Tones & I, The Teskey Brothers Lead 2020 APRA Music Awards Nominations

It’s no surprise that Tones & I is up for a slew of gongs at this year’s APRA Music Awards, picking up four nods for global sensation Dance Monkey.

The Byron Bay-based artist is up for Most Performed Australian Work, Most Performed Pop Work, Peer-Voted APRA Song of the Year and Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year at the 2020 APRAs, which will this year be live-streamed on May 26.

“I am so honoured to receive four APRA nominations,” Tones & I told The Music. “Big thank you to APRA for all the work they do for the music community. Stay safe.”

The Teskey Brothers are also vying for the coveted Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year and Song of the Year awards, the latter of which for I Get Up, which also finds itself in the Most Performed Blues & Roots category.

Anthemic single Choir see Guy Sebastian also up for three awards (Song of the Year, Most Performed Australian Work and Most Performed Pop Work), while Thelma Plum, Hilltop Hoods, Birds Of Tokyo, Dean Lewis and more have also been nominated for APRAs.

“If ever there was a time to acknowledge the work of songwriters – both those on stage and those who work quietly behind-the-scenes – it is now, which is why we have committed to the 2020 Virtual APRA Music Awards,” APRA AMCOS Chief Executive Dean Ormston said.

“Our songwriters give us so much - they contribute enormously to our economic and cultural wealth, and in a world of self-isolation, never has the comfort, poignancy, or uplift of a song been more important! 

“The nominees provide a ready-made #AussieMade playlist of fantastic music. We look forward to celebrating their success, as part of our support of all Australian music creators.”

2020 APRA MUSIC AWARDS NOMINEES

Peer-Voted APRA Song of the Year

Thelma Plum - Better In Blak

Guy Sebastian - Choir

Tones & I - Dance Monkey

The Teskey Brothers - I Get Up

5 Seconds Of Summer - Teeth

Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year

Ruel

Sampa The Great

Thelma Plum

Liam Gough, Brendon Love, Josh Teskey & Sam Teskey, (The Teskey Brothers)

Tones And I

Most Performed Australian Work

Dean Lewis - 7 Minutes

Guy Sebastian - Choir

Tones & I - Dance Monkey

Birds of Tokyo - Good Lord

KIAN - Waiting

Most Performed Alternative Work

The Rubens - God Forgot

Birds Of Tokyo - Good Lord

Matt Corby - Miracle Love

Gretta Ray - Radio Silence

KIAN - Waiting

Most Performed Blues & Roots Work

Tash Sultana - Blackbird

The Teskey Brothers - I Get Up

John Butler Trio - Just Call

Ziggy Alberts - Laps Around The Sun

Busby Marou - Sound Of Summer

Most Performed Country Work

Lee Kernaghan - Backroad Nation

Maren Morris - Girl

Travis Collins - Happy

Seaforth - Love That

Troy Cassar-Daley - Wouldn’t Change A Thing

Morgan Evans - Young Again

Most Performed Dance Work

Hayden James feat. Running Touch - Better Together

PNAU feat. Kira Divine & Marques Toliver - Solid Gold

Peking Duk feat. Jack River - Sugar

Dom Dolla - Take It

RÜFÜS DU SOL - Treat You Better

Most Performed Pop Work

Dean Lewis - 7 Minutes

Amy Shark - All Loved Up

Guy Sebastian - Choir

Tones & I - Dance Monkey

Katy Perry - Never Really Over

Most Performed Rock Work

Polish Club - Clarity

Ruby Fields - Dinosaurs

Slowly Slowly - Jellyfish

Jimmy Barnes feat. Troy Cassar-Daley - Shutting Down Our Town

The Living End - Otherside

Most Performed Urban Work

Triple One - Butter

Baker Boy - Cool As Hell

Hilltop Hoods feat. Illy & Ecca Vandal - Exit Sign

Hilltop Hoods - Leave Me Lonely

Illy - Then What

Most Performed International Work

Marshmello feat. Bastille - Happier

Mark Ronson feat. Miley Cyrus - Nothing Breaks Like A Heart

Calvin Harris & Sam Smith - Promises

Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow

Post Malone & Swae Lee - Sunflower

Thelma Plum

Guy Sebestian

Tones & I

The Teskey Brothers

5 Seconds Of Summer

Ruel

Sampa The Great

Dean Lewis

Birds of Tokyo

KIAN

The Rubens

Matt Corby

Gretta Ray

Tash Sultana

John Butler Trio

Ziggy Alberts

Busby Marou

Lee Kernaghan

Travis Collins

Seaforth

Troy Cassar-Daley

Morgan Eavns

Hayden James

PNAU

Peking Duk

Dom Dolla

RÜFÜS DU SOL

Amy Shark

Polish Club

Ruby Fields

Slowly Slowly

Jimmy Barnes

The Living End

Triple One

Baker Boy

Hilltop Hoods

Illy