A.B. Original, Peking Duk and Amy Shark among the night's winners.
Some of Australia’s top songwriters were honoured at the 2018 APRA Music Awards in Sydney last night (10 April).
Having taken out four gongs at the ARIA Awards in 2017, veteran singer-songwriter Paul Kelly walked away with the night’s highest accolade, snaring Song Of The Year for the single ‘Firewood And Candles’ (co-written with The Ferrets’ Billy Miller). The album the track was lifted from, Life Is Fine, became Kelly’s first ever #1 on the ARIA Albums Chart when it was released in August 2017.
Hip hop act AB Original won the Songwriter Of The Year award for their powerful debut album Reclaim Australia. The duo, aka Briggs and Trials, won two ARIAs in 2017.
Peking Duk took out two awards, with single ‘Stranger’ named the Dance Work of the Year and the Most Played Australian Work. The Canberra dance duo won Song Of The Year at the 2017 ARIAs for the same track.
Producer M-Phazes also took out two awards, having been co-writer on Amy Shark’s ‘Adore’ (Pop Work Of The Year) and Illy’s ‘Catch 22’ (Urban Work Of The Year).
Also at the ceremony, held at Sydney’s International Convention Centre, 2006 ARIA Hall Of Fame inductees Midnight Oil were honoured with the Ted Albert Award For Outstanding Services To Australian Music.
The 2018 APRA Music Awards Winners
Song Of The Year
Firewood And Candles - Paul Kelly
Songwriter Of The Year
AB Original (Briggs & Trials)
Breakthrough Songwriter Of The Year
Sarah Aarons
Overseas Recognition Award
Ben Abraham and Kylie Sackley
Ted Albert Award For Outstanding Services To Australian Music
Midnight Oil
Most Played Australian Work
Stranger - Peking Duk feat. Elliphant
Country Work Of The Year
Kiss Somebody - Morgan Evans
Blues & Roots Work Of The Year
Best Part of Me - Busby Marou
Dance Work Of The Year
Stranger - Peking Duk feat. Elliphant
Rock Work Of The Year
Brace - Birds of Tokyo
Pop Work Of The Year
Adore - Amy Shark
Urban Work Of The Year
Catch 22 - Illy feat. Anne-Marie
International Work Of The Year
Shape of You - Ed Sheeran
Most Played Australian Work Overseas
Cheap Thrills - Sia
Licensee Of The Year
Settlers Tavern (Rob and Karen Gough)
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