APRA Awards

APRA Music Awards
Country	Australia and New Zealand
Presented by	Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA)
First awarded	Silver Scroll - 1965
Official website	http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/apraawards.aspx

The APRA Music Awards are several award ceremonies run in Australia and New Zealand by Australasian Performing Right Association to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually.

These awards are to honour achievements by songwriters including the APRA Music Awards, the APRA Classical Music Awards and the Screen Awards, all in Australia. In New Zealand, the annual Silver Scroll is awarded by an anonymous judging panel to the year's best-written song on commercial release. Also awarded are the songs receiving the most airplay in New Zealand and overseas for the year.

APRA Music Awards (Australia)

Music Awards
	1. Song of the Year
	2. Songwriter of the Year
	3. Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music
	4. Breakthrough Award
	5. Most Performed Australian Work
	6. Most Performed Foreign Work
	7. Most Performed Blues and Roots Work
	8. Most Performed Country Work
	9. Most Performed Dance Work
	10. Most Performed Jazz Work
	11. Most Performed Urban Work

The APRA Music Awards were established in 1982 to honour songwriters and music composers for their efforts. The award categories are:

Song of the Year

Song of the Year is decided by the votes of APRA members. All eligible songs must be written by an APRA member and released in the preceding calendar year for consideration. The Song of the Year award is considered one of the most prestigious of the APRA Music Awards.

• In 2000 Powderfinger won with the song "Passenger".
• In 2001 Powderfinger won for the song "My Happiness".
• In 2002 Alex Lloyd won for his song "Amazing".
• In 2003 Kasey Chambers won for the song "Not Pretty Enough". (4)
• In 2004 John Butler won for the song "Zebra".
• In 2005 Missy Higgins and Kevin Griffin won for the song "Scar".
• In 2006 Ben Lee and McGowan Southworth won for the song "Catch My Disease".
• In 2007 Glenn Richards from Augie March won for the song "One Crowded Hour".
• In 2008 Daniel Johns from Silverchair and Julian Hamilton from The Presets won for the song "Straight Lines".
• In 2009, Chris Cheney from The Living End won for their song "White Noise".
• In 2010 Dougy Mandagi and Lorenzo Sillitto from The Temper Trap won for the song "Sweet Disposition".
• In 2011 Angus and Julia Stone won for the song "Big Jet Plane".
• In 2012 Gotye won for the song "Somebody That I Used To Know".

Songwriter of the Year

Songwriter of the Year is voted by APRA's Board of Writer and Publisher Directors rewarding the songwriter who has recorded the most impressive body of work in the previous year.

• In 1993 Greg Arnold won this award.
• In 2000 Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones of Savage Garden were joint winners of this award.
• In 2001 Ella Hooper and Jesse Hooper of Killing Heidi were joint winners of this award.
• In 2002 Kasey Chambers won this award.
• In 2003 Daniel Johns from Silverchair won this award.
• In 2004 Powderfinger won this award.
• In 2005 Jet won this award.
• In 2006 Bernard Fanning won this award.
• In 2007 Andrew Stockdale, Myles Heskett and Chris Ross of the band Wolfmother shared the award.
• In 2008 Daniel Johns from Silverchair won this award.
• In 2009, Kim Moyes and Julian Hamilton of The Presets won this award.
• In 2010 Angus Young and Malcolm Young of the band ACDC shared the award.
• In 2011 Angus and Julia Stone shared the award.
• In 2012 Wally de Backer (aka Gotye) won the award.

The Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music

The Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music' is decided by APRA's Board of Writer and Publisher Directors for a lifetime contribution. The Award is named after Ted Albert whose company Albert Productions put out records by The Easybeats, AC/DC and John Paul Young.

