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.[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 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.[2]
| Artist | Album Title | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gotye | Making Mirrors | ||
| The Life of Riley | |||
| Moment Bends | |||
| The Experiment | |||
| Vows | |||
| United in Isolation | |||
| Prisoner | |||
| Vacation | |||
| Happiness and Surrounding Suburbs | |||
| I Want That You Are Always Happy |
| Director | Artist and Song | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Emma Tomelty | Hermitude - "Speak of the Devil" | |
| David Michod | Children Collide - "Loveless" | |
| Natasha Pincus | Gotye featuring Kimbra - "Somebody That I Used to Know" | |
| Samuel Bennetts | Bluejuice - "Act Yr Age" | |
| SPOD | Art vs Science - "A.I.M. Fire" | |
| Artist | Result | |
|---|---|---|
| Ball Park Music | ||
| Emma Louise | ||
| Husky | ||
| Lanie Lane | ||
| San Cisco |