Sia And Jarryd James Lead 2016 APRA Music Awards Nominees

With this year's APRA Music Awards nearing, the industry body has outlined the nominees for some of this year's most coveted awards, including Song Of The Year, Most Played Australian Work, International Work Of The Year and more.

A number of prominent musicians have been spotlighted by APRA AMCOS this year, with Jarryd James and Sia both leading the charge with four nominees each.

20 of the Song Of The Year award's nominees were actually shortlisted back in January, but today it has been announced that the five final nominees are Birds Of Tokyo with Anchor, Jarryd James and Joel Little with Do You Remember, Tame Impala with Let It Happen, Courtney Barnett with Pedestrian At Best and CW Stoneking with The Zombie.

Gang Of Youths' David Le'aupepe, Marlon Williams and Troye Sivan have scored nods as Breakthrough Songwriter Of The Year, while Sia's Elastic Heart, Jessie J's Flashlight (also penned by Sia) and Vance Joy's Georgia are among the Most Played Australian Work nominees.

Ruby Boots, Lee Kernaghan and Kasey Chambers have all been nominated in Country Work Of The Year, while The Bamboos feat. Tim Rogers, Xavier Rudd and Busby Marou have picked up Blues & Roots Work Of The Year nods too.

Held on Tuesday, 5 April at Carriageworks, RocKwiz's Brian Nankervis will host the event, while Robert Conley will curate the evening's performances.

Check out the full list of 2016 nominees here.