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
Date23 November 2012 (2012-11-23)
VenueAustralia
Websiteabc.net.au/triplej

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
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

Australian Video of the Year
Director Artist and Song Result
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
The Rubens Won
Flume Nominated
Chance Waters Nominated
Kingswood Nominated
Thelma Plum Nominated
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References
  1. "The J Award 2012". Triple J. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  2. "Tame Impala Win Album Of The Year At The 2012 J Awards". musicfeeds. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
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