Working Men’s Club is shortlisted for three awards, including best independent album.
Singer-songwriter and poet Arlo Parks leads the 2021 AIM Independent Music Awards nominations with four nods. The virtual ceremony will take place Aug. 25, hosted by Jamz Supernova and Tiffany Calver.
Now in its 22nd year, AIM represents the U.K.’s independent music community.
Parks, 20, is in the running for best independent album for her debut
Collapsed in Sunbeams and best independent track for “Hope,” as well as U.K. independent breakthrough and best independent video for “Hope.”
Collapsed in Sunbeams reached No. 3 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart and was nominated for a Brit Award for British album. Parks won a Brit for breakthrough artist and was nominated for British female solo artist.
Arlo Parks by Jack Bridgland
“What an honour to be nominated for four AIM Awards,” Arlo Parks responds. “This is far beyond my wildest dreams and I’m so glad my work has reached this far and touched so many, especially in these tumultuous times.”
Nominees for the 2021 AIM Independent Music Awards have been revealed today, with Arlo Parks and Working Men’s Club among those up for top prizes.
Those two are shortlisted in both the UK Independent Breakthrough and Best Independent Album categories, while Arlo Parks is also in with a chance of Best Independent Track thanks to Hope, as is Katy J Pearson with one of Live4ever’s top tracks of 2020, Take Back The Radio.
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The nominees for this year s AIM Independent Music Awards have been announced, with Bicep and Floating Points among those bagging two nominations each.
Bicep have received nominations in the International Breakthrough and Best [Difficult] Second Album categories, while Floating Points has been recognised in the Best Independent Remix category, for his remix of Thundercat s Fair Chance , and Best Independent Album category, for Promises , his collaborative album with Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra.
Elsewhere, India Jordan and Conducta have been recognised among the UK Independent Breakthrough nominees, and Ninja Tune artists Jayda G and 박혜진 Park Hye Jin join fellow label act Bicep in the Independent Breakthrough category.