Kylie Minogue To Be Honoured With Ted Albert Award At APRA Music Awards

Kylie Minogue will be honoured with the Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music at this year’s APRA Music Awards.

Recognised as one of Australia’s most prolific artists, Kylie Minogue has inspired generations of songwriters and fans since bursting onto the music scene with her energetic cover of Little Eva’s The Loco-Motion in 1986. She’s gone on to record numerous hits, including I Should Be So Lucky, Confide In Me, Spinning Around, All The Lovers, Padam Padam, and many more.

Today, Kylie is the most successful Australian recording artist of all time. She’s sold over 80 million albums globally, won two Grammy Awards, four BRIT Awards, 18 ARIA Awards, and more, and received the honours of the Order of Australia and the Order of the British Empire.

Australia’s undisputed Queen of Pop, the Can’t Get You Out Of My Head singer will be presented with the prestigious award during the official ceremony on Wednesday, 30 April, at Melbourne Town Hall. This year’s event will be hosted by Zan Rowe and guest presenters Hau Lātūkefu and Ngaiire. The Presets’ Julian Hamilton is the awards’ Music Director.

Chair of APRA Jenny Morris said of Kylie receiving the Ted Albert Award, “As one of Australia’s biggest and brightest stars, Kylie was an obvious choice for this award. Her achievements over the past four decades are almost too many to count, and we are absolutely honoured to add the Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music to her vast collection of accolades.

“Kylie’s huge body of work and stellar career have been a guiding light for so many Australian songwriters and artists who have looked up to her as a beacon of Australian music, and we look forward to seeing what the next chapter of musical greatness will bring!”

In addition to announcing Kylie as this year’s Ted Albert Award winner, two other award winners and the performers for this year’s ceremony have been revealed.

The award for the 2025 Licensee of the Year has gone to Lazybones Lounge Restaurant & Bar, while the Most Performed International Work award has been awarded to Tate McRae and co-writers Amy Allen, Jasper Harris, and Ryan Tedder for the hit single Greedy.

Performers at this year’s APRA Music Awards include Sarah Blasko, Gut Health, Lior, Ripple Effect Band, tiffi, supergroup DENNI, TAIJA and Zaya, Dylan Atlantis, FRIDAY*, and Jude York.