The J Award of 2013 is the ninth 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 sixth and final year, three awards were presented; Australian Album of the Year, Australian Music Video of the Year and Unearthed Artist of the Year.[1]
The winners were announced on Triple J on Friday 22 November 2013.[1]
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 2013 nominations for Australian Album of the Year and Australian Music Video of the Year were selected from releases received by Triple J between November 2012 and October 2013. 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 2012 and October 2013.[1]
Australian Album of the Year
[edit] Australian Video of the Year
[edit] Director | Artist and Song | Result |
Josh Thomas | Clubfeet - "Everything You Wanted" | Won |
Christian J Heinrich & Nicholas Rabone | Bluejuice - "SOS" | Nominated |
Darcy Prendergast | The Paper Kites - "Young" | Nominated |
Matt Campbell | Kingswood - "Ohio" | Nominated |
Adam Callen | Thundamentals - "Smiles Don't Lie" | Nominated |
Dimitri Basil (co-directed by Laura Gorun) | Vance Joy - "Riptide" | Nominated |
Unearthed Artist of the Year
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