J Awards of 2019

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J Awards of 2019
Date21 November 2019 (2019-11-21)
Venue Australia
Website abc.net.au/triplej

The J Award of 2019 is the fifteenth 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). A new award was added in 2019, You Done Good Award. This was added to the existing four awards; Australian Album of the Year, Double J Artist of the Year, Australian Music Video of the Year and Unearthed Artist of the Year. [1]

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The eligible period took place between November 2018 and October 2019. The winners were announced live on air on Triple J on Thursday 21 November 2019. [1]

Awards

Australian Album of the Year

ArtistAlbum TitleResult
Matt Corby Rainbow Valley Won
G Flip About Us Nominated
Hatchie Keepsake Nominated
Hayden James Between Us Nominated
Hilltop Hoods The Great Expanse Nominated
Holy Holy My Own Pool of Light Nominated
Northlane Alien Nominated
Sampa the Great The Return Nominated
Stella Donnelly Beware of the Dogs Nominated
Thelma Plum Better in Blak Nominated

Double J Artist of the Year

ArtistResult
Sampa the Great Won
Nick Cave Nominated
Julia Jacklin Nominated
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Nominated
The Teskey Brothers Nominated

Australian Video of the Year

DirectorArtist and SongResult
Sanjay De SilvaSampa The Great - "Final Form"Won
Dylan River Briggs featuring Greg Holden - "Life Is Incredible"Nominated
Jonathan Zawada Flume- "Hi This Is Flume"Nominated
Matt Weston The Chats - "Identity Theft"Nominated
Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore Thelma Plum - "Better in Blak"Nominated

Unearthed Artist of the Year

ArtistResult
Tones and I Won
Adrian Eagle Nominated
The Chats Nominated
George Alice Nominated
Spacey Jane Nominated

You Done Good Award

An award to an Australian who has "made an impact on the industry through outstanding achievement, social change or altruistic endeavours". [2]

ArtistNotesResult
Heidi LenfferFor launching renewable energy initiative FEAT.Won
Dylan Alcott For making music accessible to everyone at Ability Fest.Nominated
National Indigenous Music Awards For championing incredible Indigenous artists at their biggest event yet.Nominated
Harry the Poo RoadieFor putting his life on hold to rescue one of Australia’s most loved bands via faecal donations.Nominated
Sarah Aarons For a stand-out year co-writing multiple global hits for Khalid, Ruel, Peking Duk and more.Nominated

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References

  1. 1 2 "The J Award 2019". Triple J . Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  2. "triple j announce J Award nominees & new 'You Done Good' award". The Music Network. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2020.