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.
The winners were announced on Triple J on Friday 22 November 2013.
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]
| Artist | Album Title | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flume | Flume | ||
| Not Art | |||
| Singularity | |||
| Asymmetry | |||
| King Amongst Many | |||
| Kiss My Apocalypse | |||
| Harlequin Dream | |||
| Atlas | |||
| I See Seaweed | |||
| Dream Cave | |||
| Jagwar Ma | Howlin' |
| Director | Artist and Song | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Thomas | Clubfeet - "Everything You Wanted" | ||
| Christian J Heinrich & Nicholas Rabone | Bluejuice - "SOS" | ||
| Darcy Prendergast | The Paper Kites - "Young" | ||
| Matt Campbell | Kingswood - "Ohio" | ||
| Adam Callen | Thundamentals - "Smiles Don't Lie" | ||
| Dimitri Basil (co-directed by Laura Gorun) | Vance Joy - "Riptide" |
| Artist | Result | |
|---|---|---|
| Remi | ||
| Tigertown | ||
| SAFIA | ||
| Jeremy Neale | ||
| Wave Racer | ||
| Dustin Tebutt | ||
| Jackie Onassis |