The APRA Music Awards celebrate excellence in contemporary music, honouring songwriters and publishers that have achieved artistic excellence and outstanding success in their fields.
| Children's Composition of the Year | |
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Winner | |
| Title: | hot potato |
| Artist: | THE WIGGLES |
| Writers: | Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, John Field and Greg Page |
| Publisher: | EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd |
| Contemporary Classical Composition of the Year | |
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Winner | |
| Title: | Devil's Music |
| Writer: | Andrew Schultz |
| Country Song of the Year | |
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Winner | |
| Title: | Game of Love |
| Artist: | john beatty |
| Writers: | Heather Field / James Gillard / John Beatty |
| Publisher: | EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd |
| Film Score of the Year | |
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Winner | |
| Title: | The Silver Brumby |
| Writer: | Tassos Ioannides |
| Jazz Composition of the Year | |
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Winner | |
| Title: | Favourite |
| Artist: | DIG |
| Writers: | Timothy Rollinson / Terepai Richmond / Scott Saunders / James Robertson / Alexander Hewetson |
| Publishers: | Polygram Music Publishing Australia PL |
| Most Performed Australian Work | |
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Winner | |
| Title: | Never Miss Your Water |
| Artist: | diesel |
| Writers: | Mark Lizotte / Danny Tate |
| Publishers: | EMI Songs Australia Pty Ltd* / EMI Virgin Music Publishing obo John Daniel Tate Music |
| Most Performed Australian Work - Overseas | |
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Winner | |
| Title: | Weather With You |
| Artist: | Crowded House |
| Writers: | neil finn / Tim FINN |
| Publisher: | Mushroom Music Pty Ltd |
| Song of the Year | |
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Winner | |
| Title: | Distant Sun |
| Artist: | crowded house |
| Writer: | Neil Finn |
| Publisher: | Mushroom Music Pty Ltd |
Nominees | |
| Title: | do you love me? |
| Artist: | Nick Cave |
| Writer: | Nick Cave |
| Title: | green limousine |
| Artist: | Michael Spiby |
| Writer: | Michael Spiby |
| Title: | helping hand |
| Artist: | The Screaming Jets |
| Writers: | Paul Woseen, Grant Walmsley, David Gleeson, Richard Lara, Bradley Heaney |
| Title: | my heavy friend |
| Artist: | The Truth |
| Writers: | Anthony Kopa, Geoffrey Wells |
| Television Theme of the Year | |
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Winner | |
| Title: | Mission: Top Secret |
| Writer: | Ian Davidson |
| Publisher: | Grundy Music Pty Ltd |
| Songwriter of the Year | |
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Winner | |
| Writer: | neil finn |
| Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music |
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Winner |
ian "molly" meldrum |