AIR (The Australian Independent Record Labels Association) Awards
The AIR Awards are Australia’s only national awards designed to bring special attention to, and honour the outstanding achievements of 100% Australian independent artists – specifically focusing on those artists who are released through an Australian owned independent record label.

Nominees for the AIR Awards are based on statistics collated by AIR each week via the “V AIR Independent Chart”, Australia’s only weekly chart dedicated to profiling top selling Australian independent artists. The chart profiles record sales by Australian independent artists and brings attention to some of the most interesting new music produced in Australia today.

The “V AIR Independent Chart” is compiled by AIR from sales rankings supplied by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) on a weekly basis. It differs from the ARIA chart because it focuses 100% on Australian artists represented by independent labels, giving important profile to our thriving local music industry.