APRA Awards
Tones And I Covers Amyl and The Sniffers at APRA Awards: Watch
At a glance, Tones And I, the vocally-blessed “Dance Monkey” star, has very little in common with Amyl and The Sniffers, the punk-rockers on the rise with such numbers as “Some Mutts (Can’t Be Muzzled),” “Got You” and “Hertz.” You’d be wrong. Tones (real name Toni Watson) was raised in Melbourne before she was discovered busking on the streets of Byron Bay, a beach town in northern New South Wales. The rest is recorded music history, as “Dance Monkey” flew past 7 billion streams, topped charts in 30 territories and broke records in the U.K. and Australia. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Like Tones, Amyl and The Sniffers emerged from the Victorian capital, and they’re making fans everywhere they go with their sweaty pub-rock vibes and knuckly pu...
The Kid Laroi, Tones And I Rule 2022 APRA Awards
With a hattrick of wins, The Kid Laroi led from start to finish as the APRA Music Awards returned to Melbourne on Tuesday night (May 3). The teenage superstar has rolled in a purple patch the likes of which few artists see. Now based in Los Angeles, the Sydney-raised artist led the singles and albums charts in the U.S. and Australia in 2021, and, along the way, logged a record-setting stay at the summit of the Billboard Hot 100 with “Stay,” his collaboration with Justin Bieber. At the 2022 APRAs, Laroi nabbed the night’s top prize and the final category of the night, song of the year, and accepted the donut-shaped award by way of a live zoom from his studio in Los Angeles. Earlier, Laroi (real name Charlton Howard) scored most performed hip-hop / rap work for “Without You” and the coveted ...
The Wiggles to Receive Ted Albert Honor at 2022 APRA Awards
Everyone will be wiggling at the 2022 APRA Music Awards, where the Wiggles will receive one of the Australian music industry’s top honors. When the circular APRAs are handed out next month at Melbourne Town Hall, the original Wiggles lineup — Anthony Field, Murray Cook, Greg Page and Jeff Fatt — will receive the Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music. For over thirty years, the Wiggles have entertained kids (and given their parents a well-deserved break) with their cheery disposition, colorful skivvies and dancing fingers, and their bank of singalong songs, which include “Hot Potato, “Fruit Salad,” “Get Ready to Wiggle,” and many more. The founding members formed the Wiggles in 1991, having met while studying Early Childhood Education at Sydney’s Macquarie University...
Kevin Parker, Amy Shark Lead 2021 APRA Award Nominations
Also up for song of the year is playwright, comedian and singer-songwriter Tim Minchin’s “Carry You”; Guy Sebastian’s “Standing With You”; and “Gadigal Land,” written by songwriters Rob Hirst, Bunna Lawrie and Gadigal poet Joel Davison, for the chart-topping Midnight Oil album of the same name. Parker, Shark and Sebastian head into the ceremony with multiple nominations, as do Tones And I, The Rubens, INXS’ Andrew Farriss, Flume featuring Vera Blue, Dean Lewis, Miiesha and Lime Cordiale. This time around, Mallrat (real name Grace Shaw) and The Kid LAROI are among the 49 Australian songwriters who’ve earned their first ever APRA Music Awards nominations, announced Tuesday (March 30). Following a virtual edition held during the peak of the pandemic, this year’s edition of the APRA...
Helen Reddy to be Posthumously Honored at APRA Awards
Reddy won a Grammy Award for “I Am Woman, co-written with Ray Burton, and went on to reach the summit of the Hot 100 with “Delta Dawn” in September 1973 and “Angie Baby” in December 1974. Upon the latter’s coronation, she tied the then-record for most No. 1s among solo women, sharing the honor with Cher, Roberta Flack and Connie Francis. Across her career, Reddy notched 20 career entries on the Hot 100, and 25 million albums sold. She also chalked-up 24 entries on the Adult Contemporary airplay chart, with eight of those topping the tally. Her place in history was confirmed in 2006 when she was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame, and the story of her journey was documented in the 2019 biopic I Am Woman. Traci Donat will accept the award the Ted Albert Award o...
