Triple j has announced the full list of nominees for its 2023 J Awards, with winners to be announced on Monday, 13th November. The J Awards are divided up into a number of categories, including Australian Album of the Year, Unearthed Artist of the Year, Double J Australian Artist Of The Year, and Music Video of the Year. Nominees include Angie McMahon, Briggs, Kylie Minogue and more.
In 2023, for the first time, the J Awards have added a category for Best Live Act of the Year, a way of celebrating Australia’s live music scene as it goes from strength to strength in our post-covid world.
Angie McMahon – ‘Serotonin’
A number of Australian music heavyweights are vying for the Album Of the Year. McMahon’s Light, Dark, Light Again has been nominated, along with G Flip’s DRUMMER, Genesis Owusu’s STRUGGLER, Gretta Ray’s Positive Spin, Holy Holy’s Cellophane, Lastlings‘ Perfect World, Matt Corby’s Everything’s Fine, Polaris‘ Fatalism, Teen Jesus & The Jean Teasers‘ I Love You and Troye Sivan’s Something To Give Each Other.
There’s a range of different styles and sounds to be found in the Double J Artist of the Year nominees, which spans RVG (who released the best record of their career, this year), Yorta Yorta rapper Briggs and Our Kylie.
Check out the full list of J Award nominees below, and make sure to tune in to triple j Breakfast with Bryce & Concetta on the 13th to hear who won what.
J Awards 2023 Nominees
triple j Australian Album of the Year
- Angie McMahon – Light, Dark, Light Again
- G Flip – DRUMMER
- Genesis Owusu – STRUGGLER
- Gretta Ray – Positive Spin
- Holy Holy – Cellophane
- Lastlings – Perfect World
- Matt Corby – Everything’s Fine
- Polaris – Fatalism
- Teen Jesus & The Jean Teasers – I Love You
- Troye Sivan – Something To Give Each Other
Unearthed Artist of the Year
- BIG WETT
- DICE
- FELIVAND
- The Grogans
- Miss Kaninna
Double J Australian Artist of the Year
- Bad//Dreems
- Briggs
- Jen Cloher
- Kylie Minogue
- RVG
triple j and rage Australian Music Video of the Year
- 3% – ‘OUR PEOPLE [Ft. The Presets]’ – directed by Nick Rae, Brayden Carter, Corey Webster
- Cat & Calmell – ‘Feel Alive’ – directed by Joshua Moll, Oliver Kirby, Calmell Teagle, Catherine Stratton
- Middle Kids – ‘Bootleg Firecracker’ – directed by Toby Morris
- Royel Otis – ‘Kool Aid’ – directed by Kyle Caulfield
- SHABA – ‘4K TO THE MIDDLE EAST [Ft. UZI]’ – directed by MOONBOY STUDIOS
triple j Australian Live Act of the Year
- G Flip
- Genesis Owusu
- Julia Jacklin
- King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
- King Stingray
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