J Awards of 2012
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]
J Awards of 2012 | |
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Date | 23 November 2012 |
Venue | Australia |
Website | abc |
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
Artist | Album Title | Result |
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Tame Impala | Lonerism | Won |
Alpine | A Is for Alpine | Nominated |
Hermitude | HyperParadise | Nominated |
Ball Park Music | Museum | Nominated |
The Rubens | The Rubens | Nominated |
Bertie Blackman | Pope Innocent X | Nominated |
Regular John | Strange Flowers | Nominated |
Oh Mercy | Deep Heat | Nominated |
Urthboy | Smokey's Haunt | Nominated |
The Presets | Pacifica | Nominated |
Sarah Blasko | I Awake | Nominated |
Parkway Drive | Atlas | Nominated |
- This was the second time Tame Impala have won this award; the first coming at the J Awards of 2010 with Innerspeaker.[2]
Australian Video of the Year
Director | Artist and Song | Result |
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Kris Moyes | Kirin J. Callinan - "Way II War" | Won |
Luci Schroder | Alpine - "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
Artist | Result |
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The Rubens | Won |
Flume | Nominated |
Chance Waters | Nominated |
Kingswood | Nominated |
Thelma Plum | Nominated |
References
- "The J Award 2012". Triple J. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- "Tame Impala Win Album Of The Year At The 2012 J Awards". musicfeeds. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2020.