The Libera Award for Best Sync Usage is an award presented by the American Association of Independent Music at the annual Libera Award which recognizes "most creative and impactful use of independent music in a film or television or ad campaign" since 2012.
The category was known as Best Independent Sync Placement in 2012. It was first presented to Glassnote Records for the usage of the song "Saw You First" by the group Givens in the Kindle Fire product launch. Since 2013, a set of nominees is presented annually alongside the winner. ATO Records and Partisan Records are the only labels that have won the award more than once, with two wins each.
Winners and nominees Year Winner(s) Work Nominees 2012Glassnote RecordsGivers' "Saw You First" in Kindle Fire product launch2013 Dualtone Records The Lumineers' "Ho Hey" song placement with Bing2014ATO RecordsAlabama Shakes' "You Ain't Alone" in Dallas Buyers Club2015NettwerkFamily of the Year's "Hero" in Boyhood2016ATO RecordsAlabama Shakes' "Sound & Color" in Apple iPad Pro commercial2017Daptone RecordsSharon Jones & the Dap-Kings' "Midnight Rider" in Lincoln MKZ commercial2018Partisan RecordsCigarettes After Sex's "Nothing's Gonna Hurt You Baby" in The Handmaid's Tale2019Run the Jewels"Legend Has It" in Black Panther trailer2020Partisan RecordsIdles' "Never Fight A Man With a Perm" and "I'm Scum" in Peaky Blinders2021Jewels Runners, Inc. Run the Jewels' "Ooh LA LA" in the third season of Ozark2022 Dead Oceans Phoebe Bridgers' "I Know the End" in Mare of Easttown (Episode 6) 2023 Warp Records Stereolab's "A Flower Called Nowhere" in Atlanta
Multiple nominations and awards
+ Record labels that received multiple nominationsNominationsRecord label 6 ATO Records 5 Partisan Records3 Innovative Leisure Matador Records XL Recordings Jagjaguwar Warp2 4AD Acony Records Domino Recording Company Glassnote Records Nettwerk Run the Jewels Young Turks
+ Record labels that received multiple awardsAwardsRecord label2 ATO Records Partisan Records
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