Wins for Sia, Birds Of Tokyo and more
Breakout Melbourne singer/songwriter Vance Joy – real name James Keogh – has taken home the prestigious APRA Award peer-voted Song Of The Year gong at tonight's awards.
Riptide – a track that has gained traction both locally and overseas – was also awarded the Pop Work of the year while Sia Furler was recognised as the Songwriter Of The Year thanks to her emergence as one of the American pop music industry's go-to writers. South Australian Furler was named as one of the Australian industry's most powerful persons in last year's AMID Power 50 for the same reason.
Birds Of Tokyo also picked up two awards for Lanterns with the Rock Work and Most Played Australian work while Flume, Lee Kernaghan, John Butler Trio and Bliss N Eso also picked up genre awards.
Dutch songwriter Louis Schoorl, who co-wrote 88 songs in 2013 and has worked with 360, Daniel Johns and Jessica Mauboy, was named Breakthrough Songwriter.
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Held in Brisbane for the first time in the awards' history there were performances from Sheppard, Gossling & Colin Hay, Melody Pool & Ben Salter, Kirin J Callinan, Megan Washington, Ted Albert Award recipient Lindy Morrison, Amanda Brown, Robert Vickers & Big Scary and more.
Vance Joy – Riptide
Writer: James Keogh
Publishers: Mushroom Music Pty Ltd obo WAU Publishing
Lindy Morrison OAM
SIA
EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd
Ella Yelich-O'Connor (Lorde) & Joel Little*
Native Tongue Music Publishing/EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd*
Louis Schoorl
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd
Birds Of Tokyo – Lanterns
Writers: Ian Berney/Ian Kenny/Glenn Sarangapany/Adam Spark/Adam Weston
Publisher: Mushroom Music Pty Ltd
Lee Kernaghan – Flying With the King
Writers: Colin Buchanan/Lee Kernaghan/Garth Porter*
Publishers: Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd/Perfect Pitch Publishing Pty Ltd*
John Butler Trio – Only One
Writer: John Butler
Publisher: Family Music Pty Ltd
Flume – Holdin On
Writers: Flume/Otis Redding (BMI)*
Publishers: Kobalt Music Publishing Australia P/L obo Future Classic Pty Ltd and Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd obo Verse Music Group LLC/Essex Music Australia Pty Ltd obo Irving Music*
Birds Of Tokyo – Lanterns
Writers: Ian Berney/Ian Kenny/Glenn Sarangapany/Adam Spark/Adam Weston
Publisher: Mushroom Music Pty Ltd
Vance Joy – Riptide
Writer: James Keogh
Publishers: Mushroom Music Pty Ltd obo WAU Publishing
Bliss N Eso featuring Bluejuice – Act Your Age
Writers: Alexander Burnett/Jamie Cibej*/Jerry Craib*/James Hauptmann*/Max MacKinnon^/Jonathan Notley^ / Jacob Stone*/ Stavros Yiannoukas*
Publishers: Mushroom Music Pty Ltd obo Ivy League Music Pty Ltd/Kobalt Music Publishing Australia P/L obo Bluejuice Music Group Pty Limited*/Mushroom Music Pty Ltd^
Robin Thicke featuring T.I. & Pharrell Williams – Blurred Lines
Writers: Clifford Harris (American Society Of Composers, Authors and Publishers [ASCAP])/Robin Thicke (ASCAP)*/Pharrell Williams(ASCAP)^
Publishers: Deyjah's Daddy Muzik/Universal/MCA Music Publishing Pty Ltd obo I Like 'Em Thicke Music*/EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd obo More Water from Nazareth Publishing^
Gotye featuring Kimbra – Somebody That I Used To Know
Writers: Wally de Backer and Luiz Bonfa*
Publishers: J Albert and Son Pty Ltd/Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty Ltd*