The J Award of 2010 is the sixth 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). For the third year, three awards were presented; ''Australian Album of the Year'', ''Australian Music Video of the Year'' and ''Unearthed Artist of the Year''. The announcement occurred on 30 November 2010.

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 2010 nominations for ''Australian Album of the Year'' and ''Australian Music Video of the Year'' were selected from releases received by Triple J between November 2009 and October 2010. 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 2009 and October 2010.

Awards

Australian Album of the Year

Dom Alessio on ''Innerspeaker''said "Who needs drug trips when you've got Tame Impala? This album envelopes you with its dense guitars, rolling drums and swirling, psychedelic melodies. The attention to detail that Kevin & Co have on their debut is incredible. It's no surprise this album is getting rave reviews around the world."

Australian Video of the Year

Unearthed Artist of the Year

References

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