The J Award of 2019 is the fifteenth 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). A new award was added in 2019, You Done Good Award. This was added to the existing four awards; Australian Album of the Year, Double J Artist of the Year, Australian Music Video of the Year and Unearthed Artist of the Year.[1]
The eligible period took place between November 2018 and October 2019. The winners were announced live on air on Triple J on Thursday 21 November 2019.[1]
Australian Album of the Year
[edit] Double J Artist of the Year
[edit] Australian Video of the Year
[edit] Director | Artist and Song | Result |
Sanjay De Silva | Sampa The Great - "Final Form" | Won |
Dylan River | Briggs featuring Greg Holden - "Life Is Incredible" | Nominated |
Jonathan Zawada | Flume- "Hi This Is Flume" | Nominated |
Matt Weston | The Chats - "Identity Theft" | Nominated |
Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore | Thelma Plum - "Better in Blak" | Nominated |
Unearthed Artist of the Year
[edit] You Done Good Award
[edit] An award to an Australian who has "made an impact on the industry through outstanding achievement, social change or altruistic endeavours".[2]
Artist | Notes | Result |
Heidi Lenffer | For launching renewable energy initiative FEAT. | Won |
Dylan Alcott | For making music accessible to everyone at Ability Fest. | Nominated |
National Indigenous Music Awards | For championing incredible Indigenous artists at their biggest event yet. | Nominated |
Harry the Poo Roadie | For putting his life on hold to rescue one of Australia’s most loved bands via faecal donations. | Nominated |
Sarah Aarons | For a stand-out year co-writing multiple global hits for Khalid, Ruel, Peking Duk and more. | Nominated |