Last night the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) Music Awards, “Australian songwriting’s premier music event”, were held in Sydney. The winners in each category are chosen either by the voting members of APRA (in excess of 30,000 eligible voters), members of the APRA Board or APRA based statistical analysis which we think refers to how the songs performed in the Australian music Charts.
Here they are:
Song of the Year
Title: Big Jet Plane
Artist: Angus and Julia Stone
Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year
Writer: Megan Washington
Most Played Australian Work
Title: Seventeen
Artist: Jet
International Work of the Year
Title: Hey, Soul Sister
Artist: Train
Country Work of the Year
Title: Little Bird
Artist: Kasey Chambers
Blues & Roots Work of the Year
Title: Close To You
Artist: John Butler Trio
Urban Work of the Year
Title: Who’s That Girl
Artist: Guy Sebastian Featuring Eve
Dance Work of the Year
Title: Free Fallin
Artist: Zoe Badwi
Rock Work of the Year
Title: Seventeen
Artist: Jet
Most Played Australia Work Overseas
Title: Highway to Hell (?!)
Artist: AC/DC
Songwriter of the Year
Angus and Julia Stone
Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music
Paul Kelly
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