The APRA Music Awards celebrate excellence in contemporary music, honouring songwriters and publishers that have achieved artistic excellence and outstanding success in their fields.
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Winners & Nominees
| Song of the Year | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Satan |
| Artist: | DD Dumbo |
| Writer: | Oliver Perry |
| Publishers: | Mushroom Music |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Adore |
| Artist: | Amy Shark |
| Writers: | Amy Shark / Mark Landon pka M-Phazes* |
| Publisher: | Universal Music Publishing* |
| Title: | Come Home (Cardinal Pell) |
| Artist: | Ainslie Wills |
| Writer: | Ainslie Wills / Lawrence Folvig |
| Publisher: | Sony/ATV Music Publishing |
| Title: | Pool Party |
| Artist: | Julia Jacklin |
| Writers: | Julia Jacklin |
| Publishers: | Mushroom Music |
| Title: | Skeleton Tree |
| Artist: | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds |
| Writer: | Nick Cave and Warren Ellis |
| Publisher: | Kobalt Music Publishing |
| Songwriter of the year | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Writer: | HARLEY STRETEN PKA FLUME |
| Publisher: | Kobalt Music Publishing OBO Future Classic |
| Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Artist: | Troye Sivan |
Nominees | |
| Writer: | David Le'aupepe (Gang of Youths) |
| Publisher: | Universal Music Publishing |
| Writer: | Jon George, James Hunt and Tyrone Lindqvist (Rüfüs) |
| Publisher: | Kobalt Music Publishing obo Sweat It Out |
| Writer: | Meg Mac |
| Publisher: | Mushroom Music obo BMG |
| Writer: | Stu MacKenzie (King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard) |
| Publisher: | Mushroom Music |
| Blues and Roots Work of the Year | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | The Pain |
| Artist: | Robbie Miller |
| Writers: | Robbie Miller / Nathan Morrison |
Nominees | |
| Title: | It’s Not Too Late |
| Artist: | Archie Roach |
| Writer: | Archie Roach / Craig Pilkington |
| Publisher: | Mushroom Music |
| Title: | Lonesome Road |
| Artist: | Russell Morris |
| Writer: | Russell Morris* / Shannon Bourne |
| Publisher: | BMG* |
| Title: | Notion |
| Artist: | Tash Sultana |
| Writer: | Tash Sultana |
| Title: | Second Guess |
| Artist: | Ash Grunwald |
| Writer: | Ash Grunwald |
| Publisher: | Mushroom Music |
| Country Work of the Year | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Greatest Companion |
| Artist: | Aleyce Simmonds |
| Writers: | Aleyce Simmonds |
| Publishers: | Kobalt Music Publishing obo Checked Label Services |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Burn Baby Burn |
| Artist: | Kirsty Lee Akers |
| Writers: | Kirsty Lee Akers / Trey Bruce* |
| Publishers: | Native Tongue Music Publishing obo Round Hill Songs and Kid Drum Music* |
| Title: | Call Me Crazy |
| Artist: | Travis Collins |
| Writers: | Travis Collins* / Damien Leith |
| Publishers: | ABC Music Publishing* |
| Title: | The Truth Walks Slowly (In the Countryside) |
| Artist: | O’Shea feat Rob Hirst |
| Writer: | Rob Hirst* / Jay O’Shea / Mark O’Shea^ |
| Publishers: | Sony/ATV Music Publishing* / Orient Pacific Music^ |
| Title: | This Crazy Life |
| Artist: | The Wolfe Brothers |
| Writers: | Phil Barton* / Brodie Rainbird^ / Bruce Wallace / Nicholas Wolfe^ / Thomas Wolfe^ |
| Publishers: | Warner/Chappell Music obo Better Boat Music* / Perfect Pitch Publishing^ |
| Dance Work of the Year | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Never Be Like You |
| Artist: | Flume feat. Kai |
| Writers: | Harley Streten / Kai* / Geoffrey Earley^ |
| Publishers: | Kobalt Music Publishing obo Future Classic / Native Tongue Music Publishing obo Songs of SMP* / Warner/Chappell Music obo Artist 101^ |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Keeping Score |
