J Awards of 2011
The J Award of 2011 is the seventh 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 fourth year, three awards were presented; "Australian Album of the Year", "Australian Music Video of the Year" and "Unearthed Artist of the Year". The winners were announced on Wednesday 30 November 2011. 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 2011 nominations for "Australian Album of the Year" and "Australian Music Video of the Year" were selected from releases received by Triple J between November 2010 and October 2011. 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 2010 and October 2011.