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The Wiggles were another hugely popular award recipient, receiving the Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music from veteran musician and songwriter Ross Wilson.
Vance Joy and Joel Little picked up the award for most-performed alternative work for Joy’s Missing Piece, and the songwriting partnership between Matt Corby and Budjerah won most-performed R&B/soul work for Budjerah’s Higher.
Amy Shark’s Love Songs Ain’t For Us, co-written with Ed Sheeran, won APRA’s most performed country work.Credit:
The ceremony also featured plenty of live music, including a tribute to the late Chris Bailey in which Sydney band the Hard-Ons, now fronted by Tim Rogers, performed Bailey and Ed Kuepper’s song Know Your Product. Bailey, who fronted legendary Brisbane rock band The Saints, died on April 9.
Other entertainment included live performances of this year’s song of the year nominees, with Mindy Meng Weng’s version of the Hiatus Kaiyote song Redroom, Cookin’ On 3 Burners with Kylie Auldist and APRA nominee Tasman Keith performing Midnight Oil’s First Nation, and Tones and I’s impressive take on the Amyl and the Sniffers song Guided By Angels.
The Living End’s Chris Cheney also joined local R&B artist Kye and Indigenous rapper Dallas Woods on a mash-up of AC/DC’s Back In Black, the title track of the 1980 album that has sold more than 50 million copies around the world.
Peer-Voted APRA Song of the Year
Title: STAY
Artist: The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber
Songwriter of the Year
The Kid Laroi
Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year
Genesis Owusu
Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music
The Wiggles
Most Performed Australian Work
Title: Head & Heart
Artist: Joel Corry (featuring MNEK)
Most Performed Alternative Work
Title: Missing Piece
Artist: Vance Joy
Most Performed Blues & Roots Work
Title: Letting Go
Artist: Ziggy Alberts
Most Performed Country Work
Title: Love Songs Ain’t For Us
Artist: Amy Shark (featuring Keith Urban)
Most Performed Dance/Electronic Work
Title: Head & Heart
Artist: Joel Corry (featuring MNEK)
Most Performed Hip Hop/Rap Work
Title: Without You
Artist: The Kid Laroi
Most Performed Pop Work
Title: Fly Away
Artist: Tones And I
Most Performed R&B/Soul Work
Title: Higher
Artist: Budjerah
Most Performed Rock Work
Title: Shot in the Dark
Artist: AC/DC
Most Performed Australian Work Overseas
Title: Dance Monkey
Artist: Tones And I
Most Performed International Work
Title: Lasting Lover
Artist: Sigala and James Arthur