| Artist: | LDRU feat. Paige IV |
| Writers: | Sarah Aarons / Drew Carmody* |
| Publishers: | Sony/ATV Music Publishing Allegro (Aust) / BMG* |
| Title: | Say It |
| Artist: | Flume feat. Tove Lo |
| Writers: | Harley Streten / Julian Hamilton* / Daniel Johns* / Tove Lo^ |
| Publishers: | Kobalt Music Publishing obo Future Classic / Sony/ATV Music Publishing* / Warner/Chappell Music obo Wolf Cousins^ |
| Title: | The Trouble with Us |
| Artist: | Nick Murphy fka Chet Faker and Marcus Marr |
| Writers: | Nicholas Murphy* / Marcus Annesley |
| Publishers: | Mushroom Music* |
| Title: | This Girl |
| Artist: | Kungs vs Cookin’ on 3 Burners |
| Writers: | Lance Ferguson / Ivan Khatchoyan* / Jake Mason* |
| Publishers: | Universal Music Publishing / BMG obo Origin Music Publishing* |
| Pop Work of the Year | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Cheap Thrills |
| Artist: | SIA |
| Writer: | Sia Furler / Gregory Kurstin* |
| Publishers: | Sony/ATV Music Publishing / Sony/ATV Music Publishing obo Kurstin Music* |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Alive |
| Artist: | SIA |
| Writers: | Sia Furler / Adele Adkins* / Tobias Jesso^ |
| Publishers: | Sony/ATV Music Publishing / Universal Music Publishing obo Melted Stone* / Universal/MCA Music Publishing^ |
| Title: | Black & Blue |
| Artist: | Guy Sebastian |
| Writers: | Guy Sebastian / Jaymes McFarland* |
| Publishers: | Universal Music Publishing / Warner/Chappell Music obo Jaymes Young Music* |
| Title: | In My Blood |
| Artist: | The Veronicas |
| Writers: | Anthony Egizii / David Musumeci / Jessica Origliasso* / Lisa Origliasso* |
| Publishers: | Sony/ATV Music Publishing / Universal Music Publishing* |
| Title: | Youth |
| Artist: | Troye Sivan |
| Writers: | Alex Hope* / Troye Sivan / Bram Inscore^ / Alexandra Hughes~ / Brett McLaughlin+ |
| Publishers: | Sony/ATV Music Publishing Allegro (Aust)* / Kobalt Music Publishing obo I Am Bram^ / Kobalt Music Publishing obo Dream Machine and Prescription Songs~ / Sony/ATV Music Publishing obo Bob Ochoa’s Homemade Salsa+ |
| Rock Work of the Year | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | I’d Go With You Anywhere |
| Artist: | Birds of Tokyo |
| Writers: | Ian Berney / Ian Kenny / Glenn Sarangapany / Adam Spark / Adam Weston |
| Publishers: | Mushroom Music |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Fall Together |
| Artist: | The Temper Trap |
| Writers | Richard Cooper / Dougy Mandagi* / Justin Parker^ |
| Publisher: | Mushroom Music* / Sony/ATV Music Publishing^ |
| Title: | Hold Me Back |
| Artist: | The Rubens |
| Writers: | Scott Baldwin / David Kahne* / Elliott Margin / Izaac Margin / Samuel Margin / William Zeglis |
| Publishers: | Mushroom Music obo Ivy League Music / Kobalt Music Publishing obo E Equals Music* |
| Title: | The Good Life |
| Artist: | Thirsty Merc |
| Writer: | Jon Hume* / Rai Thistlethwayte |
| Publisher: | Sony/ATV Music Publishing* |
| Title: | Wasting Time |
| Artist: | Bernard Fanning |
| Writer: | Bernard Fanning / Nick DiDia |
| Urban Work of the Year | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Papercuts |
| Artist: | Illy feat. Vera Blue |
| Writers: | Alasdair Murray / Mark Landon pka M-Phazes * / Thomas Macken^ / Celia Pavey~ |
| Publisher: | Mushroom Music obo WAU Publishing / Universal Music Publishing* / Native Tongue Music Publishing^ / Universal Music Publishing obo Canal Music~ |
Nominees | |
| Title: | 1955 |
| Artist: | Hilltop Hoods feat. Montaigne & Tom Thum |
| Writers: | DJ Debris (Barry Francis) / MC Pressure (Daniel Smith) / Suffa (Matthew Lambert) / Andrew Burford* |
| Publishers: | Sony/ATV Music Publishing / Universal Music Publishing* |
| Title: | For Good |
| Artist: | Remi feat. Sampa the Great |
| Writers: | Aderemi Kolawole* / Justin Smith* / Sampa Tembo |
