Australian Independent Record Labels Association
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The Australian Independent Record Labels Association (commonly known as AIR), formerly Association of Independent Record Labels, is a non-profit trade association which supports the growth and development of Australia's independent recording industry. It represents Australian-owned record labels and independent artists based in Australia who function without the backing of major record labels.
Abbreviation | AIR |
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Formation | 1996 |
Founders | Ed Jonker, Michael McMichael, Sebastian Chase, Graeme Reagan[1] |
Founded at | Sydney, Australia |
Type | Trade association |
Legal status | Australian public company[2] |
Location | |
Website | AIR |
AIR was founded in 1996 in Sydney and is now located in Melbourne. In 2000, it founded the Independent Music Charts, also known as AIR Charts, which track the sales of Australia's highest-selling independent artists on a weekly and monthly basis, and since 2006 the annual Independent Music Awards, or AIR Awards, have been run to celebrate the year's highest-charting independently released Australian singles and albums.