APRA Music Awards 2005
The APRA Music Awards celebrate excellence in contemporary music, honouring songwriters and publishers that have achieved artistic excellence and outstanding success in their fields.
Winners & Nominees
| Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music |
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Winner |
Michael Chugg |
| Song of the Year | |
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Winner | |
| Title: | scar |
| Artist: | missy higgins |
| Writers: | Missy Higgins / Kevin Griffin |
| Publisher: | Warner/Chappell Music Aust Pty Ltd |
Nominees | |
| Title: | from the sea |
| Artist: | Eskimo Joe |
| Writers: | Finlay Beaton / Stuart Macleod / Joel Quartermain |
| Publisher: | Mushroom Music Pty Ltd |
| Title: | look what you've done |
| Artist: | Jet |
| Writer: | Nicholas Cester |
| Publisher: | Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd |
| Title: | ten days |
| Artist: | Missy Higgins |
| Writers: | Missy Higgins / ^Jay Clifford (BMI) |
| Publisher: | ^EMI Music Publishing Aust Pty Ltd |
| Title: | young man old man (you ain't no better than the rest) |
| Artist: | The Dissociatives |
| Writers: | ^Daniel Johns / *Paulmac |
| Publishers: | ^Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Aust) Pty Ltd / *Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd |
| Songwriter of the year | |
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Winner | |
| Writer: | Nicholas Cester / Cameron Muncey / Chris Cester |
| Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year | |
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Winner | |
| Writers: | missy higgins |
| Most Performed Australian Work | |
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Winner | |
| Title: | so beautiful |
| Artist: | pete murray |
| Writer: | pete murray |
| Publisher: | Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia P/L |
Nominees | |
| Title: | all i need is you |
| Artist: | Guy Sebastian |
| Writers: | Guy Sebastian / Adam Reily^ / Alun Firth |
| Publisher: | BMG Music Publishing Aust Pty Ltd |
| Title: | look what you've done |
| Artist: | Jet |
| Writer: | Nicholas Cester |
| Publisher: | Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd |
| Title: | predictable |
| Artist: | Delta Goodrem |
| Writers: | Delta Goodrem / Kara Dio Guardi / Jarrad Rogers |
| Title: | what about me |
| Artist: | Shannon Noll |
| Writers: | Garry Frost / Frances Swan |
| Publisher: | Warner Chappell Pty Ltd |
| Most Performed Jazz Work | |
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Winner | |
| Title: | drive by |
| Artist: | The Necks |
| Writers: | Christopher Abrahams / Lloyd Swanton / Anthony Buck |
Nominees | |
| Title: | christmas island |
| Artist: | Christopher Abrahams |
| Writer: | Christopher Abrahams |
| Title: | mighty fly |
| Artist: | Fogg |
| Writers: | Jeff Raglus / Bruce Haymes |
| Publishers: | Head Records administered by Mushroom Music Pty Ltd |
| Title: | Rocket to the moon |
| Artist: | Fogg |
| Writers: | Bruce Haymes / Jeff Raglus |
| Publishers: | Head Records administered by Mushroom Music Pty Ltd |
| Title: | trip me up |
| Artist: | Fogg |
| Writers: | Jeff Raglus / Bruce Haymes |
| Publishers: | Head Records administered by Mushroom Music Pty Ltd |
| Most Performed Country Work | |
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Winner | |
| Title: | like a river |
| Artist: | Kasey Chambers |
| Writers: | Kasey Chambers |
| Publisher: | Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia P/L |
Nominees | |
| Title: | answer to billy |
