APRA AMCOS members have had their say! A shortlist of 20 songs has been unveiled today of the contenders for the Peer-Voted APRA Song of the Year, with the winner to be announced at the 2022 APRA Music Awards in May.
In what remains the largest peer-voted music award in Australia, the list represents the songs chosen by APRA AMCOS members as the best of 2021.
A cracking list of 20 songs will contend for the title of 2022 Peer-Voted APRA Song of the Year. In what remains the largest peer-voted music award in Australia, the list represents the songs chosen by APRA AMCOS members as the finest of 2021. One of these songs will take home the Peer-Voted APRA Song of the Year accolade when the APRA Music Awards return for the 40th time to celebrate the songwriters and music publishers that have excelled in the past year.
Twenty-three songwriter members are newcomers to the Song of The Year shortlist: Ngaiire, Jack Grace, Gabriel Strum (Japanese Wallpaper), Liz Stringer, Milan Ring, Tung Yeng, James Iheakanwa (B Wise), Tasman Keith, Roy Kellaway and Yirrŋa Yunupiŋu with two King Stingray songs, Amyl and the Sniffers members Fergus Romer, Amy Taylor and Bryce Wilson, The Kid LAROI, David Le’aupepe, Dominik Borzestowski, Maxwell Dunn & Jung Kim (Gang of Youths), Genesis Owusu, Michael Di Francesco, Andrew Klippel, Julian Sudek, and Budjerah.
2021 shortlisters back in contention for the 2022 Award include Tones And I, Tim Minchin, Rob Hirst, Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, Matt Corby, Baker Boy, Dallas Woods, and Lime Cordiale’s Louis Leimbach, Oliver Leimbach and David Haddad.
No strangers to APRA Music Awards are Cave & Ellis, Midnight Oil’s Rob Hirst, and Angus and Malcolm Young with appearances spanning decades.
The final five nominees across all 2022 APRA Music Awards categories will be revealed in March, with winners announced when the awards ceremony returns to Melbourne Town Hall on Tuesday 3 May, 2022.
All APRA AMCOS songwriter and publisher members who voted for the Peer-Voted APRA Song of the Year are automatically placed into the draw to win cash prizes totalling $5,000 courtesy of Marsh.
Stay tuned for more news on the 2022 APRA Music Awards and the Peer-Voted APRA Song of the Year.
***Listed in alphabetical order of song title***
| Peer-Voted Song of the Year - Top 20 Shortlist | |
|---|---|
| Title: | ALBUQUERQUE |
| Artist: | Nick Cave & Warren Ellis |
| Writers: | Nick Cave / Warren Ellis |
| Publisher: | Kobalt Music Publishing |
| Title: | CLOSER |
| Artist: | Ngaiire |
| Writers: | Ngaiire / Jack Grace* / Gabriel Strum^ |
| Publishers: | Embassy Music Publishing / Universal Music Publishing* / Native Tongue Music Publishing^ |
| Title: | DANGEROUS |
| Artist: | Liz Stringer |
| Writers: | Liz Stringer |
| Publishers: | Gaga Music |
| Title: | EZINNA |
| Artist: | B Wise, Sampa The Great & Milan Ring |
| Writers: | Nicholas Martin / Milan Ring / Sampa Tembo / Tung Yeng / James Iheakanwa* |
| Publisher: | BMG Rights Management* |
| Title: | first nation |
| Artist: | Midnight Oil featuring Jessica Mauboy & Tasman Keith |
| Writers: | Rob Hirst / Tasman Keith* |
| Publisher: | Sony Music Publishing / SFM Publishing* |
| Title: | FLY AWAY |
| Artist: | Tones And I |
| Writers: | Toni Watson |
| Publisher: | Kobalt Music Publishing obo Tones And I |
| Title: | get me out |
| Artist: | King Stingray |
| Writers: | Roy Kellaway / Yirrŋa Yunupiŋu |
| Publisher: | Sony Music Publishing |
| Title: | GUIDED BY ANGELS |
| Artist: | Amyl and The Sniffers |
| Writers: | Fergus Romer / Amy Taylor / Bryce Wilson |
| Title: | higher |
| Artist: | Budjerah |
| Writers: | Budjerah / Matt Corby* |
| Publisher: | Mushroom Music / Sony Music Publishing* |
| Title: | MILKUMANA |
| Artist: | King Stringray |
| Writers: | Roy Kellaway / Yirrŋa Yunupiŋu |
| Publisher: | Sony Music Publishing |
| Title: | RAE STREET |
| Artist: | Courtney Barnett |
| Writers: | Courtney Barnett |
| Publisher: | Native Tongue Music Publishing |
| Title: | REALITY CHECK PLEASE |
| Artist: | Lime Cordiale |
| Writers: | Louis Leimbach / Oliver Leimbach / David Haddad* |
| Publisher: | Universal Music Publishing obo Chugg Music / Kobalt Music Publishing* |
| Title: | REALIZE |
| Artist: | AC/DC |
| Writers: | Angus Young / Malcolm Young |
| Publisher: | Sony Music Publishing obo Australian Music Corporation |
| Title: | RED ROOM |
| Artist: | Hiatus Kaiyote |
| Writers: | Paul Bender / Simon Mavin / Perrin Moss / Naomi Saalfield |
| Publisher: | Universal Music Publishing |
| Title: | RIDE |
| Artist: | Baker Boy |
| Writers: | Danzal Baker / Yirrmal Marika / Philip Norman* / Dallas Woods^ |
| Publisher: | Mushroom Music* / Kobalt Music Publishing^ |
| Title: | STAY |
| Artist: | The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber |
| Writers: | The Kid LAROI* / Justin Bieber^ / Omer Fedi^ / Blake Slatkin^ / Magnus Hoiberg+ / Charlie Puth# / Subhaan Rahman+ / Michael Mule~ / Isaac De Boni~ |
| Publisher: | Sony Music Publishing* / Universal/MCA Music Publishing^ / Warner Chappell+ / Kobalt Music Publishing# / Native Tongue Music Publishing~ |
| Title: | the absence of you |
| Artist: | Tim Minchin |
| Writers: | Tim Minchin |
| Publisher: | Kobalt Music Publishing |
| Title: | THE ANGEL OF 8TH AVENUE |
| Artist: | Gang of Youths |
| Writers: | David Le’aupepe / Dominik Borzestowski / Maxwell Dunn / Thomas Hobden / Jung Kim |
| Publisher: | Universal Music Publishing |
| Title: | THE OTHER BLACK DOG |
| Artist: | Genesis Owusu |
| Writers: | Genesis Owusu / Michael Di Francesco* / Andrew Klippel^ / Julian Sudek* |
| Publisher: | Kobalt Music Publishing obo Ourness Songs / Kobalt Music Publishing obo Future Classic* / Mushroom Music obo Ourness Songs^ |
| Title: | THE WATERBOY |
| Artist: | You Am I |
| Writers: | Tim Rogers |
| Publisher: | Universal Music Publishing |
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