J Awards
The J Award is an award given by influential Australian youth radio station Triple J to Australian Album of the Year. It is judged by a panel of members of the music industry, led by Richard Kingsmill. The award was inaugurated in 2005, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the station's establishment.
To be eligible for entry in a particular year, an album must be released (either independently or through a record label) between December the previous year to November that year. All albums sent to Triple J for airplay consideration will also be automatically considered for the award. Nominations are chosen by Triple J management and are released through-out the year. Nominations tend towards artists releasing breakthrough albums rather than already well-established musicians.
2005 award
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2006 award
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2007 award
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2007 Unearthed Awards
A second category has been introduced to Triple J's annual J Award, with the Triple J judges now looking back over the winners of site competitions over the year and awarding the Triple J Unearthed J Award to the best and most promising artist. Triple J Unearthed marked its first anniversary with over 10,400 artists live on the site, 80,000 registered users, 1.6 million tracks downloaded and 3.9 million tracks streamed. Amongst the winners, Alice Springs' Zenith ASP signed a publishing and distribution deal with Foghorn and Western Australia's Institut Polaire signed to Sydney's Popfrenzy Records and getting support slots for The Clientele (UK), Camera Obscura (UK), and WA tour supports with New Buffalo.