• In 2000 national radio station Triple J won the award.
• In 2001 Charles Fischer won the award.
• In 2002 Barry Chapman won the award.
• In 2003 Angus Young, Malcolm Young and Bon Scott of AC/DC won the award.
• In 2004 Don Burrows, Australian jazz and swing musician, won the award.
• In 2005 promoter Michael Chugg won the award.
• In 2006 Bill Armstrong won the award.
• In 2007 Michael McMartin won the award.
• In 2008 Roger Davies won the award.
• In 2009 Denis Handlin won the award.
• In 2010 Jimmy Little won the award.
• In 2011 Paul Kelly won the award.
• In 2012 Mary Lopez won the award.

Breakthrough Songwriter Award

Breakthrough Songwriter Award is decided by APRA's Board of Writer and Publisher Directors for an emerging songwriter or groups of writers. The award category was first introduced by APRA in 2002.

• In 2002 Jennifer Waite and Grant Wallis of Aneki won the inaugural award.
• In 2003 Craig Nicholls from The Vines won the award.
• In 2004 Delta Goodrem won the award.
• In 2005 Missy Higgins won the award.
• In 2006 Wolfmother won the award.
• In 2007 Glenn Richards of Augie March won the award.
• In 2008 Sally Seltmann aka New Buffalo won this award.
• In 2009, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu won the award.
• In 2010 Luke Steele, Nick Littlemore, Donnie Sloan & Peter Mayes of Empire Of The Sun won the award.
• In 2011 Megan Washington won the award.
• In 2012 Boy & Bear won the award.

Awards for Most Performed Works

Classic Awards
	1. Instrumental Work of the Year
	2. Orchestral Work of the Year
	3. Vocal or Choral Work of the Year
	4. Best composition by an Australian composer
	5. Best performance of an Australian composition
	6. Outstanding contribution by an organisation
	7. Outstanding contribution by an individual
	8. Outstanding contribution to Australian music in education
	9. Outstanding contribution to Australian music in a Regional Area
	10. Long-term contribution to the advancement of Australian music
	11. Distinguished Services to Australian Music

Screen Music Awards
	1. Most Performed Screen Composer - Australia
	2. Most Performed Screen Composer - Overseas
	3. Best Music for a Documentary
	4. Best Music for a Short Film
	5. Best Original Song Composed for the Screen
	6.Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie
	7. Best Music for a Television Series or Serial
	8. Best Television Theme
	9. Best Music for Children’s Television
	10. Best Feature Film Score
	11. Best Music for an Advertisement
	12. Best Soundtrack Album

There are a number of awards given for most performed work based on a statistical analysis of APRA's database. These awards include "Most Performed Australian Work of the Year", Most Performed Australian Work Overseas", "Most Performed Foreign Work", "Most Performed Jazz Work", "Most Performed Country Work" and "Most Performed Dance Work".

APRA's Top 30 Australian Songs

As part of its 75th anniversary celebrations in 2001 APRA created a list of the top 30 Australian songs. A panel of 100 music personalities were asked to list the ten best Australian songs, the data was compiled and the Top Ten in numerical order, was announced at the 2001 APRA Music Awards ceremony. At the ceremony You Am I performed the #1 listed song "Friday on My Mind" with Ross Wilson performing the #2 listed song "Eagle Rock". The next 20 songs in the Top 30 had been announced four weeks earlier.

APRA - Australian Musical Centre Classical Music Awards

In 2001, APRA joined forces with the Australian Music Centre (AMC) to present awards for Australian classical music. The AMC had been presenting awards for classical music since 1988 although funding cuts meant that no awards were presented between 1993 and 1995. The participation of APRA helped to secure the future of the awards which are the only Australian awards for contemporary Australian classical music. This award has been won by well-known composers including Brenton Broadstock, Brett Dean, Ross Edwards, Georges Lentz, Liza Lim, Richard Mills, and Peter Sculthorpe.

Screen Music Awards (Australia)

APRA presents award for music used in films together with the Australian Guild of Screen Composers with the first awards presented in 1992.

