J Awards of 2011#Australian Album of the Year
{{Infobox award
| name = J Awards of 2011
| image =
| imagesize = 230px
| date = {{start date|2011|11|30|df=yes}}
| venue = Oxford Art Factory, Sydney, Australia
| host =
| website = {{url|http://abc.net.au/triplej}}
| network =
| previous = 2010
| main = {{nowrap|J Awards}}
| next = 2012
}}
The J Award of 2011 is the seventh 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). For the fourth year, three awards were presented; Australian Album of the Year, Australian Music Video of the Year and Unearthed Artist of the Year. The winners were announced on Wednesday 30 November 2011.{{cite web|url=https://www.musicnsw.com/2011/11/j-awards-2011-2/|title=J AWARDS 2011|website=musicnsw|date=24 November 2011|accessdate=15 August 2020}}
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 2011 nominations for Australian Album of the Year and Australian Music Video of the Year were selected from releases received by Triple J between November 2010 and October 2011. For Unearthed Artist of the Year it was open to any artist from the Unearthed (talent contest), who has had a ground breaking and impactful 12 months from November 2010 and October 2011.{{cite web|title = The J Award 2011|website = Triple J|url = https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/jawards/11/|publisher = Australian Broadcasting Corporation|year = 2011|accessdate =15 August 2020}}
Awards
=Australian Album of the Year=
| class="sortable wikitable"
! width="19%" | Artist ! width="19%" | Album Title ! width="5%" | Result |
| style="background:#FAEB86"
| Gotye | {{won}} |
| Drapht
|{{nom}} |
| Architecture in Helsinki
|{{nom}} |
| Art vs. Science
|{{nom}} |
| Kimbra
| Vows |{{nom}} |
| Papa Vs Pretty
|{{nom}} |
| The Jezabels
| Prisoner |{{nom}} |
| Big Scary
| Vacation |{{nom}} |
| Ball Park Music
| Happiness and Surrounding Suburbs |{{nom}} |
| The Middle East
| I Want That You Are Always Happy |{{nom}} |
=Australian Video of the Year=
| class="sortable wikitable"
! width="19%" | Director ! width="19%" | Artist and Song ! width="5%" | Result |
| style="background:#FAEB86"
| Hermitude - "Speak of the Devil" | {{won}} |
| David Michod
| Children Collide - "Loveless" | {{nom}} |
| Natasha Pincus
| Gotye featuring Kimbra - "Somebody That I Used to Know" | {{nom}} |
| Samuel Bennetts
| Bluejuice - "Act Yr Age" | {{nom}} |
| SPOD
| Art vs Science - "A.I.M. Fire" | {{nom}} |
=Unearthed Artist of the Year=
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! width="19%" | Artist ! width="5%" | Result |
| style="background:#FAEB86"
| {{won}} |
| Emma Louise
| {{nom}} |
| Husky
| {{nom}} |
| Lanie Lane
| {{nom}} |
| San Cisco
| {{nom}} |