK Music Group)
Speed – Only One Mode (FLATSPOT)
Punk Record
Chubby And The Gang – And Then There Was… (FLATSPOT)
Spiritual Record
Brother John – Brother John & The GFT Collective (The Blues Preachers)
