With the 2020 APRA Music Awards now taking place as an online event on the evening of Tuesday 26 May, APRA AMCOS has annonced the nominees for the 2020 Awards.
"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.
"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. ‘See' you May 26th!" said APRA AMCOS Chief Executive, Dean Ormston.
Leading the charge with four nominations is Tones And I who appears with her global sensation 'Dance Monkey' (Kobalt Music Publishing obo Tones and I) in the categories of Most Performed Australian Work, Most Performed Pop Work and Peer-Voted APRA Song of the Year. She is also nominated as Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year.
With three nominations a-piece are The Teskey Brothers (songwriters Josh Teskey, Sam Teskey, Liam Gough and Brendon Love), who also appear in the Peer-Voted APRA Song of the Year and Most Performed Blues & Roots category for 'I Get Up' (Mushroom Music obo Ivy League Music). They have also landed a place in the Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year category. Guy Sebastian’s anthemic song 'Choir' has scored he and co-writers Trevor Brown* and Zaire Koalo* (Universal Music Publishing / Mushroom Music obo Reservoir*), the US pair who collaborate as The Orphanage, a nomination for Peer-Voted APRA Song of the Year, as well as Most Performed Australian Work and Most Performed Pop Work.
The APRA Songwriter of the Year will be revealed during the virtual awards event. The recipient of the Licensee of the Year and winner of the Most Performed International Work will be announced in mid-May.
AMPAL congratulates all the nominees for the 2020 Virtual APRA Music Awards, including all AMPAL members and their songwriter and composer partners!
The 2020 Virtual APRA Music Awards will be streamed on Tuesday 26 May
With Musical Direction by Kate Miller-Heidke.
For more information, see the APRA AMCOS website here.
