Sia has taken home the APRA Song of the Year for the third time and A{RA Awards are also heading the way of Sheppard, Angus & Julia Stone, Gotye and Five Seconds Of Summer.
The 2015 APRA Awards were handed out in Sydney. APRA AMCOS CEO Brett Cottle said, “Sia is the first songwriter in the history of the APRA Music Awards to win the Songwriter of the Year three years in a row. This is an unprecedented, and very likely, a never-to-be-repeated achievement by one of our most talented songwriters. Sia has been an APRA member since 1996 and was a co-winner of the inaugural Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year Award in 2002. Since then she has become one of the most successful and acclaimed songwriters of her era. We’re incredibly proud of her achievements and honoured to represent her.”
COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS 2015 APRA MUSIC AWARDS
Song of the Year
Title: Chandelier Artist: Sia Writers: Sia Furler / Jesse Shatkin (ASCAP) Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Australia) Pty Ltd
Songwriter of the Year
Sia Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Australia) Pty Ltd
Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year
Writers: Michael Clifford / Luke Hemmings / Calum Hood / Ashton Irwin (5 Seconds of Summer) Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Australia) P/L
Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music
Fifa Riccobono
Most Played Australian Work
Title: Geronimo Artist: Sheppard Writers: Jason Bovino / Amy Sheppard / George Sheppard Publishers: Mushroom Music Pty Ltd obo Empire of Song (Australia) Pty Ltd
Blues & Roots Work of the Year
Title: Heart Beats Slow Artist: Angus & Julia Stone Writers: Angus Stone / Julia Stone Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Australia) Pty Ltd
Country Work of the Year
Title: Give Her the World Artist: Adam Eckersley Band Writers: Adam Eckersley / Danelle Leverett* (ASCAP) / Jason Reeves* (ASCAP) Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Australia) Pty Ltd*
Dance Work of the Year
Title: Swing (Joel Fletcher Remix) Artist: Joel Fletcher feat. Savage Writers: Joel Fletcher Allan* / Demetrius Savelio / Nathan Holmes / Aaron Ngawhika Publishers: 120 Publishing Pty Ltd* / Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd
Pop Work of the Year
Title: Geronimo Artist: Sheppard Writers: Jason Bovino / Amy Sheppard / George Sheppard Publishers: Mushroom Music Pty Ltd obo Empire of Song (Australia) Pty Ltd
Rock Work of the Year
Title: Love You Deserve Artist: Stonefield Writers: Amy Findlay / Hannah Findlay / Holly Findlay / Sarah Findlay Publisher: Mushroom Music Pty Ltd
Urban Work of the Year
Title: Tightrope Artist: Illy feat. Scarlett Stevens Writers: Illy / M-Phazes* Publishers: Mushroom Music Pty Ltd obo WAU Publishing / Mushroom Music Pty Ltd*
Most Played Australian Work Overseas
Title: Somebody That I Used To Know Artist: Gotye featuring Kimbra Writers: Wally de Backer / Luiz Bonfa* Publishers: J Albert and Son Pty Ltd / Kobalt Music Publishing Australia / Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty Ltd*
International Work of the Year
Title: Happy Artist: Pharrell Williams Writer: Pharrell Williams Publishers: Universal/MCA Music Publishing Pty Ltd obo Universal Pictures Music and Sony/ATV Music
Publishing (Australia) Pty Ltd
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