The nominees for this year’s AIM Independent Music Awards have been announced!

PRS Foundation supported artist, singer-songwriter and poet Arlo Parks (International Showcase Fund) leads the way with four nominations. The virtual ceremony will take place as a global livestream on 25 August with hosts 1Xtra & 6 Music’s Jamz Supernova, who was also a Keychange participant in 2017, and Power Up Ambassador (Tiffany Calver Radio 1 & 1Xtra) joining forces to host the most anticipated night in independent music.

One of the fastest rising acts around, Arlo Parks (Transgressive) is in the running for coveted categories Best Independent Album (in association with Spotify) and Best Independent Track (in association with Facebook) for her gripping debut ‘Collapsed in Sunbeams’ and its final single ‘Hope,’ as well as UK Independent Breakthrough (in association with YouTube Music) following a sell-out US tour, and Best Independent Video (in association with Vevo) for the warm introspective imagining of ‘Hope’.

On her four nominations, Arlo Parks reacted: “What an honour to be nominated for four AIM Awards!! 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.”

Here’s the full list of PRS Foundation grantees nominated:

UK Independent Breakthrough in association with YouTube Music
Arlo Parks (Transgressive Records)
Rina Sawayama (Dirty Hit)

Best Independent Track in association with Facebook
Arlo Parks – Hope (Transgressive Records)
Katy J Pearson – Take Back The Radio (Heavenly Recordings)
Lava La Rue – Magpie (Marathon Artists)
Squid – Narrator ft. Martha Skye Murphy (Warp Records)

Best Independent Album in association with Spotify
Arlo Parks – Collapsed in Sunbeams (Transgressive Records)
Che Lingo – The Worst Generation  (7Wallace Music)
Dry Cleaning – New Long Leg (4AD)
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra – Promises (Luaka Bop)

Best [Difficult] Second Album in association with BBC Radio 6 Music
AJ Tracey – Flu Game (Revenge Records)
Dream Wife – So When You Gonna… (Lucky Number)
Leon Vynehall – Rare, Forever (Ninja Tune)

One To Watch in association with BBC Music Introducing
Che Lingo (7Wallace Music)
Lava La Rue (Marathon Artists)
Nova Twins (Nova Twins Ltd)

Best Creative Packaging
AJ Tracey – Flu Game (Special Edition) (Revenge Records)

Best Independent Video in association with Vevo
Arlo Parks – Hope (Transgressive Records)
Novo Amor – If We’re Being Honest (AllPoints)