• 2002 Awards

International Achievement Award - David Hirschfelder

Best Feature Film Score - Alan John for The Bank

Best Soundtrack Album - Paul Kelly, Mairead Hannan, Kev Carmody, John Romeril, Deirdre Hannan and Alice Garner for One Night the Moon

• 2003 Awards

International Achievement Award - Bruce Smeaton

Best Feature Film Score - Nigel Westlake for The Nugget

Best Soundtrack Album -Cezary Skubiszewski for After the Deluge

• 2004 Awards

International Achievement Award - Lisa Gerrard

Best Feature Film Score - Elizabeth Drake for Japanese Story

Best Soundtrack Album - Iva Davies, Christopher Gordon and Richard Tognetti for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

• 2005 Awards

International Achievement Award - Bruce Rowland

Best Feature Film Score - Ben Ely, Matthew Fitzgerald, Tom Schutzinger and Peter Kelly (Decoder Ring) for Somersault

Best Soundtrack Album - Roger Mason for The Extra

• 2006 Awards

International Achievement Award - Peter Best

Best Feature Film Score - Francois Tetaz for Wolf Creek

Best Soundtrack Album - David Bridie, Albert David and Kadu for R.A.N

• 2007 Awards

International Achievement Award - The Wiggles

Best Feature Film Score - Nigel Westlake for Miss Potter

Best Soundtrack Album - Nigel Westlake for Miss Potter

• 2008 Awards

International Achievement Award - Garry McDonald and Laurie Stone

Best Feature Film Score - David Hirschfelder for Children of the Silk Road

Best Soundtrack Album - Michael Yezerski for The Black Balloon

• 2009 Awards

International Achievement Award - Guy Gross

Best Feature Film Score - Lisa Gerrard for Balibo

Best Soundtrack Album - Cezary Skubiszewski for Death Defying Acts

• 2010 Awards

Best Feature Film Score - Christopher Gordon for Mao’s Last Dancer

Best Soundtrack Album - Christopher Gordon for Mao's Last Dancer

• 2011 Awards

Best Feature Film Score - Jed Kurzel for Snowtown

Best Soundtrack Album - Rafael May for Road Train (film)

• 2012 Awards

Best Feature Film Score - Lisa Gerrard for Burning Man (film)

Best Soundtrack Album - Michael Lira / Jono Ma / Antony Partos / Irine Vela for The Slap (TV series)

APRA Silver Scroll (New Zealand)

Silver Scroll Awards
	1. Silver Scroll Award
	2. Sounz Contemporary Award
	3. Maioha Award
	4. Most Performed Works
	5. NZ Music Hall of Fame

Each year all songwriters with a song on general release that year can enter the Silver Scroll. An anonymous judging panel considers a shortlist of songs awards the Scroll purely on the basis of songwriting.

Silver Scroll winners

Silver Scroll winners are announced yearly based on a panel vote.

