Lanie Lane Leads APRA Award Nominations

Lanie Lane has topped the APRA Music Awards nominations today, with four nods in the peer-voted competition, which is celebrating its 30th year in 2012.

Other nominees today include a number of artists that have become household industry names this year, such as Wally De Backer (Gotye), Kimbra, who are the reigning Best Male and Best Female artists respectively, Paul Ridge (Drapht), Matt Corby, Boy & Bear and Marvin Priest.

The awards ceremony will happen Monday 28 May at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre.

There are nine categories, some of which will be awarded directly on the ceremony night without nominations. One such award is the Songwriter Of The Year, determined by the APRA Board of Writer and Publisher Directors. The Ted Albert Award For Outstanding Services To Australian Music will have a special presentation on the night, while the Most Performed Australian Work Overseas (a category that usually goes to AC/DC, but might see Gotye snatch it) will be revealed on the night also.

Apart from the Board-voted categories (Songwriter, Breakthrough and Ted Albert), the winners are voted by APRA members.

Missy Higgins and entertainer Jonathan Biggins have been announced as hosts of 30th edition of the Awards.

Today Wally De Backer (or Gotye to most of the world) said, "The APRA Song of the Year is voted on by other songwriters, so it's a great honour to be nominated!"

Matt Corby offered, "It's such a privilege to be nominated for the APRAs and an even bigger honour to be in the company of so many Australian songwriters that I respect and look up to. Music and songwriting are such a big part of my life and I'm so grateful that people have been able to connect to my music."

The nominees are listed below. (Songwriters in brackets, publishers underneath.)

SONG OF THE YEAR

Brother Matt Corby (Matt Corby)
Mushroom Music Pty Ltd on behalf of (obo) Rocky Lane Music LLP

Cameo Lover Kimbra (Kimbra Johnson)
Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty Ltd obo WB Music Corp

(Oh Well) That's What You Get (Falling In Love With A Cowboy) Lanie Lane (Lanie Lane)
Mushroom Music Pty Ltd)

Somebody That I Used To Know Gotye feat Kimbra (Wally de Backer/Luiz Bonfa)
J Albert and Son Pty Ltd/ Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty Ltd

You Should Consider Having Sex With A Bearded Man The Beards (Joel McMillan)

BREAKTHROUGH SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

Daniel Rankine/Paul Ridge (Drapht)
Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd obo Blue Max Music Publishing/Kobalt Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd

Killian Gavin/Jonathon Hart/Timothy Hart/David Hosking/Jacob Tarasenko (Boy and Bear)
Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd

Kimbra
Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty Ltd obo WB Music Corp

Lanie Lane
Mushroom Music Pty Ltd

Matt Corby
Mushroom Music Pty Ltd obo Rocky Lane Music LLP

MOST PLAYED AUSTRALIAN WORK

From The Music The Potbelleez (David Greene/Ilan Kidron/Marisa Lock/Jonathan Murphy/Justin Shave)
Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd obo MCDJ Music/Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd

Own This Club Marvin Priest (Antonio Egizii/David Musumeci/Marvin Priest)
EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd/Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd

She's Like A Comet Jebediah (Christopher Daymond/Brett Mitchell/Kevin Mitchell/Vanessa Thornton)
Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd

Somebody That I Used To Know Gotye feat Kimbra (Wally De Backer/Luiz Bonfa)
J Albert and Son Pty Ltd/Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty Ltd

Wild At Heart Birds Of Tokyo (Anthony Jackson/Ian Kenny/Adam Spark/Adam Weston)
Mushroom Music Pty Ltd

COUNTRY WORK OF THE YEAR

Bad Machines Shane Nicholson (Shane Nicholson)
Mushroom Music Pty Ltd

Beautiful Mess Kasey Chambers (Kasey Chambers)
Mushroom Music Pty Ltd

Famous Last Words Shane Nicholson (Shane Nicholson)
Mushroom Music Pty Ltd

Meant To Be O'Shea (Kim Carnes/Mark O'Shea/Jay Smith)
Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty Ltd/J Albert and Son Pty Ltd

