The Australian Performing Right Association Awards of 2014 (generally known as APRA Awards) are a series of related awards which include the APRA Music Awards, Art Music Awards, and Screen Music Awards. The APRA Music Awards of 2014 was the 32nd annual ceremony by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and the Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS) to award outstanding achievements in contemporary songwriting, composing and publishing. The ceremony was held on 23 June 2014 at the Brisbane City Hall, for the first time. The host for the ceremony was Brian Nankervis, adjudicator on SBS-TV's RocKwiz.
The Art Music Awards were distributed on 26 August at the Plaza Ballroom, Melbourne. These were provided by APRA, AMCOS and Australian Music Centre (AMC) to recognise "artistic achievement and excellence within the field of Australia's art music industry."Art Music Awards: Winners: Finalists: The Screen Music Awards were issued on 12 November by APRA, AMCOS and Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC),Screen Music Awards: Winners: Finalists: which "acknowledges excellence and innovation in the genre of screen composition".
On 28 May nominations for the APRA Music Awards were announced on multiple news sources, with Birds of Tokyo and Vance Joy being the most nominated artists with four each. A total of 13 awards were presented, with Lindy Morrison honoured by the Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music. Morrison is the National Welfare Coordinator of Support Act Limited – a music industry charity; previously she was on the board of Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA) for 20 years and, even earlier, a drummer for the Go-Betweens (1980–89). Note: user may have to click on a tab e.g. 'Song of the Year' to access further information. Sia was presented with Songwriter of the Year for the second consecutive year – the first artist to ever do so. The APRA Music Awards ceremony highlights were broadcast on the MAX network on 9 July 2014.
Presenters At the APRA Music Awards ceremony on 23 June 2014, aside from the host, Brian Nankervis, the presenters were Amanda Brown and Robert Forster (both ex-the Go-Betweens, alongside Morrison) as well as Kate Miller-Heidke.
Performances The APRA Music Awards ceremony showcased performances by: Megan Washington Sheppard Colin Hay Gossling Kate Miller-Heidke Melody Pool Kirin J. Callinan
APRA Music Awards Blues & Roots Work of the Year Title and/or artistWriter(s)Publisher(s)Result"Avenger" – The BamboosLance Ferguson, Ella ThompsonPerfect Pitch Publishing Pty Ltd obo (on behalf of) Full Thought Publishing"Get You out of Here" – Busby MarouThomas Busby, Jeremy MarouSony/ATV Music Publishing Australia P/L"Luck" – Busby MarouThomas Busby, Don WalkerSony/ATV Music Publishing Australia P/L"Only One" – John Butler TrioJohn ButlerFamily Music Pty Ltd"Lygon Street Meltdown" – Melbourne Ska OrchestraNicky Bomba, Barry DeenickMushroom Music Pty Ltd
Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year Title and/or artistWriter(s)Publisher(s)Result Jagwar Ma Jono Ma, Gabriel Winterfield Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd Kylie Sackley Kylie Sackley Fable Music Pty Ltd obo Steel Wheels Music Louis Schoorl Louis Schoorl Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd Hiatus Kaiyote Paul Bender, Simon Mavin, Perrin Moss, Naomi Saalfield Vance Joy James Keogh (aka Vance Joy) Mushroom Music Pty Ltd obo WAU Publishing
Country Work of the Year Title and/or artistWriter(s)Publisher(s)Result "I Learned the Hard Way" – Chelsea Basham Chelsea Basham "Flying with the King" – Lee Kernaghan Colin Buchanan, Lee Kernaghan, Garth Porter Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd, Perfect Pitch Publishing Pty Ltd "Be with You Tonight" – O'Shea Tim Nichols, Jay O'Shea, Mark O'Shea J.Albert & Son Pty Limited "Thank You Angels" – O'Shea Jay O'Shea, Mark O'Shea, Matthew Scullion J.Albert & Son Pty Limited, Piney Range Publishing Pty Ltd "The Girl, the Bottle, the Memory" – The Wolfe Brothers Nicholas Wolfe Perfect Pitch Publishing Pty Ltd
