Editing ATO Records (section)

==History==
Released in April 2012, Alabama Shakes’ debut album, ''[[Boys & Girls (Alabama Shakes album)|Boys & Girls]]'', was named as one of the year's best albums by many publications, including ''[[Rolling Stone]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/50-best-albums-of-2012-152493/|title=50 Best Albums of 2012|date=2012-12-05|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-15}}</ref>

The label's highest selling releases are ''White Ladder'' by [[David Gray (British musician)|David Gray]] and ''Sound & Color'' by [[Alabama Shakes]], both of which have been certified Platinum - for sales of or exceeding 1 million units - by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]].<ref name="riaa">{{cite web|title=Gold & Platinum - RIAA: ATO label|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=&ti=&lab=ATO+RECORDS&genre=&format=&date_option=release&from=&to=&award=&type=&category=&adv=SEARCH#search_section|website=RIAA|access-date=17 December 2017}}</ref> Three other releases have been certified Gold, for sales of 500,000 copies: ''[[In Rainbows]]'' by [[Radiohead]], ''Boys & Girls'' by [[Alabama Shakes]] and ''[[A New Day at Midnight]]'' by [[David Gray (British musician)|David Gray]].<ref name="riaa"/>

ATO Records has won nine [[American Association of Independent Music|A2IM]] Liberia Awards and has been nominated over 20 times over the past five years. In 2020 the label won two award including the Best Metal Album ([[King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard|King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard]]- ''Infest the Rats Nest''), and Best Punk / Emo Album ( [[Amyl and the Sniffers]] - ''Amyl and the Sniffers'').<ref>{{Cite web|title=2020|url=https://liberaawards.com/2020-nominees__trashed/2020-nominees/|access-date=2020-06-23|website=Libera Awards|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-06-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622125423/https://liberaawards.com/2020-nominees__trashed/2020-nominees/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

ATO Records currently has seven nominations for The Americana Music Association Music Awards 2020, including Artist of the Year ([[Brittany Howard]]), Album of the Year ([[Brittany Howard]]), Song Of the Year ( [[Brittany Howard]], and [[Drive-By Truckers]]), Duo/ Group of the Year ([[Black Pumas]], and [[Drive-By Truckers]]), and Emerging Act of the Year ([[Black Pumas]]).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Awards|url=https://americanamusic.org/awards|access-date=2020-06-23|website=AmericanaMusic.org|language=en}}</ref>

In November 2019 ATO Records artists received seven Grammy Nominations including Best Rock Song ([[Brittany Howard]]),  Best Rock Performance ([[Brittany Howard]]), Best R&B Song ([[Emily King]]), Best Engineered Album ([[Emily King]]), Best Contemporary Instrumental Album ([[Rodrigo y Gabriela]]), Best World Music Album ([[Altın Gün|Altin Gün]]), and Best New Artist ([[Black Pumas]]).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Frank|first=Allegra|date=2020-01-24|title=Lizzo, Billie Eilish, and Lil Nas X lead the 2020 Grammy nominees|url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/1/24/21077427/grammy-nominations-2020-lizzo-billie-eilish-lil-nas-x|access-date=2020-06-16|website=Vox|language=en}}</ref>

ATO Records artists [[Rodrigo y Gabriela]] won the 2020 Grammy for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album for their album 'Mettavolution'.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-11-20|title=2020 GRAMMY Awards: Complete Winners List|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2020-grammy-awards-nominations-complete-winners-list|access-date=2020-06-16|website=GRAMMY.com|language=en}}</ref>