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