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Best Art Vinyl
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Best Art Vinyl is an annual award that began in 2005. It celebrates artists and designers of vinyl record cover art.[1] The nomination process begins in November and the winners are announced in January,[2] and are exhibited at venues across the United Kingdom and Europe.[3] The favourites are voted for by the public from a selection of nominations by judges within the world of art and music and are displayed using Art Vinyl's unique Play & Display Flip Frame.[4][5][6][7]
2023 Winners
| Rank | Musical artist | Album | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PJ Harvey | I Inside the Old Year Dying | Art Director, Design and front cover photography by Michelle Henning. Additional design and typesetting by Rob Crane |
| 2 | Gabriels | Angels and Queens Part 2 | Photography by Melodie McDaniel. |
| 3 | Sub Focus | Evolve | Art Direction by Mat Maitland from Big Active Design & Nicolaas Douwma
Artificial Intelligence by Claudia Rafael Design by Mat Maitland - Big Active Design |
| 4 | Roisin Murphy | Hit Parade | Creative Direction by Róisín Murphy
Art by Beth Frey Design by Bráulio Amado Photography by Connor Egan Production by Object & Animal |
| 5 | Alison Goldfrapp | The Love Invention | Photography and Design by Mat Maitland - Big Active Design |
| 6 | Skrillex | Quest For Fire | Artwork by Alfred Pietroni |
| 7 | Orbital | Optical Delusion | Artwork by John Greenwood |
| 8 | Young Fathers | Heavy Heavy | Design by Hingston Studio |
| 9 | Lonely The Brave | What We Do To Feel | Artwork by True Spilt Milk Design |
| 10 | Oneohtrix Point Never | Again | Designed by @eccopn & @onlineceramics
Sculpture by @ringlund_instat |
2022 Winners
| Rank | Musical artist | Album | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black Country, New Road | Ants From Up There | Artwork by Simon Monk. Design by Ninja Tune |
| 2 | Birds In Row | Gris Klein | Artwork by Bart Balboa. |
| 3 | Richard Dawson | The Ruby Cord | Artwork by Jake Blanchard Additional Design by Matthew Cooper |
| 4 | Arctic Monkeys | The Car | Photography by Matt Helders. Design by Matthew Cooper and Alex Turner |
| 5 | Black Midi | Hellfire | Design by David Rudnick |
| 6 | Bonobo | Fragments | Artwork by Neil Krug. Design by Mat Maitland at Big Active |
| 7 | Dry Cleaning | Stumpwork | Photography and design by Annie Collinge. Creative Direction and styling by Rottingdean Bazaar |
| 8 | Stealing Sheep | Wow Machine | Artwork by Barbarian Flower |
| 9 | Rammstein | Zeit | Photography by Brian Adams |
| 10 | Malevolence | Malicious Intent | Artwork by Eliran Kantor |
2021 Winners
| Rank | Musical artist | Album | Artist | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Villagers | Fever Dreams | Artwork by Paul Phillips at True Spilt Milk Designs. Design by Matthew Cooper, assisted by Paul J Street | [8] | [9] |
| 2 | Duran Duran | Future Past | Photography Daisuke Yokota. Art Direction Rory McCartney | ||
| 3 | Thunder | All the Right Noises | Cover photo by Jason Joyce. Design by Neel Panchal | ||
| 4 | Mogwai | As the Love Continues | Design by DLT | ||
| 5 | Gruff Rhys | Seeking New Gods | Design and Art Direction by Mark James | ||
| 6 | Shire T | Tomorrow's People | Artwork and Design by Alexander Brown | ||
| 7 | Amyl and the Sniffers | Comfort to Me | Artwork by Bráulio Amado | ||
| 8 | Lost Horizons | In Quiet Moments | Cover photography by Jacques-Henri Lartigue | ||
| 9 | Balthazar | Sand | Homunculus Loxodontus, a statue by Dutch artist Margriet Van Breevoort. Art Director Annelise Keestra | ||
| 10 | The Vaccines | Back in Love City | Artwork by Seerlight |
2020 Winners
| Rank | Musical artist | Album | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IDLES | Ultra Mono | Painting by Russell Oliver |
| 2 | Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets | Live at the Roundhouse | Design by Chris Peyton for VVVOID |
| 3 | Doves | The Universal Want | Photography by Maria Lax |
| 4 | Tame Impala | The Slow Rush | Photography and design by Neil Krug. Art concept by Kevin Parker and Neil Krug |
| 5 | Courteeners | More. Again. Forever. | Cover art by Laura Fray |
| 6 | Bibio | Sleep On the Wing | Illustration and linocut print by Chris Wormell |
| 7 | Rick Wakeman (and the English Ensemble) | The Red Planet | Cover design by Martin Robert Cook |
| 8 | Oneohtrix Point Never | Magic | Design by Robert Beatty |
| 9 | Tenderlonious | Quarantena | Artwork and design by Theo Ackroyd |
| 10 | Taylor Swift | Folklore | Photography by Beth Garrabrant |
2019 Winners
| Rank | Musical artist | Album | Artist | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Klone | Le Grand Voyage | Artist and Photographer: Francesco Dell'Orto | [10] |
| 2 | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | Ghosteen | Artist: Tom DuBois Designers: Hingston Studio and Nick Cave | |
| 3 | Efterklang | Altid Sammen | Designers and Art Directors: Hvass&Hannibal | |
| 4 | XOA | Way West | [11] | |
| 5 | Baroness | Gold & Grey | Artist: John Baizley | |
| 6 | 808 State | Transmission Suite | Artist: Vasim Bhatti Photographers: Michael England, Richard Brook, and Vasim Bhatti | |
| 7 | Ultramarine | Meditations | Artist: Heretic and Spectral Nation | |
| 8 | Vanishing Twin | The Age of Immunology | Artist: Alex Hornsby Photographer: Elliott Arndt | |
| 9 | Stormzy | Heavy Is the Head | Designer: Hales Curtis | |
| 10 | Wovoka Gentle | Start Clanging Cymbals | Artist: Olivia Norris |
2018 Winners
| Rank | Musical artist | Album | Artist | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Editors | Violence | Designer: Rahi Rezvani | [12] |
| 2 | Young Fathers | Cocoa Sugar | Designer: Tom Hingston | |
| 3 | Aphex Twin | Collapse EP | Designers: The Designers Republic | |
| 4 | Sandra Kerr and John Faulkner | Music from Bagpuss OST. | Designer: Hannah Alice | |
| 5 | Arctic Monkeys | Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino | Designer: Alex Turner | |
| 6 | Let's Eat Grandma | I'm All Ears | Designer: Yanjun Cheng | |
| 7 | Thom Yorke | Suspiria | Designers: Stanley Donwood and Dr Tchock | |
| 8 | Janelle Monáe | Dirty Computer | Designer: Joe Perez | |
| 9 | Low | Double Negative | Designer: Peter Liversidge | |
| 10 | Peggy Gou | Once | Designer: Jee-ook Choi |