The 2017 APRA Awards winners are in. And Flume was last night’s big winner, picking up two of the four awards he was nominated for, along with the prestigious Songwriter Of The Year gong.
His No.1 smash ‘Never Be Like You’ picked up the awards in both the Most Played Australian Work and Dance Work Of The Year categories.
Sia picked up the Pop Work Of The Year gong for her chart hit ‘Cheap Thrills’, while Perth’s Troye Sivan was crowned the Breakthrough Songwriter Of The Year.
Recently toured British superstar Adele was honoured with the award for International Work Of The Year.
Here are the all-important winners from the night (in italics);
SONG OF THE YEAR
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree
DD Dumbo – Satan
Julia Jacklin – Pool Party
Tim Minchin – Come Home (Cardinal Pell)
Amy Shark – Adore
POP WORK OF THE YEAR
Guy Sebastian – Black & Blue
Sia – Alive
Sia – Cheap Thrills
Troye Sivan – Youth
The Veronicas – In My Blood
DANCE WORK OF THE YEAR
Flume ftg. Kai – Never Be Like You
Flume ftg. Tove Lo – Say It
Kungs vs Cookin’ On 3 Burners – This Girl
LDRU ftg. Paige IV – Keeping Score
Nick Murphy (fka Chet Faker) and Marcus Marr – The Trouble With Us
URBAN WORK OF THE YEAR
Hilltop Hoods ftg. James Chatburn – Higher
Hilltop Hoods ftg. Montaigne & Tom Thum – 1955
Illy ftg. Vera Blue – Papercuts
Remi ftg. Sampa The Great – For Good
Urthboy ftg. Bertie Blackman – Long Loud Hours
BREAKTHROUGH SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
John George, James Hunt and Tyrone Lindqvist (Rüfüs)
David Le’aupepe (Gang Of Youths)
Meg Mac
Stu MacKenzie (King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard)
Troye Sivan
MOST PLAYED AUSTRALIAN WORK
Flume ftg. Kai – Never Be Like You
Flume ftg. Tove Lo – Say It
Nick Murphy (fka Chet Faker) and Marcus Marr – The Trouble With Us
Sia – Cheap Thrills
The Veronicas – In My Blood
COUNTRY WORK OF THE YEAR
Kirsty Lee Akers – Burn Baby Burn
Travis Collins – Call Me Crazy
O’Shea ftg. Rob Hirst – The Truth Walks Slowly (In The Countryside)
Aleyce Simmonds – Greatest Companion
The Wolfe Brothers – This Crazy Life
BLUES & ROOTS WORK OF THE YEAR
Ash Grunwald – Second Guess
Robbie Miller – The Pain
Russell Morris – Lonesome Road
Archie Roach – It’s Not Too Late
Tash Sultana – Notion
ROCK WORK OF THE YEAR
Birds Of Tokyo – I’d Go With You Anywhere
Bernard Fanning – Wasting Time
The Rubens – Hold Me Back
The Temper Trap – Fall Together
Thirsty Merc – The Good Life
INTERNATIONAL WORK OF THE YEAR
Adele – Hello
Justin Bieber – Love Yourself
Justin Bieber – Sorry
Duke Dumont – Ocean Drive
Justin Timberlake – Can’t Stop The Feeling
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