a 2 i m

Billboard: Indie Music Week Feature

On June 16th, Billboard will produce its inaugural Indie Music Week Feature that will include the following:

  • Overview of indie music
  • Preview of the A2IM Libera Awards and its top nominees
  • Anniversary salutes for four significant companies: Mom & Pop Records 10th, INgrooves 15th, Hopeless Records 25th, and Newbury Comics 40th

Join Billboard in congratulating the nominees and celebrating industry milestones.

Advertise in this issue to reach key music decision-makers in the music business.

ON SALE: 6/16
Issue Close: 6/7
Materials Due: 6/8

Contact Joe Maimone if interested! 

About A2IM:
A2IM is a 501(c)(6) not-for-profit trade organization headquartered in New York City that exists to support and strengthen the independent recorded music sector. Membership currently includes a broad coalition of more than 700 Independently-owned American music labels. A2IM represents these independently owned small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) interests in the marketplace, in the media, on Capitol Hill, and as part of the global music community. In doing so, it supports a key segment of America’s creative class that represents America’s diverse musical cultural heritage. Billboard Magazine identified the Independent music label sector as 37.32 percent of the music industry’s U.S. recorded music sales market in 2016 based on copyright ownership, making Independent labels collectively the largest music industry sector.

Learn more about A2IM here.
For information about how to join our community, see here.