The J Award of 2007 is the third annual

J Awards The J Awards are an annual series of Australian music awards that were established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's youth-focused radio station Triple J and which are judged by the music and on-air teams from radio stations Triple J, ...

, established by the

Australian Broadcasting Corporation The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is the national broadcaster of Australia. It is principally funded by direct grants from the Australian Government and is administered by a government-appointed board. The ABC is a publicly-own ...

's youth-focused radio station

Triple J Triple J (stylised in all lowercase) is a government-funded, national Australian Radio in Australia, radio station intended to appeal to listeners of alternative music, which began broadcasting in January 1975. The station also places a greate ...

. The announcement comes at the culmination of Ausmusic Month (November). In 2007, a new award for ''Unearthed Artist of the Year'' was added to the award for ''Australian Album of the Year''.

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 2007 nominations for ''Australian Album of the Year'' were selected from albums received by Triple J between December 2006 and November 2007. For ''Unearthed Artist of the Year'' it was open to any artist from the

Unearthed (talent contest) Triple J (stylised in all lowercase) is a government-funded, national Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners of alternative music, which began broadcasting in January 1975. The station also places a greater emphasis on broadc ...

, who has had a ground breaking and impactful 12 months from November 2006 and October 2007

Judging Panel

The J Award judging panel is headed by Triple J's Music Director Richard Kingsmill. The panel includes Caroline Tran from Triple J's flagship Australian music program ''Home and Hosed'' and other Triple J presenters, producers and live music engineers.

Who's eligible?

Judging Panel

Awards

Australian Album of the Year

Unearthed Artist of the Year

References