| Artist: | Slim Dusty |
| Writer: | John Dohling |
| Title: | factory man |
| Artist: | Troy Cassar-Daley |
| Writers: | Shane Howard |
| Publisher: | Mushroom Music Pty Ltd |
| Title: | hollywood |
| Artist: | Kasey Chambers |
| Writer: | Kasey Chambers |
| Publisher: | Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Aust) Pty Ltd |
| Title: | real people |
| Artist: | Melinda Schneider |
| Writers: | Melinda Schneider / Michael Carr |
| Publisher: | Jimmy Forty Music Pty Ltd |
| Most Performed Dance Work | |
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Winner | |
| Title: | city rules |
| Artist: | Daniel Merriweather |
| Writer: | Daniel Merriweather |
| Publisher: | Marlin Publishing Pty Ltd |
Nominees | |
| Title: | girls can be cruel |
| Artist: | Infusion |
| Writers: | Manuel Sharrad / Jamie Stevens / Francis Xavier |
| Publisher: | Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Aust) Pty Ltd |
| Title: | i am tha 1 |
| Artist: | Mr Timothy feat. Inaya Day |
| Writers: | Tim Dudfield / Inaya Day / Bradford Pinto / Gary Pinto |
| Publisher: | Mushroom Music Pty Ltd |
| Title: | I've got your number |
| Artist: | Cheyne |
| Writer: | Cheyne Coates |
| Publisher: | Aperitif Publishing Pty Ltd |
| Title: | nosebleed section |
| Artist: | Hilltop Hoods |
| Writers: | Barry Francis / Matthew Lambert / Daniel Smith |
| Most Played Australian Work Overseas | |
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Winner | |
| Title: | Are You Gonna Be My Girl |
| Artist: | JET |
| Writers: | Nicholas Cester / Cameron Muncey |
| Publisher: | Famous Music Corp / BMG Music Publishing International on behalf of Get Jet Music Inc |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Cold Hard Bitch |
| Artist: | Jet |
| Writers: | Nic Cester/Chris Cester/Cameron Muncey |
| Publishers: | BMG Music International / Famous Music OBO Get Jet Music, Inc |
| Title: | down under |
| Artist: | Men At Work |
| Writers: | Colin Hay / Ronald Strykert (BMI) |
| Publisher: | EMI Songs Aust Pty Ltd |
| Title: | truly madly deeply |
| Artist: | Savage Garden |
| Writer: | Darren Hayes / Daniel Jones |
| Publisher: | Rough Cut Music Pty Ltd |
| Title: | Love Is In The Air |
| Artist: | John Paul Young |
| Writers: | Harry Vanda / George Young |
| Publisher: | J. Albert & Son Pty Ltd |
| Most Performed Foreign Work | |
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Winner | |
| Title: | here without you |
| Artist: | 3 doors down |
| Writer: | Robert Harrell (BMI) / Christopher Henderson (BMI) / Matthew Roberts (BMI) / Bradley Arnold (BMI) |
| Publisher: | universal/mca music publishing pty ltd |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Left outside Alone |
| Artist: | Anastacia |
| Writers: | *Anastacia Newkirk (ASCAP) / ^Dallas Austin (BMI)/*Glen Ballard (ASCAP) |
| Publishers: | *Universal/MCA Music Publishing Pty Ltd / ^EMI Music Publishing Aust Pty Ltd |
| Title: | the reason |
| Artist: | Hoobastank |
| Writers: | Daniel Estrin (ASCAP)/Douglas Robb (ASCAP)/Chris Hesse (ASCAP)/Markku Lappalainen (ASCAP) |
| Publisher: | Warner Chappell Music Aust Pty Ltd |
| Title: | She will |
| Artist: | Maroon 5 |
| Writers: | Adam Levine (BMI)/James Valentine (ASCAP)/Jesse Carmichael (BMI) / Michael Dusick (BMI) / Michael Madden (BMI) |
| Publisher: | BMG Music Publishing Aust Pty Ltd |
| Title: | this love |
| Artist: | Maroon 5 |
| Writers: | Adam Levine (BMI)/James Valentine (ASCAP)/Jesse Carmichael (BMI) / Michael Dusick (BMI) / Michael Madden (BMI) |
| Publishers: | BMG Music Publishing Aust Pty Ltd |
