Tame Impala And Courtney Barnett Win Big At 2016 APRA Awards

Taking over Sydney's Carriageworks last night, the 2016 APRA Music Awards presented a slew of our talented musicians top songwriting honours with Courtney Barnett and Tame Impala predictably taking home the biggest awards of the night.

Picking up Song Of The Year with Let It Happen, Tame Impala's Kevin Parker went up against Birds Of Tokyo's Anchor, Barnett's Pedestrian At Best and CW Stoneking's The Zombie. Barnett did take home Songwriter Of The Year though, while 22-year-old Alex Hope took home Breakthrough Songwriter Of The Year, beating out Marlon Williams, Troye Sivan and Gang Of Youths' David Le'aupepe.

Phil Barton picked up APRA's very first Overseas Recognition Award, having penned over 800 songs on records the world over, while Cold Chisel now have the Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services To Australian Music to display on their mantlepiece.

Sia — though not present — won Most Played Australian Work Overseas with Chandelier, while Peking Duk and Safia took out the gong for Dance Work Of The Year and Most Played Australian Work with Take Me Over.

Hosted by Brian Nankervis, music's night of nights also saw many amazing performances take the stage — including covers of The Zombie by Guy Sebastian, Let It Happen by The Delta Riggs, Pedestrian At Best by San Cisco and Gang Of Youths and Montaigne taking on Jarryd James' Do You Remember. D.I.G. also dished up a cover of Birds Of Tokyo's Anchor, featuring Ngaiire and 13-year-old singer/songwriter Ruel.

Check out the full list of winners below as well as interviews with Courtney Barnett, Jimmy Barnes, Gang Of Youths and The Living End on the red carpet.

read all the action from the 2016 apra awards red carpet

Song of the Year

Title:           Let it Happen
Artist:          Tame Impala       
Writer:         Kevin Parker
Publisher:    Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Australia)
 
Songwriter of the Year
 
Writer:        Courtney Barnett   
Publisher:    Native Tongue Music Publishing
 
Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music
 
Cold Chisel
 
Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year
 
Writer:        Alex Hope
Publisher:    Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Australia)
 
Overseas Recognition Award

Writer:         Phil Barton
Publisher:    Warner/Chappell Music Australia
 
Most Played Australian Work Overseas
 
Title:           Chandelier

Artist:          Sia
Writers:       Sia Furler and Jesse Shatkin
Publisher:    Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Australia)
 
Most Played Australian Work 
 
Title:           Take Me Over
Artist:          Peking Duk feat. Safia    
Writers:       Adam Hyde*/ Reuben Styles* / Styalz Fuego^ / Ben Woolner
Publishers:  Universal Music Publishing*/ Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Australia)^
 
Country Work of the Year
 
Title:           Spirit of the ANZACs
Artist:          Lee Kernaghan     
Writers:       Lee Kernaghan / Colin Buchanan / Garth Porter*    
Publishers:  Universal Music Publishing / Perfect Pitch Publishing*
          
Blues & Roots Work of the Year
 
Title:            Days of Gold
Artist:           Busby Marou        
Writers:        Thomas Busby / Phil Barton* / Lindsay Rimes
Publishers:   Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Australia) / Warner/Chappell Music Australia
 
Dance Work of the Year
 
Title:            Take Me Over
Artist:           Peking Duk feat. Safia    
Writers:        Adam Hyde*/ Reuben Styles* / Styalz Fuego^ / Ben Woolner
Publishers:    Universal Music Publishing*/ Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Australia)^
 
Rock Work of the Year
 
Title:           Anchor
Artist:          Birds of Tokyo
Writers:       Ian Berney / Ian Kenny / Glenn Sarangapany / Adam Spark / Adam Weston
Publisher:    Mushroom Music
 
Pop Work of the Year
 
Title:            Do You Remember
Artist:           Jarryd James
Writers:        Jarryd James / Joel Little
Publishers:    Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Australia)
 
Urban Work of the Year
 
Title:            Cosby Sweater
Artist:           Hilltop Hoods
Writers:        DJ Debris / MC Pressure / Suffa / Demitris Christopoulos* /John Kelman*
Publishers:    Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Australia) / J Albert and Son*
 
International Work of the Year
 
Title:           Uptown Funk
Artist:          Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars
Writers:       Jeffrey Bhasker* / Devon Gallaspy* / Philip Lawrence^ / Bruno Mars+ / Mark Ronson~ / Lonnie Simmons# / Rudy Taylor# / Nicholaus Williams~ / Charlie Wilson# / Robert Wilson# Ronnie Wilson#
Publishers:   Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Australia)* / Universal/MCA Music Publishing^ / Warner/Chappell Music Australia+ / Native Tongue Music Publishing~ / New Songs Administration Australia#