Nominees for the 2012 APRA Music Awards; Gotye and Kimbra Top Contenders for APRA Song of the Year
Prolific and new breed of Australian artists will battle it out in the upcoming APRA Music Awards.
The awards show is an annual event that aims to recognize the songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members. These awards are to honour achievements by songwriters including the APRA Music Awards, the APRA Classical Music Awards and the Screen Awards, all in Australia.
Kimbra, Gotye, Matt Corby, The Beards and Lanie Lane are only some of the nominees in the ARPA Music Awards.
Below is the complete list of nominees for the 2012 ARPA Music Awards
SONG OF THE YEAR
Somebody I Used To Know - Gotye
Cameo Lover - Kimbra
Brother - Matt Corby
(Oh Well) That's What You Get (Falling In Love With A Cowboy) - Lanie Lane
You Should Consider Having Sex With A Bearded Man - The Beards
MOST PLAYED AUSTRALIAN WORK
Somebody I Used To Know - Gotye
Own This Club - Marvin Priest with Antonio Egizii and David Musumeci
From The Music - The Potbelleez and Justin Shave
Wild At Heart - Birds of Tokyo
She's Like A Comet - Jebediah
DANCE WORK OF THE YEAR
From The Music - The Potbelleez and Justin Shave
Finally See Our Way - Art Vs Science
Sunlight - Christopher Stracey, Jack Glass and Daniel Black
Titanium - David Guetta and Sia Furler with Giorgio Tuinfort and Nick Van De Wall
We Run The Night - Cassie Davis and Sean Ray Mullins
BLUES & ROOTS WORK OF THE YEAR
(Oh Well) That's What You Get (Falling In Love With A Cowboy) - Lanie Lane
Biding My Time - Thomas Busby and Jeremy Marou of Busby Marou
Falling - The Waifs
Compass - Charlie Yunupingu and David Yunupingu
URBAN WORK OF THE YEAR
Reflections and Drapht - Bliss n Eso
Sing It - Daniel Rankine and Darren Reutens
Own This Club - Marvin Priest with Antonio Egizii and David Musumeci
Simple Man - Diafrix and Daniel Merriweather with Khaled Abdulwahab (MC Azmarino), Kaelyn Behr (Styalz Fuego), Glen Christiansen (Ptero Stylus), Mohame Komba (MC Momo) and Daniel Merriweather
Throw It Away - writers 360 (Matthew Colwell) and Kaelyn Behr
ROCK WORK OF THE YEAR
Wild At Heart - Birds of Tokyo
She's Like A Comet - Jebediah
Love Is A Drug - Eskimo Joe
Switch Me On - Shannon Noll with Benji and Joel Madden and Lindsay Rimes
Heartbreak Made Me A Killer - Shaun Diviney
INTERNATIONAL WORK OF THE YEAR
Party Rock Anthem - Skyler and Stefan Gordy (LMFAO) and David Listenbee (aka GoonRock) and Peter Schroder
Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5's Adam Levine and Benjamin Levin (aka Benny Blanco), Ammar Malik and Johan Schuster
Rollin' in the Deep - Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
Animal - Neon Trees and Tim Pagnotta
Price Tag - Jessie J (Jessica Cornish) with Lukasz Gottwald, Claude Kelly and Bobby Ray Simmons Jr (aka B.o.B)
BREAKTHROUGH SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Killian Gavin, Jonathon Hart, Timothy Hart, David Hosking and Jacob Tarasenko
Lanie Lane
Kimbra
Matt Corby
Drapht (Paul Ridge) and Daniel Rankine
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Daniel Johns
Julian Hamilton
Angus and Malcolm Young
Paul Kelly
Bernard Fanning
Neil Finn
Angus and Julia Stone.