Year	Winner	Song
1965	Wayne Kent-Healey	"Teardrops"
1996	Ray Columbus	"I Need You"
1967	Roger Skinner (Larry's Rebels)	"Let's Think of Something"
1968	David Jordan	"I Shall Take My Leave"
1969	David Jordan (The Avengers)	"Out of Sight, Out of Mind"
1970	Wayne Mason (The Fourmyula)	"Nature"
1971	Corben Simpson (Littlejohn)	"Have You Heard a Man Cry?"
1972	Stephen Robinson (Tamburlaine)	"Lady Wakes Up"
1973	Ray Columbus and Mike Harvey	"Jangles, Spangles and Banners"
1974	John Hanlon	"Lovely Lady"
1975	John Hanlon	"Windsongs"
1976	Mike Harvey (Salty Dogg)	"All Gone Away"
1977	Lea Maalfrid	"Lavender Mountain"
1978	Steve Allen	"Why Do They?"
1979	Sharon O'Neill	"Face In a Rainbow"
1980	Paul Schreuder	"You've Got Me Loving You"
1981	No award	No award
1982	Stephen Young (Mother Goose)	"I Can't Sing Very Well"
1983	Stephen Bell-Booth	"All I Want Is You"
1984	Hammond Gamble	"Look What Midnight's Done to Me"
1985	Malcolm Black and Nick Sampson (Netherworld Dancing Toys)	"For Today"
1986	Tony Waine	"Abandoned By Love"
1987	Dave Dobbyn	"You Oughta Be In Love"
1988	Shona Laing	"Soviet Snow"
1989	Stephen Bell-Booth	"Hand It Over"
1990	Guy Wishart	"Don't Take Me For Granted"
1991	Rikki Morris	"Heartbroke"
1992	Shona Laing	"Mercy of Love"
1993	Dave Dobbyn	"Belle of the Ball"
1994	Don McGlashan (The Mutton Birds)	"Anchor Me"
1995	Mark Tierney, Paul Casserly, and Anthony Ioasa (Strawpeople)	"Sweet Disorder"
1996	Bic Runga	"Drive"
1997	Greg Johnson	"Liberty"
1998	Dave Dobbyn	"Beside You"
1999	Bill Urale (King Kapisi)	"Reverse Resistance"
2000	Chris Knox	"My Only Friend"
2001	Neil Finn	"Turn and Run" (with Sheryl Crow)
2002	Che Ness and Godfrey de Grut (Che Fu)	"Misty Frequencies"
2003	Donald McNulty, Te Awanui Reeder, David Atai, Junior Rikiau and Feleti Strickson-Pua (Nesian Mystik)	"For the People"
2004	Malo Luafutu (Scribe) and Peter Wadams (P-Money)	"Not Many"
2005	Dan Hume, Peter Hume and Jon Hume (Evermore)	"It's Too Late"

Year	Winner	Finalists	Ref(s)
2006	Don McGlashan, "Bathe in the River"	Dann Hume, Jon Hume, Peter Hume (Evermore), "Running" James Milne (Lawrence Arabia and The Reduction Agents) "The Pool" Don McGlashan "Miracle Sun"
2007	Brooke Fraser, "Albertine"	Liam Finn "Second Chance" Sean Donnelly (SJD) "Beautiful Haze" Ruban Nielson (The Mint Chicks) "Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No!" Jason Kerrison, Bobby Kennedy, Matt Treacy & Clinton Harris (Opshop) "Maybe"
2008	Jason Kerrison, Bobby Kennedy, Matt Treacy & Clinton Harris (Opshop), "One Day"	Liam Finn "Gather To The Chapel" Anika Moa "Dreams In My Head" Dave Gibson and Justyn Pilbrow (Elemeno P) "Baby Come On" Samuel Scott, Luke Buda, Tom Wedde, William Ricketts, Richard Singleton & Warner Emery (The Phoenix Foundation) "Bright Grey"
2009	James Milne & Luke Buda (Lawrence Arabia), "Apple Pie Bed"	Shayne Carter (Dimmer), "Degrees of Existence" Phil Madsen, "Dancing on the Moon" Jeremy Redmore, Simon Oscroft, Matthew Warman, Aidan Bartlett and Nick Campbell (Midnight Youth), "The Letter" Jess Chambers, "Island"
2010	Aaron Short, Thom Powers & Alisa Xayalith (The Naked and Famous), "Young Blood"	Kody and Ruban Nielson (The Mint Chicks), "Say Goodbye" Julia Deans, "A New Dialogue" Anika Moa, "Running through the Fire (Storm)" Matthew Hope, Jonathan Pearce, Reuben Stephens, and Alexander Freer (Artisan Guns), "Autumn"
2011	Dave Baxter (Avalanche City), "Love Love Love"	Jon Toogood and Karoline Tamati (The Adults), "Nothing to Lose" Annabel Alpers (Bachelorette), "Blanket" Delaney Davidson, "Little Heart" Ruban Nielson (Unknown Mortal Orchestra), "FFunny FFrends"
2012	Stephanie Brown (Lips) “Everything To Me”	Adam McGrath (The Eastern) “State Houses By The River” Anna Macdonald (Annah Mac) “Girl In Stilettos” Kody Nielson (Opossom) “Getaway Tonight” Lydia Cole “Hibernate”

Sounz Contemporary Award

Established in 1998 and supported by the music composition promotional group Sounz, the Sounz Contemporary Award recognises works by New Zealand composers. The winner received a $3000 cash prize and a trophy designed by sculptor Sarah Smuts Kennedy.