Serves You Right Jetty Road (Lee Bowman/Paula Bowman/Chris Burke-Gaffney/Keith MacPherson/Alexander Ross/Julian Sammut)

BLUES & ROOTS WORK OF THE YEAR

Biding My Time Busby Marou (Thomas Busby/Jeremy Marou)
Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd

Compass Saltwater Band (Charlie Yunupingu/David Yunupingu)
Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd obo SFM Publishing

Falling The Waifs (Josh Cunningham/Donna Simpson/Vikki Thorn)
Native Tongue Music Publishing Pty Ltd

(Oh Well) That's What You Get (Falling In Love With A Cowboy) Lanie Lane (Lanie Lane)
Mushroom Music Pty Ltd

What Do I Do Lanie Lane (Lanie Lane)
Mushroom Music Pty Ltd

DANCE WORK OF THE YEAR

Finally See Our Way Art Vs Science (James Finn/Daniel McNamee/Daniel Williams)
Kobalt Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd

From The Music The Potbelleez (David Greene/Ilan Kidron/Marisa Lock/Jonathan Murphy/Justin Shave)
Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd obo MCDJ Music/Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd

Sunlight Bag Raiders (Daniel Black/Jack Glass/Christopher Stracey)
Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd/Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd

Titanium David Guetta feat Sia (Sia Furler/David Guetta/Giorgio Tuinfort/Nick Van De Wall)
EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd/J Albert and Son Pty Ltd/Sony ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd/ Mushroom Music Pty Ltd

We Run The Night Havana Brown (Cassie Davis/Sean Mullins)
Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd

ROCK WORK OF THE YEAR

Heartbreak Made Me A Killer Short Stack (Shaun Diviney)
Mushroom Music Pty Ltd

Love Is A Drug Eskimo Joe (Stuart Macleod/Joel Quartermain/Kav Temperley)
Mushroom Music Pty Ltd

She's Like A Comet Jebediah (Christopher Daymond/Brett Mitchell/Kevin Mitchell/Vanessa Thornton)
Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd

Switch Me On Shannon Noll (Benji Madden/Joel Madden/Shannon Noll/Lindsay Rimes)
EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd

Wild At Heart Birds of Tokyo (Anthony Jackson/Ian Kenny/Adam Spark/Adam Weston)
Mushroom Music Pty Ltd

INTERNATIONAL WORK OF THE YEAR

Animal Neon Trees (Christopher Allen/Branden Campbell/Elaine Doty/Tyler Glenn/Timothy Pagnotta)
Mushroom Music Pty Ltd

Moves Like Jagger Maroon 5 (Adam Levine/Benjamin Levin/Ammar Malik/Johan Schuster)
Universal Music Publishing MGB Australia Pty Ltd/Kobalt Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd

Party Rock Anthem LMFAO (Skyler Gordy/Stefan Gordy/David Listenbee/Peter Schroeder)
Kobalt Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd

Price Tag Jesse J (Jessica Cornish/Lukasz Gottwald/Claude Kelly/Bobby Ray Simmons Jr)
Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd/Kobalt Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd/Warner Chappell Music Australia Pty Ltd/Universal MCA Music Publishing Pty Ltd

Rollin' In The Deep Adele (Adele Adkins/Paul Epworth)
Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd

URBAN WORK OF THE YEAR

Own This Club Marvin Priest (Antonio Egizii/David Musumeci/Marvin Priest)
EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd/Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd

Reflections Bliss N Eso (Noam Dishon/Max MacKinnon/Jonathan Notley)
Mushroom Music Pty Ltd

Simple Man Diafrix feat Daniel Merriweather (Khaled Abdulwahab/Kaelyn Behr/Glen Christiansen/Mohamed Komba/Daniel Merriweather)
Mushroom Music Pty Ltd/Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd/Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd obo Marlin Publishing Pty Ltd

Sing It (The Life Of Riley) Drapht (Daniel Rankine/Paul Ridge/Darren Reutens)
Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd obo Blue Max Music Publishing/Kobalt Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd

Throw It Away 360 feat Josh Pyke (Kaelyn Behr/Matthew Colwell)
Sony ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd/Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd