Troye Sivan, Sia, Dean Lewis lead APRA Music Awards winners
Troye Sivan, Sia, and Dean Lewis lead an impressive list of winners at tonight’s 2024 APRA Music Awards.
Taking out the Peer-Voted APRA Song of the Year is Troye Sivan and co-writer Styalz Fuego with Rush, the lead single from Sivan’s third studio album Something to Give Each Other.
Dean Lewis takes home two APRA Music Awards for How Do I Say Goodbye, The Teskey Brothers — brothers Josh and Sam Teskey — have been named Songwriter of the Year – an award voted by the APRA Board of Writer and Publisher Directors.
First-time winners accepted awards in seven categories, including grentperez for new award Emerging Songwriter of the Year award, Daylight by Birds of Tokyo is the Most Performed Alternative Work, and taking the first ever Most Performed Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Work category are Parkway Drive, with Darker Still.
Other winners inclue Ziggy Alberts, Polish Club, ONEFOUR, and Shouse.
No Fixed Address and Yothu Yindi drummer Bart Willoughby was presented the Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music by musical legends Stephen Pigram and Don Walker.
“Congratulations to all the nominees and winners, each of them outstanding songwriters and music creators who are the living epitome of what it is to be born global in their success,” said APRA AMCOS CEO, Dean Ormston said.
“In recognising the incredible talent in Australia’s music landscape, it’s important to acknowledge that as an organisation that champions gender diversity through advocacy, funding and creative opportunities, there’s more to do to address the disparity in the industry of male to women, non-binary and gender diverse award winners.
“We must continually question the absence of diversity in every facet of the industry—whether in rooms, executive offices, on stages, or across airwaves and streaming platforms—and commit to amplifying the entirety of Australia’s musical brilliance.”
WINNERS: 2024 APRA MUSIC AWARDS
Peer-Voted APRA Song of the Year
Title: Rush Artist: Troye Sivan Writers: Troye Sivan / Styalz Fuego* / Alex Chapman^ / Kevin Hickey^ / Brett McLaughlin~ / Adam Novodor~ Publishers: Universal/MCA Music Publishing / Universal Music Publishing* / Kobalt Music Publishing^ / Sony Music Publishing~
Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music
Bart Willoughby
Songwriter of the Year
The Teskey Brothers Writers: Josh Teskey / Sam Teskey Publishers: Mushroom Music obo Ivy League Music
Emerging Songwriter of the Year
Writer: grentperez Publisher: Mushroom Music
Most Performed Australian Work
Title: How Do I Say Goodbye Artist: Dean Lewis Writers: Dean Lewis / Jon Hume* Publishers: Kobalt Music Publishing / Concord ANZ*
Most Performed Alternative Work
Title: Daylight Artist: Birds of Tokyo Writers: Ian Berney / Ian Kenny / Glenn Sarangapany / Adam Spark / Adam Weston Publisher: Mushroom Music
Most Performed Blues & Roots Work
Title: Dancing in the Dark Artist: Ziggy Alberts Writer: Ziggy Alberts Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Most Performed Country Work
Title: Summer Nights Artist: Casey Barnes Writers: Casey Barnes / Michael De Lorenzis / Michael Paynter Publisher: Mushroom Music
Most Performed Dance/Electronic Work
Title: Never Let You Go Artist: Jason Derulo & Shouse Writers: Jack Madin* / Edward Service* / Sean Congues / Jason Desrouleaux^ Publishers: ONELOVE Publishing* / Sentric Music Publishing / Universal Music Publishing^
Most Performed Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Work
Title: Darker Still Artist: Parkway Drive Writers: Benjamin Gordon* / Luke Kilpatrick* / Jeffrey Ling* / Winston McCall* / George Hadjichristou Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing*
Most Performed Hip Hop / Rap Work
Title: COMMA’S Artist: ONEFOUR ft. CG Writers: Spencer Magalogo* / Jerome Misa* / Salec Su’a* / Bailey Pickles / Chandler Hammond / Hugo Hui / Caleb Tiedemann Publisher: Sony Music Publishing*
Most Performed Pop Work
Title: How Do I Say Goodbye Artist: Dean Lewis Writers: Dean Lewis / Jon Hume* Publishers: Kobalt Music Publishing / Concord ANZ*
Most Performed R&B / Soul Work
Title: Cinderella Artist: JKING Writer: Jordan Samatua
Most Performed Rock Work
Title: Good Time Artist: Polish Club Writers: David Novak / John-Henry Pajak / Robby De Sa Publisher: Sony Music Publishing
Most Performed Australian Work Overseas
Title: Unstoppable Artist: Sia Writer: Sia Furler / Christopher Braide* Publishers: Sony Music Publishing / Concord ANZ*
Licensee of the Year
Australian Calisthenic Federation Inc
Most Performed International Work
Title: Anti-Hero Artist: Taylor Swift Writers: Taylor Swift / Jack Antonoff* Publishers: Universal/MCA Music Publishing / Sony Music Publishing*
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Nathan Jolly is the Features Editor at Mumbrella. He joined the team in July, 2023.
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