The APRA Music Awards celebrate excellence in contemporary music, honouring songwriters and publishers that have achieved artistic excellence and outstanding success in their fields.
| Song of The Year | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | buses and trains |
| Artist: | Bachelor Girl |
| Writer: | James Roche |
| Publisher: | Sony/ATV Music Publishing Aust P/L |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Addicted To Bass |
| Artist: | Josh Abrahams (Puretone) / Amiel Daemion |
| Writers: | Josh Abrahams / Amiel Daemion |
| Title: | CRY |
| Artist: | The Mavis's |
| Writers: | Matthew Thomas / Barry Palmer / Rebecca Thomas / Nicholas Gill / Joshua Alexander / Andrea Vendy |
| Publisher: | Mushroom Music Pty Ltd |
| Title: | THe Day You Come |
| Artist: | Powderfinger |
| Writer: | Jonathan Coghill / John Collins / Ian Haug / Darren Middleton / Bernard Fanning |
| Title: | heavy heart |
| Artist: | You Am I |
| Writer: | Tim Rogers |
| Most Performed Australian Work | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | cry |
| Artist: | The MAvis's |
| Writer: | Matthew Thomas / Barry Palmer / Rebecca Thomas / Nicholas Gill / Joshua Alexander / Andrea Vendy |
| Publisher | Mushroom Music Pty Ltd |
Nominees | |
| Title: | buses and trains |
| Artist: | Bachelor Girl |
| Writer: | James Roche |
| Publisher: | Sony/ATV Music Publishing Aust P/L |
| Title: | lonely |
| Artist: | Merril Bainbridge |
| Writer: | Merril Bainbridge / Owen Bolwell |
| Title: | love is alive |
| Artist: | Kate Ceberano |
| Writer: | Mark Goldenberg / Kate Ceberano |
| Title: | now i can dance |
| Artist: | Tina Arena |
| Writers: | Tina Arena / David Tyson |
| Most Performed Foreign Work | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | You're Still The One |
| Artist: | Shania Twain |
| Writers: | Shania TwaIN* / Robert Lange** |
| Publishers: | Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd* / BMG Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd** |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Big Mistake |
| Artist: | Natalie Imbruglia |
| Writers: | Natalie Imbruglia / Mark Goldenberg |
| Title: | High |
| Artist: | Lighthouse Family |
| Writers: | Paul Tucker / Emmanuel Baiyewu |
| Title: | My father's eyes |
| Artist: | Eric Clapton |
| Writer: | Eric Clapton |
| Title: | never ever |
| Artist: | All Saints |
| Writers: | Shaznay Lewis / Esmail Jazayeri / Sean Mather |
| Most Performed Country Work | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | hat town |
| Artist: | Lee Kernaghan |
| Writers: | Colin Buchanan* / Lee Kernaghan** / Garth Porter** |
| Publishers: | Rondor Music Pty Ltd* / Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty Ltd** |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Biggest Disappointment |
| Artist: | Troy Cassar-Daley |
| Writer: | Joy McKean |
| Title: | Goondiwindi Moon |
| Artist: | Lee Kernaghan |
| Writers: | James Blundell / Lee Kernaghan / Garth Porter |
| Title: | Last Man Standing |
| Artist: | Adam Brand |
| Writers: | Adam Brand / Clive Young |
| Title: | Your Own Sweet Time |
| Artist: | Shanley Del |
| Writers: | Shanley Del Gregory / Chuck Jones |
| Most Performed Contemporary Classical Composition | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | laikan |
| Writer: | Nigel Westlake |
| Publisher: | Boosey and Hawkes Pty Ltd |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Earth Cry |
| Writer: | Peter Sculthorpe |
| Title: | Enyato II |
| Writer: | Ross Edwards |
| Title: | Fandango |
| Writer: | Ann Carr-Boyd |
| Title: | Selfish Giant |
| Writer: | Graeme Koehne |
| Most Performed Jazz Work | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | UNheard |
| Artist: | The Necks |
| Writers: | Christopher Abrahams* / Lloyd Swanton* / Anthony Buck |
| Publishers: | Sony/ATV Music Publishing Aust P/L |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Cool Beans |
| Artist: | Bob Bertles |
| Writer: | Robert Bertles |
| Title: | Creology |
| Artist: | Australian Creole |
| Writer: | Guy Strazzullo |
| Title: | Moshoeshoe The First |
| Artist: | Clarion Fracture Zone |
| Writer: | Tony Gorman |
| Title: | Subtlety Of Time |
| Artist: | Graeme Lyall |
| Writer: | Tony Gould |
| Most Performed Children's Work | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep on His Pirate Ship (Quack Quack) |
| Artist: | The Wiggles |
| Writer: | Murray Cook, Jeffrey Fatt, Anthony Field, Gregory Page |
| Publishers: | EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd / Wiggly Tunes Pty Ltd |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Fhir An Bhata |
| Artist: | Riley Lee, Sean O'Boyle with Queensland Symphony Orchestra |
| Writers: | Sean O'Boyle / Riley Lee |
| Title: | Fun With Humphrey |
| Artist: | Humphrey |
| Writers: | Robert Pippan / Peter Douglas |
| Title: | Ooga Chuga (In the Jungle) |
| Artist: | The Hooley Dooleys |
| Writers: | David Butts / Antoine Demarest / Bruce Thorburn |
| Title: | We're Dancing With Wags the Dog |
| Artist: | The Wiggles |
| Writer: | Murray Cook / Jeffrey Fatt / Anthony Field / Gregory Page |
| Best Television Theme | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Moby Dick |
| Writer: | Christopher Gordon |
| Publisher: | Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty Ltd |
Nominees | |
| Title: | All Saints |
| Writers: | Colin Bayley / Kevin Bayley / Murray Burns |
| Title: | Crocadoo (Series 2) |
| Writer: | Clive Harrison |
| Title: | Seachange |
| Writer: | Richard Pleasance |
| Title: | Search For Treasure Island |
| Writer: | Peter Dasent |
| Best Film Score | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | elizabeth |
| Writer: | David Hirschfelder |
| Publisher: | Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Babe: Pig in the City |
| Writer: | Nigel Westlake |
| Title: | Little Bit of Soul |
| Writer: | Nigel Westlake |
| Title: | Sound of One Hand Clapping |
| Writer: | Cezary Skubiszewski |
| Title: | The Truman Show |
| Writer: | Burkhard Dallwitz |
| Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music |
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Winner |
Slim dusty |