AIR Awards of 2019

The AIR Awards of 2019 is the thirteenth annual Australian Independent Record Labels Association Music Awards (generally known as the AIR Awards) and was an award ceremony at Freemasons Hall Adelaide, Australia on Thursday 25 July 2019.^[1]

AIR Awards of 2019
Date	25 July 2019 (2019-07-25)
Venue	Freemasons Hall, Adelaide, Australia
Most wins	Courtney Barnett (2)
Most nominations	Courtney Barnett, Gurrumul and Laura Jean (3) [1]
Website	https://air.org.au/air-awards/
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The award for Best Independent Album was a tie between Courtney Barnett and Gurrumul.^[2]

Performers

• B Wise - "The Key"^[3]
• G Flip - "About You"^[3]
• Laura Jean - "Girls on the TV"^[3]
• Mojo Juju - "Native Tongue"^[2]
• West Thebarton^[2]

Outstanding Achievement Award

• Gerarda McKenna

Nominees and winners

AIR Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; other final nominees are listed alphabetically.^[1][4][2]

Best Independent Artist	Best Independent Album or EP
Courtney Barnett Gurrumul Julia Jacklin Laura Jean Methyl Ethel	Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel Gurrumul - Djarimirri Emma Louise – Lilac Everything Laura Jean – Devotion Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Hope Downs
Best Independent Single	Breakthrough Independent Artist of the Year
Mojo Juju - "Native Tongue" A.B. Original – "Blaccout" Courtney Barnett – "Nameless, Faceless" G Flip – "About You" Laura Jean – "Girls on the TV"	G Flip Confidence Man Didirri Emily Wurramara Hatchie
Best Independent Blues and Roots Album	Best Independent Classical Album
Emily Wurramara - Milyakburra Dan Sultan – Killer Under a Blood Moon Gabriella Cohen – Pink Is the Colour of Unconditional Love' John Butler Trio – Home Mia Dyson – If I Said Only So Far I Take It Back	Grigoryan Brothers, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra & Benjamin Northey - Bach Concertos ACO Collective – Collective Wisdom Gurrumul – Djarimirri Nicole Car, Australian Chamber Orchestra & Richard Tognetti – Heroines
Best Independent Country Album	Best Independent Dance/Electronica Album or EP
Beccy Cole - Lioness Halfway – Rain Lover Lachlan Bryan and the Wildes – Some Girls (QUITE) Like Country Music The Wolfe Brothers – Country Heart William Alexander – The Kid from Bourke	Confidence Man - Confident Music for Confident People Braille Face – Lightletting Nina Las Vegas – Lucky Girl Paces – Zag Total Giovanni – Euphoria
Best Independent Dance, Electronica or Club Single	Best Independent Hard Rock, Heavy or Punk Album
What So Not featuring Winona Oak - "Beautiful" Dom Dolla – "Take It" Fisher – "Losing It" Hermitude featuring Bibi Bourelly – "Stupid World" Odd Mob – "Intrinsic"	DZ Deathrays - Bloody Lovely Camp Cope – How to Socialise & Make Friends High Tension – Purge Little Ugly Girls – Little Ugly Girls West Thebarton – Different Beings Being Different
Best Independent Hip Hop Album	Best Independent Jazz Album
B Wise - Area Famous Cool Out Sun – Cool Out Sun Milwaukee Banks – No Time Space Invadas – Wild World Tasman Keith – Mission Famous	Jonathan Zwartz - Animarum Harry James Angus – Struggle With Glory James Morrison, William Morrison, Harry Morrison & Patrick Danao – Midnight Till Dawn Mildlife – Phase
Best Independent Label
Chapter Music

See also

• Music of Australia