J Awards of 2012

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J Awards of 2012
Date23 November 2012 (2012-11-23)
Venue Australia
Website abc.net.au/triplej
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The J Award of 2012 is the eighth annual J Awards, established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's youth-focused radio station Triple J. The announcement comes at the culmination of Ausmusic Month (November). For the fifth year, three awards were presented; Australian Album of the Year, Australian Music Video of the Year and Unearthed Artist of the Year. [1] Winners were announced on 23 November 2012. [2]

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Who's eligible?

Any Australian album released independently or through a record company, or sent to Triple J in consideration for airplay, is eligible for the J Award. The 2012 nominations for Australian Album of the Year and Australian Music Video of the Year were selected from releases received by Triple J between November 2011 and October 2012. For Unearthed Artist of the Year it was open to any artist from the Unearthed (talent contest), who has had a ground breaking and impactful 12 months from November 2011 and October 2012. [1]

Awards

Australian Album of the Year

ArtistAlbum TitleResult
Tame Impala Lonerism Won
Alpine A Is for AlpineNominated
Hermitude HyperParadise Nominated
Ball Park Music Museum Nominated
The Rubens The Rubens Nominated
Bertie Blackman Pope Innocent XNominated
Regular John Strange FlowersNominated
Oh Mercy Deep Heat Nominated
Urthboy Smokey's HauntNominated
The Presets Pacifica Nominated
Sarah Blasko I Awake Nominated
Parkway Drive Atlas Nominated

Australian Video of the Year

DirectorArtist and SongResult
Kris Moyes Kirin J. Callinan - "Way II War"Won
Luci SchroderAlpine - "Hands"Nominated
Darcy Prendergast Gotye - "Easy Way Out"Nominated
Dimitri Basil Flight Facilities - "Foreign Language"Nominated
Quan Yeomans Bertie Blackman - "Boy"Nominated
Selina Miles Hilltop Hoods - "Rattling the Keys to the Kingdom"Nominated

Unearthed Artist of the Year

ArtistResult
The Rubens Won
Flume Nominated
Chance Waters Nominated
Kingswood Nominated
Thelma Plum Nominated

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