It’s that time of the year again. triple j has announced the nominees for this year’s J Awards, celebrating the artists that have made significant contributions to Australian music over the past year.
Records up for Album of the Year include Amyl and the Sniffers‘ ripping second LP Comfort to Me and Genesis Owusu‘s incredible debut Smiling with No Teeth, while the likes of The Avalanches, Hiatus Kaiyote and Ngaiire are up for Australian Artist of the Year.
Meanwhile, Unearthed Artist of the Year nominees include rising stars Hope D, King Stingray and Teenage Joans. The Done Good Award returns again this year, and nominees include Jack River (for sparking the Our Soundtrack Our Stories movement), Jaguar Jonze (for her fierce advocacy for survivors of abuse in the Australian music industry) and Digi Youth Arts (for launching the inaugural BLAKSOUND conference earlier this year.)
See the full list of nominations below. Winners will be revealed throughout the day on Thursday, 18th November on triple j, triple j Unearthed and Double J. The announcement helps kick off triple j’s Ausmusic Month festivities for this year, which will also include the NIMAs on Sunday, 14th November on triple j’s Blak Out, Ausmusic T-Shirt Day on Friday, 19th November, Australian music specials on Double J and more.
triple j 2021 J Award nominations
triple j Australian Album of the Year
Amyl and the Sniffers – Comfort to Me
The Avalanches – We Will Always Love You
Baker Boy – Gela
Genesis Owusu – Smiling with No Teeth
Gretta Ray – Begin to Look Around
Holy Holy – Hello My Beautiful World
Middle Kids – Today We’re the Greatest
Ruby Fields – Been Doin’ It for a Bit
RÜFÜS DU SOL – Surrender
Tones and I – Welcome to the Madhouse
Unearthed Artist of the Year
1300
Blanke
Hope D
King Stingray
Teenage Joans
Double J Australian Artist of the Year
Amyl and the Sniffers
The Avalanches
Emma Donovan & the Putbacks
Hiatus Kaiyote
Ngaiire
triple j and RAGE Australian Music Video of the Year
Genesis Owusu – ‘The Other Black Dog’ Dir. Riley Blakeway
Jerome Farah – ‘Concrete Jungle Fever’ Dir. Sanjay De Silva
King Stingray – ‘Milkumana’ Dir. King Stingray and Sam Brumby
Triple One – ‘BLOOD RAVE’ Dir. Serwah Attafuah
Ziggy Ramo – ‘Little Things [Ft. Paul Kelly]’ Dir. Ziggy Ramo
Done Good Award
Concrete Surfers: booking gigs at local footy games to prove a point
Digi Youth Arts: launching the inaugural BLAKSOUND music conference
Jack River: sparking the Our Soundtrack Our Stories movement
Jaguar Jonze: advocating for systemic change and the support of abuse victims in the Australian music industry
Support Act: mental health services and COVID relief for the Australian music industry