Year	Winner	Song
1998	Eve de Castro-Robinson	"Chaos of Delight"
1999	Gillian Whitehead	"Outrageous Fortune"
2000	Ross Harris	"To the Memory of I. S. Totzka"
2001	Gillian Whitehead	"The Improbable Ordered Dance for Orchestra"
2002	John Psathas	"View From Olympus"
2003	Gillian Whitehead	"Alice"
2004	John Psathas	"Piano Concerto"
2005	Ross Harris	"Labyrinth for Tuba and Orchestra"
2006	Ross Harris	"Symphony No. 2"
2007	Eve de Castro-Robinson	"These Arms to Hold You"
2008	Chris Gendall	"Wax Lyrical"
2009	Ross Harris	"Symphony III"
2010	Chris Cree Brown	"Inner Bellow"
2011	Lyell Cresswell	“Concerto for Piano and Orchestra”
2012	Alex Taylor	“[inner]”

APRA Maioha Award

Established in 2003, the APRA Maioha Award recognises contemporary Maori music. The winner receives a $3000 cash prize and is the annual guardian of award sculpture Te Ngore, crafted by sculptor Brian Flintoff.

Year	Winner	Song
2003	Ngaiwi Apanui	"Wharikihia"
2004	Ruia Aperahama	"E Tae"
2005	Anituatua Black & Whirimako Black	"Tini Whetu"
2006	Richard Bennett	"E Hine"
2007	Andrea Tunks & Pierre Tohe	"Aio"
2008	Ruia Aperahama	"Rere Reta Rere Reta"
2009	Rewi Spraggon & Riki Bennett	"Tapapakanga"
2010	Jamie Greenslade	"Sin City"
2011	Tyna Keelan	“Ko Koe”
2012	Te Awanui Reeder, David Atai & Scotty Morrison	"Matahīapo"

Most Performed Work in New Zealand

As the body responsible for paying royalties, APRA also names the New Zealand songs most played in New Zealand and around the world each year. While the national award is highly contested, the international airplay award has been monopolised by Neil Finn since Crowded House's Don't Dream It's Over went to #2 in the USA in 1986.

Year	Winner	Song
1994	Neil Finn & Tim Finn	"Weather With You"
1995	Dave Dobbyn	"Language"
1996	Paul Fuemana & Alan Jansson	"How Bizarre"
1997	Bic Runga	"Sway"
1998	James Reid	"Supersystem"
1999	James Reid	"Venus"
2000	Boh Runga	"Violent"
2001	Julia Deans	"Lydia"
2002	Anika Moa	"Youthful"
2003	Geoffrey Maddock, Kirsten Morrelle, Joel Wilton, Ben King Andrew Clark	"Maybe Tomorrow"
2004	Brooke Fraser	"Better"
2005	Neil Finn & Tim Finn	"Won't Give In"
2006	James Reid	"Stand Up"
2007	Brooke Fraser	"Deciphering Me"
2008	Jason Kerrison, Bobby Kennedy, Matt Treacy & Clinton Harris	"One Day"
2009	Jeremy Redmore, Simon Oscroft, Matthew Warman, Aidan Bartlett Nick Campbell	"The Letter"
2010	Dane Rumble, Te Awanui Reeder & Samuel King	"Cruel"
2011	Brooke Fraser & Scott Ligertwood	“Something in the Water”
2012	Dave Baxter	"Love Love Love"

Most Performed Work Overseas

Year	Winner	Song
1994	Neil Finn & Tim Finn	"Weather with You"
1995	Neil Finn	"Don't Dream It's Over"
1996-1999	Paul Fuemana & Alan Jansson	"How Bizarre"
2000-2001	Neil Finn	"Don't Dream It's Over"
2002	Not presented	Not presented
2003-2012	Neil Finn	"Don't Dream It's Over"