| Publisher: | Sony/ATV Music Publishing Allegro (Aust)* |
| Title: | Higher |
| Artist: | Hilltop Hoods feat. James Chatburn |
| Writers: | DJ Debris (Barry Francis) / MC Pressure (Daniel Smith) / Suffa (Matthew Lambert) / Andrew Burford* |
| Publisher: | Sony/ATV Music Publishing / Universal Music Publishing* |
| Title: | Long Loud Hours |
| Artist: | Urthboy feat Bertie Blackman |
| Writers: | Tim Levinson* / Pip Norman^ / Luke Dubber~ / Angus Stuart~ / Ray Charles+ |
| Publisher: | BMG* / Mushroom Music^ / Sony/ATV Music Publishing~ /Warner/Chappell Music+ |
| Most Played Australian Work | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Never Be Like You |
| Artist: | Flume feat. Kai |
| Writers: | Harley Streten / Kai* / Geoffrey Earley^ |
| Publishers: | Kobalt Music Publishing obo Future Classic / Native Tongue Music Publishing obo Songs of SMP* / Warner/Chappell Music obo Artist 101^ |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Cheap Thrills |
| Artist: | SIA |
| Writers: | Sia Furler / Gregory Kurstin* |
| Publishers: | Sony/ATV Music Publishing / Sony/ATV Music Publishing obo Kurstin Music* |
| Title: | In My Blood |
| Artist: | The Veronicas |
| Writers: | Anthony Egizii / David Musumeci / Jessica Origliasso* / Lisa Origliasso* |
| Publishers: | Sony/ATV Music Publishing / Universal Music Publishing* |
| Title: | Say It |
| Artist: | Flume feat. Tove Lo |
| Writer: | Harley Streten / Julian Hamilton* / Daniel Johns* / Tove Lo^ |
| Publishers: | Kobalt Music Publishing obo Future Classic / Sony/ATV Music Publishing* / Warner/Chappell Music obo Wolf Cousins^ |
| Title: | The Trouble with Us |
| Artist: | Nick Murphy fka Chet Faker and Marcus Marr |
| Writers: | Nicholas Murphy* / Marcus Annesley |
| Publisher: | Mushroom Music* |
| International Work of the Year | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Hello |
| Artist: | Adele |
| Writer: | Adele Adkins / Gregory Kurstin* |
| Publisher: | Universal Music Publishing obo Melted Stone / Sony/ATV Music Publishing obo Kurstin Music* |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Can’t Stop the Feeling |
| Artist: | Justin Timberlake |
| Writers: | Martin Max*~ / Shellback*~ / Justin Timberlake*^ |
| Publishers: | Universal Music Publishing obo DWA Songs* / Universal Music Publishing MGB obo Tennman Tunes^ / Kobalt Music Publishing obo MXM Music~ |
| Title: | Love Yourself |
| Artist: | Justin Bieber |
| Writers: | Justin Bieber / Benny Blanco* / Ed Sheeran^ |
| Publishers: | Universal/MCA Music Publishing obo Bieber Time / Universal/MCA Music Publishing obo Please Don’t Forget to Pay Me Music* / Sony/ATV Music Publishing^ |
| Title: | Ocean Drive |
| Artist: | Duke Dumont |
| Writers: | Timucin Aluo / Adam Dyment* / Jay Norton / Henry Ritson^ |
| Publishers: | Kobalt Music Publishing obo Funky Wonton / Mushroom Music obo BMG* / Kobalt Music Publishing^ |
| Title: | Sorry |
| Artist: | Justin Bieber |
| Writers: | Justin Bieber / Julia Michaels* / Sonny Moore^ / Justin Tranter~ / Michael Tucker+ |
| Publishers: | Universal/MCA Music Publishing obo Bieber Time / Warner/Chappell Music obo Thanks for the Songs Richard* / Kobalt Music Publishing obo Copaface^ / Warner/Chappell Music obo Justin S School for Girls~ / Kobalt Music Publishing obo Michael Diamond Music+ / Native Tongue Music Publishing obo These are Songs of Pulse+ |
| Most Played Australian Work Overseas | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Riptide |
| Artist: | Vance joy |
| Writers: | James Keogh |
| Publisher: | Mushroom Music Pty Ltd + WAU Publishing + Warner/Chappell |
| Overseas Recognition Award | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Writer: | SAM DIXON |
| Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music |
|---|
Winner |
ARCHIE ROACH |
| Licensee of the Year |
|---|
Winner |
The Gov |