Troye Sivan, Teskey Brothers & More Honoured at 2024 APRA Awards
The legendary Bart Willoughby was also presented with the Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music on the night.
The winners of the 2024 APRA Awards have been announced.
The APRAs ceremony took place in Sydney on Wednesday night, in a room filled with some of the biggest Australian songwriters, publishers, and music industry figures.
Recent Rolling Stone AU/NZ cover star Troye Sivan was the major winner on the night, being honoured with the peer-voted APRA Song of the Year award for his mammoth hit “Rush”, co-written with Styalz Fuego. “Rush” was the lead single on Sivan’s latest album, Something to Give Each Other.
Dean Lewis took home two awards, Most Performed Australian Work and Most Performed Work, for “How Do I Say Goodbye”, taking the singer-songwriter’s APRA Awards tally to six since his songwriting debut in 2016.
Sivan’s fellow Rolling Stone AU/NZ cover stars The Teskey Brothers, meanwhile, were named Songwriter of the Year by the APRA Board of Writer and Publisher Directors.
You can check out the full list of winners below.
Legendary No Fixed Address singer-songwriter and drummer Bart Willoughby was also presented the Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music by long-time friends Stephen Pigram and Don Walker on the night.
Reporting from inside the Australian music business since '94.
APRA AMCOS CEO Dean Ormston said: “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. It was a memorable night where we honoured several first-time winners as well as established national treasures, including the extraordinary Bart Willoughby.”
2024 APRA Awards Winners: 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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