New Zealand Music Hall of Fame

Main article: New Zealand Music Hall of Fame

Created in 2007 in conjunction with the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ), the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame pays tribute to those who have "shaped, influenced and advanced popular music in New Zealand." Two musicians or groups are inducted into the hall each year, one at the APRA Silver Scroll Awards, decided by APRA, and the other is the winner of the Legacy Award at the New Zealand Music Awards (NZMAs), selected by RIANZ.

APRA Song Awards (New Zealand)

Apra Song Awards
	1. APRA Best Country Music Song
	2. APRA Best Pacific Song
	3. APRA Children's Song of the Year

Separate to the Silver Scroll awards, APRA recognises New Zealand songwriting in three specific genres.

APRA Best Country Music Song

Established in 2004, the APRA Best Country Music Song is presented as part of the NZ Country Music Awards at the annual Gold Guitar celebrations of New Zealand country music.

Year	Winner	Song
2004	Donna Dean	"Work It Out"
2005	Kylie Harris	"Give Me Something To Go On"
2006	Jools Topp	"Tamworth"
2007	Barry Saunders	"Pale Sun"
2008	Bruce Dennis	"Ain't Gonna Run"
2009	Jess Chambers	"Stringing Me Along"
2010	Matt Langley	"7:13"
2011	Donna Dean	"What Am I Gonna Do?"
2012	Delaney Davidson	"You're A Loser"

APRA Best Pacific Song

Established in 2005, the APRA Best Pacific Song award celebrates Pacific Music. It is presented as part of the annual Pacific Music Awards.

Year	Winner	Song
2005	Kas Futialo & Ian Seumanu	"Su'amalie"
2006	Savage	"Swing"
2007	Spacifix	"Gotta Get Like This"
2008	Malo Luafutu (Scribe) with Tyra Hammond, Jordan Iusitini & Aaron Iusitini	"Say It Again"
2009	Donald McNulty, Te Awanui Reeder, David Atai, Junior Rikiau, Feleti Strickson-Pua & Heath Manukau (Nesian Mystik)	"Nesian 101"
2010	Tonga Vaea and Three Houses Down	"Kanikapila"
2011	Donald McNulty, Te Awanui Reeder, David Atai, Junior Rikiau, Feleti Strickson-Pua & Heath Manukau (Nesian Mystik)	"Sun Goes Down"
2012	Nainz and Viiz Tupa’i (Adeaze)	"Paradise"

APRA Children's Song of the Year

Established in 2008, the APRA Children's Song of the Year celebrates songwriters and composers who write for New Zealand children. APRA also sponsors the What Now Children's Music Video of the Year. Both awards are presented as the annual StarFest event, as part of the annual KidsFest festival in Christchurch, New Zealand. The winning song wins a $1000 prize.

Year	Winner	Song
2008	Craig Smith, "Wonky Donkey" and Claudia Gunn	"Lullaby Time"
2009	Levity Beet	"Little Blue"
2010	Claudia Gunn	"Home Sweet Home"
2011	Rob Wigley	"Beans About Beans"
2012	Levity Beet	"Sometimes I Make Mistakes"

APRA Professional Development Awards (New Zealand)

The APRA Professional Development Awards were established in 2005 and are awarded biennially. Initially awarded to once recipient, three awards are now given each round, recognising excellence in the fields of classical, pop contemporary, and film and television. Each recipient is awarded $12,000 cash to advance their careers through study or travel.

Year	Film & TV	Pop Contemporary	Classical
2005	Robin Toan
2007	John Chong Nee
2009	Grayson Gilmour	Jessica Hansell	Samuel Holloway
2011	Stephen Gallagher	Miriam Clancy	Simon Eastwood

External resources

• APRA Australian Winners History
• Silver Scroll Winners History