Secretly scores at Libera Awards and on Billboard Indie Power Players list
It was a big week for Indie music juggernaut Secretly, which scored big at A2IM’s Libera Awards and on the Billboard 2024 Indie Power Players list.
At the Libera Awards, Secretly’s wins included :
- Record of The Year for Mitski’s The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We (Dead Oceans)
- The ceremony’s inaugural Publisher of The Year award for Secretly Publishing
- Best Singer-Songwriter Record for Angel Olsen’s Forever Means (Jagjaguwar).
The Awards also featured a performance from first-time Secretly and All Flowers Group nominee Kari Faux (drink sum wtr), and Secretly Distribution’s partners at Asthmatic Kitty Records and Single Lock Records respectively took home prizes for Best Folk Record (Javelin, Sufjan Stevens) and Best Spiritual Record (Echoes of the South, Blind Boys of Alabama).
Billboard’s 2024 Indie Power Players list honored eight executives across Secretly Group and Secretly Distribution:
- Ben Swanson (Co-Founder/COO, Secretly Group), Chris Swanson (Co-Founder/President of A&R, Secretly Group)
- Phil Waldorf (Co-Founder/Chief Marketing Officer, Secretly Group)
- Robby Morris (VP of Creative, Secretly Group)
- Jessica Park (Global Label Director, Secretly Group)
- Emily Puterbaugh (Director of Streaming & Digital Sales, Secretly Group
- Darius Van Arman (CEO, Secretly Distribution)
- Chris Welz (COO, Secretly Distribution).
Bruce Houghton is the Founder and Editor of Hypebot, a Senior Advisor at Bandsintown, President of the Skyline Artists Agency, and a Berklee College Of Music professor.