Dance Work of the Year Title and/or artistWriter(s)Publisher(s)Result "Alive" – Empire of the Sun Steven Bach, Nick Littlemore, Peter Mayes, Jonathan Sloan, Luke Steele Bach to Bach Music, Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd obo Solola Ltd, Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd obo Chenfeld Ltd, Mushroom Music Pty Ltd obo Downtown Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia P/L "Holdin On" – Flume Flume, Otis Redding 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 "Saved in a Bottle" – The Potbelleez David Greene, Ilan Kidron, Erik Lewander, Jonathan Murphy Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd obo MCDJ Music, Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd obo The Kennel AB "Promises" – The Presets Julian Hamilton, Kim Moyes EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd "Bring It Back" – Will Sparks & Joel Fletcher Will Sparks, Joel Fletcher 120 Publishing Pty Ltd
International Work of the Year Title and/or artistWriter(s)Publisher(s)Result "Blurred Lines" – Robin Thicke, T.I., and Pharrell Williams Clifford Harris, Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams 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 "Can't Hold Us" – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton Ben Haggerty, Ryan Lewis Kobalt Music Publishing Australia P/L obo Macklemore Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Australia P/L obo Ryan Lewis Publishing "Don't You Worry Child" – Swedish House Mafia Axel Hedfors, Sebastian Ingrosso, Fragogiannis Josefsson, Martin Lindstrom, Michel Zitron Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd obo Universal Music Publishing AB, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia P/L obo Sony ATV Music Publishing (UK) Limited and Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd obo Universal Music Publishing AB, Kobalt Music Publishing Australia P/L obo Lateral MGMT London Stockholm AB, Mushroom Music Pty Ltd obo BMG Chrysalis Scandinavia AB "Let Her Go" – Passenger Michael Rosenberg (aka Passenger) Universal Music Publishing "Pompeii" – Bastille Daniel Smith Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd obo WWKD LTD
Most Played Australian Work Title and/or artistWriter(s)Publisher(s)Result "Lanterns" – Birds of Tokyo Ian Berney, Ian Kenny, Glenn Sarangapany, Adam Spark, Adam Weston Mushroom Music Pty Ltd "Let Me Down Easy" – Sheppard Jay Bovino, Amy Sheppard, George Sheppard "Resolution" – Matt Corby Matt Corby, Dominic Salole Mushroom Music Pty Ltd obo BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd, Warner/Chappell Music Australia obo Heavy Sheet Music and Hanseatic Musikverlag GMBH & Co KG "Riptide" – Vance Joy James Keogh (aka Vance Joy) Mushroom Music Pty Ltd obo WAU Publishing "You" – Nathaniel Anthony Egizii, David Musumeci, Nathaniel Willemse EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd, Sony/ATV Music Publ Allegro (Aust) P/L
Most Played Australia Work Overseas Title and/or artistWriter(s)Publisher(s)Result "Somebody That I Used To Know" – Gotye featuring Kimbra Wally de Backer (aka Gotye), Luiz Bonfá J Albert and Son Pty Ltd obo Op Shop Songs Pty Ltd and Kobalt Music Publishing Australia P/L, Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty Ltd
Outstanding International Achievement Award Title and/or artistPublisher(s)Result Ella Yelich-O'Connor (aka Lorde) & Joel Little Native Tongue Music Publishing/EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd
