Sia Furler won the two biggest prizes at the APRA Awards in Australia last night: Songwriter of the Year and Wong Of The Year for her track Chandelier.
It was the third year in a row that Adelaide-born Sia had claimed the Songwriter Of The Year prize – an APRA Awards record.
Other winners on the night included Pharrell Williams’s Happy and the songwriters from 5 Seconds Of Summer.
APRA Awards 2015: All The Winners
SONG OF THE YEAR
Title: Chandelier
Artist: Sia
Writers: Sia Furler and Jesse Shatkin (ASCAP)
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Australia) Pty Ltd
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Sia
BREAKTHROUGH SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Writers: Michael Clifford, Luke Hemmings, Calum Hood & Ashton Irwin (5 Seconds of Summer)
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Australia) Pty Ltd
BLUES & ROOTS WORK OF THE YEAR
Title: Heart Beats Slow
Artist: Angus & Julia Stone
Writers: Angus Stone and Julia Stone
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Australia) Pty Ltd
COUNTRY WORK OF THE YEAR
Title: Give Her The World
Artist: Adam Eckersley Band
Writers: Adam Eckersley / Danelle Leverett* (ASCAP) / Jason Reeves* (ASCAP)
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Australia) Pty Ltd*
DANCE WORK OF THE YEAR
Title: Swing (Joel Fletcher Remix)
Artist: Joel Fletcher feat. Savage
Writers: Joel Fletcher Allan* / Demetrius Savelio / Nathan Holmes / Aaron Ngawhika
Publishers: 120 Publishing Pty Ltd* / Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd obo Dawn Raid Music Ltd
POP WORK OF THE YEAR
Title: Geronimo
Artist: Sheppard
Writers: Jason Bovino / Amy Sheppard / George Sheppard
Publishers: Mushroom Music Pty Ltd obo Empire of Songs (Australia) Pty Ltd
ROCK WORK OF THE YEAR
Title: Love You Deserve
Artist: Stonefield
Writers: Amy Findlay / Hannah Findlay / Holly Findlay / Sarah Findlay
Publisher: Mushroom Music Pty Ltd
URBAN WORK OF THE YEAR
Title: Tightrope
Artist: Illy feat. Scarlett Stevens
Writers: Illy and M-Phazes*
Publishers: Mushroom Music Pty Ltd obo WAU Publishing / Mushroom Music Pty Ltd*
MOST PLAYED AUSTRALIAN WORK
Title: Geronimo
Artist: Sheppard
Writers: Jason Bovino / Amy Sheppard / George Sheppard
Publishers: Mushroom Music Pty Ltd obo Empire of Songs (Australia) Pty Ltd
MOST PLAYED AUSTRALIAN WORK OVERSEAS
Title: Somebody That I Used To Know
Artist: Gotye feat. Kimbra
Writers: Wally De Backer & Luiz Bonfa*
Publishers: J Albert and Son Pty Ltd / Kobalt Music Publishing / Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty Ltd*
INTERNATIONAL WORK OF THE YEAR
Title: Happy
Artist: Pharrell Williams
Writer: Pharrell Williams
Publishers: Universal/MCA Music Publishing Pty Ltd obo Universal Pictures Music / Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Australia) Pty LtdMusic Business Worldwide