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: | Zebra |
| Artist: | john butler trio |
| Writer: | john butler |
Nominees | |
| Title: | across the night |
| Artist: | Silverchair |
| Writer: | Daniel Johns |
| Publisher: | Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd |
| Title: | Are you gonne be my girl? |
| Artist: | JET |
| Writers: | Nicholas / Cameron Muncey |
| Publisher: | Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd |
| Title: | innocent eyes |
| Artist: | Delta Goodrem |
| Writers: | *Delta Goodrem / ^Vince Pizzing |
| Publishers: | *Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd, ^EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd |
| Title: | lighthouse |
| Artist: | The Waifs |
| Writer: | Joshua Cunningham |
| Most Performed Australian Work | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Lovesong |
| Artist: | AMIEL |
| Writer: | aMIEL dAEMION |
| Publisher: | Festival Music Pty Ltd |
Nominees | |
| Title: | BORN TO TRY |
| Artist: | Delta Goodrem |
| Writers: | Delta Goodrem / Audius Mtawarira |
| Publisher: | Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Aust) Pty Ltd |
| Title: | falling |
| Artist: | Candice Alley |
| Writer: | Candice Alley |
| Publisher: | Mushroom Music Pty Ltd |
| Title: | on my mind |
| Artist: | Powderfinger |
| Writers: | Bernard Fanning / Darren Middleton / John Collins / Ian Haug / Jonathan Coghill |
| Publisher: | Festival Music Pty Ltd |
| Title: | Innocent Eyes |
| Artist: | Delta Goodrem |
| Writers: | *Delta Goodrem / ^Vince Pizzinga |
| Publishers: | *Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd, ^EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd |
| Most Performed Foreign Work | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | big yellow taxi |
| Artist: | counting crows |
| Writer: | Joni Mitchell |
| Publisher: | Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Aust) Pty Ltd |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Beautiful |
| Artist: | Christina Aguilera |
| Writer: | Linda Perry |
| Publisher: | BMG Music Publishing Aust Pty Ltd |
| Title: | I'm With You |
| Artist: | Avril Lavigne |
| Writers: | *Lauren Christy (BMI) / *Scott Spock (BMI) /*Graham Edwards (ASCAP) / ^Avril Lavigne (SOCAN) |
| Publishers | *Warner Chappell Music Aust Pty Ltd / ^Rondor Music Aust Pty Ltd |
| Title: | lost without you |
| Artist: | Delta Goodrem |
| Writers: | *Bridget Benenate (ASCAP) / ^Matthew Gerrard (ASCAP) |
| Publishers: | *EMI Music Publishing Aust Pty Ltd / ^Warner Chappell Music Aust Pty Ltd |
| Title: | unwell |
| Artist: | Matchbox Twenty |
| Writer: | Robert Thomas (ASCAP) |
| Publisher: | EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd |
| Most Performed Country Work | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | lead me home |
| Artist: | Carter and Carter |
| Writers: | Merelyn Carter / David Carter |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Raining on the Plains |
| Artist: | Sara Storer |
| Writers: | *Sara Storer / *Doug Storer / ^Garth Porter |
| Publishers: | *ABC Music Publishing (administered by Mushroom Music) / ^Warner Chappell Music Aust Pty Ltd |
| Title: | Something in the water |
| Artist: | Lee Kernaghan |
| Writers: | Lee Kernaghan / Garth Porter / Colin Buchanan |
| Publishers: | Warner Chappell Music Aust Pty Ltd / Rondor Music Aust Pty Ltd |
| Title: | wish i was a train |
| Artist: | Troy Cassar-Daley / Paul Kelly |
| Writers: | Troy Cassar-Daley / Paul Kelly |
| Publishers: | EMI Music Publishing Aust Pty Ltd / Mushroom Music Pty Ltd |
| Title: | Way it is |
| Artist: | Lee Kernaghan |
| Writers: | Lee Kernaghan / Garth Porter |
| Publisher: | Warner Chappell Music Aust Pty Ltd |
| Most Performed Dance Work | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | u talkin to me |
| Artist: | Disco Montego |
| Writers: | *Darren Dowlut / *Dennis Dowlut / ^Robert Woolf |
| Publishers: | *Bomb Music Publishing Pty Ltd (administered by Peermusic Pty Ltd) ^Peermusic Pty Ltd |
Nominees | |
| Title: | bang this |
| Artist: | J-Wess |
| Writers: | James Essex / Andrew Gardner |
| Title: | danger |
| Artist: | Kaite Underwood |
| Writers: | Katie Underwood/ *Simon Hosford / *James Kempster |
| Publisher: | *Warner Chappell Music Aust Pty Ltd |
| Title: | one of my kind |
| Artist: | Rogue Traders |
| Writers: | Jamie Appleby / Steve Davis / Josephine Armstead / Milton Middlebrook |
| Publisher: | Warner Chappell Music Australia Pty Ltd |
| Title: | Tonight |
| Artist: | Amiel |
| Writers: | Amiel Daemion / Barry Palmer / Stuart Crichton |
| Publisher: | Festival Music Pty Ltd / Mushroom Music Pty Ltd |
| Most Performed Jazz Work | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | If you love me |
| Artist: | Sharny Russell |
| Writer: | Sharny Russell |
| Publisher: | ABC Music Publishing (administered by Mushroom Music) |
Nominees | |
| Title: | East St Kilda Toodle Oo |
| Artist: | Allan Browne |
| Writer: | John Scurry |
| Title: | Mandela |
| Artist: | Guy Strazzullo |
| Writer: | Guy Strazzullo |
| Publisher: | BMG Music Publishing Aust Pty Ltd |
| Title: | solitude |
| Artist: | Fiona Burnett |
| Writer: | Fiona Burnett |
| Title: | Stars Apart |
| Artist: | Allan Browne |
| Writer: | Paul Grabowsky |
| Publisher: | Warner Chappell Music Aust Pty Ltd |
| Songwriters of the Year |
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Winner |
Bernard Fanning / John Coghill / Ian Haug / Darren Middleton / John Collins (Powderfinger) |
| Most Performed Australian Work Overseas |
|---|
Winner |
love is in the air - Harry Vanda / George Young |
| Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year |
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Winner |
Delta goodrem |
| Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music |
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Winner |
Don Burrows |