Pop Work of the Year Title and/or artistWriter(s)Publisher(s)Result "Let Me Down Easy" – Sheppard Jay Bovino, Amy Sheppard, George Sheppard "Resolution" – Matt Corby Matt Corby, Dominic Salole Mushroom Music Pty Ltd obo BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd, Warner/Chappell Music Australia obo Heavy Sheet Music and Hanseatic Musikverlag GMBH & Co KG "Riptide" – Vance Joy James Keogh (aka Vance Joy) Mushroom Music Pty Ltd obo WAU Publishing "What You've Done to Me" – Samantha Jade Tania Doko, Anthony Egizii, Jorgen Elofsson, David Musumeci Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia P/L obo Ted Company Pty, EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd, Universal Music Publishing MGB Australia obo Idas Songs "You" – Nathaniel Anthony Egizii, David Musumeci, Nathaniel Willemse EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd, Sony/ATV Music Publ Allegro (Aust) P/L
Rock Work of the Year Title and/or artistWriter(s)Publisher(s)Result "Battleships" – Bernard Fanning Bernard Fanning Universal Music Publishing MGB Australia "Lanterns" – Birds of Tokyo Ian Berney, Ian Kenny, Glenn Sarangapany, Adam Spark, Adam Weston Mushroom Music Pty Ltd "Southern Sun" – Boy & Bear Killian Gavin, Jonathon Hart, Timothy Hart, David Hosking Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia P/L "Tell Me How It Ends" – Bernard Fanning Bernard Fanning, Joey Waronker Universal Music Publishing MGB Australia, Mushroom Music Pty Ltd obo BMG Platinum Songs "When the Night Falls Quiet" – Birds of Tokyo Ian Berney, Ian Kenny, Glen Sarangapany, Adam Spark, Adam Weston Mushroom Music Pty Ltd
Song of the Year Title and/or artistWriter(s)Publisher(s)Result "A Moat You Can Stand In" – The Drones Stephen Hesketh, Fiona Kitchin, Gareth Liddiard, Dan Luscombe, Mike Noga Mushroom Music Pty Ltd "Is This How You Feel" – The Preatures Thomas Champion, Luke Davison, Isabella Manfredi, Jack Moffitt Mushroom Music Pty Ltd "Lanterns" – Birds of Tokyo Ian Berney, Ian Kenny, Glenn Sarangapany, Adam Spark, Adam Weston Mushroom Music Pty Ltd "Resolution" – Matt Corby Matt Corby, Dominic Salole Mushroom Music Pty Ltd obo BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd, Warner/Chappell Music Australia obo Heavy Sheet Music and Hanseatic Musikverlag GMBH & Co KG "Riptide" – Vance Joy James Keogh (aka Vance Joy) Mushroom Music Pty Ltd obo WAU Publishing
Songwriter of the Year Sia (aka Sia Furler)
Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music Lindy Morrison
Urban Work of the Year Title and/or artistWriter(s)Publisher(s)Result "Act Your Age" – Bliss n Eso featuring Bluejuice Alexander Burnett, Jamie Cibej, Jerry Craib, James Hauptmann, Max MacKinnon (aka Eso), Jonathan Notley (aka Bliss), Jacob Stone, Stavros Yiannoukas 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 "House of Dreams" – Bliss n Eso M-Phazes, Max MacKinnon, Jonathan Notley Mushroom Music Pty Ltd "On and On" – Illy Illy (aka Alasdair Murray), Jan Skubiszewski Mushroom Music Pty Ltd obo WAU Publishing, Mushroom Music Pty Ltd "Run Alone" – 360 Kaelyn Behr (aka Styalz Fuego), Matthew Colwell (aka 360) Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia P/L / Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd "Youngbloods" – Illy Illy, M-Phazes, Joel Birch, Troy Brady, Ryan Burt, Ahren Stringer Mushroom Music Pty Ltd obo WAU Publishing, Mushroom Music Pty Ltd, Native Tongue Music Publishing
Art Music Awards Work of the Year – Instrumental TitleComposerPerformerResult Note: user may have to click on a tab e.g. 'Work of the Year – Instrumental' to access further information. Aerea Mary Finsterer Monash Art Ensemble Inferno Elliott Gyger Michael Kieran Harvey String Quartet No 2 Matthew Hindson Elias String Quartet String Quartet No 5 Andrew Ford Australian String Quartet
Work of the Year – Jazz TitleComposerPerformerResult Everything Here Is Possible Alister Spence, Myra Melford Alister Spence and Myra Melford Happy Quentin Angus Quentin Angus, Alon Tayar, Bambam Rodriguez and Ari Hoenig Network of Lines Tilman Robinson Tilman Robinson, Peter Knight, Callum G'Froerer, Erikki Veltheim, Judith Hamann, Brett Thompson, Berish Bilander, Sam Zerna and Hugh Harvey Tall Tales Paul Grabowsky Monash Art Ensemble
Work of the Year – Orchestral