The Australasian Performing Right Association Awards of 1996 (generally known as APRA Awards) are a series of awards held in May 1996. The APRA Music Awards were presented by Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and the Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). APRA and AMCOS did not provide any awards in 1997, after the hiatus they resumed the annual ceremony in APRA Music Awards of 1998.
Only one classical music award was available in 1996: Most Performed Contemporary Classical Composition. APRA provided awards for "Best Television Theme", and "Best Film Score" in 1996. APRA and AMCOS also sponsored the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC), which provided their own awards ceremony, from 1996 to 2000, with categories for film and TV composers.
Awards Nominees and winners with results indicated on the right. APRA Music AwardsSong of the YearTitleArtistWriterResult"Caroline"The BadlovesDebra Byrne, Michael Spiby"Pick You Up"PowderfingerJonathan Coghill, John Collins, Bernard Fanning, Ian Haug, Darren Middleton"Waking Up Tired"Hoodoo GurusDavid Faulkner, Bradley Shepherd"Wasn't It Good"Tina ArenaTina Arena, Robert Parde, Heather Field"Where the Wild Roses Grow"Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie MinogueNick CaveSongwriters of the YearWriterResultNick CaveTed Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian MusicNameResultRon TudorMost Performed Australian WorkTitleArtistWriterResult"Apple Eyes"SwoopJoshua Beagley, Roland Kapferer, Alexander Hewetson, Fiona Ta'Akimoeaka"Caroline"The BadlovesDebra Byrne, Michael Spiby"Under the Water"Merril BainbridgeMerril Bainbridge, Owen Bolwell, Stanley Paulzen"Wasn't It Good"Tina ArenaTina Arena, Robert Parde, Heather Field"Where the Wild Roses Grow"Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie MinogueNick CaveMost Performed Australian Work OverseasTitleArtistWriterResult"Tomorrow"SilverchairDaniel Johns, Benjamin GilliesMost Performed Children's WorkTitleArtistWriterResult"Grand Fairies Ball"Christine HutchinsonChristine Hutchinson"Growin' Up Strong"Wendy NotleyBarbara Notley, Wendy Notley, Al Rony, Donna Ross"The Hooley Dooleys"The Hooley DooleysDavid Butts, Antoine Demarest, Bruce Thorburn"Just Hang Loose"Incy WincyLeonie Cambage, Graham Sattler"Wake Up Jeff!"The WigglesMurray Cook, Jeffrey Fatt, Anthony Field, Gregory PageMost Performed Country WorkTitleArtistWriterResult"Don't Call Wagga Wagga Wagga"Jim HaynesGregory Champion, James Haynes"Nine Mile Run"Tania KernaghanColin Buchanan, Tania Kernaghan, Fiona Kernaghan"1959"Lee KernaghanGarth Porter, Lee Kernaghan"Skinny Dippin'"Lee KernaghanGarth Porter, Lee Kernaghan, Colin Buchanan, Lawrence Minton"Somewhere out There"Shanley DelShanley Del Gregory, Steven DailyMost Performed Foreign WorkTitleArtistWriterResult"As I Lay Me Down"Sophie B. HawkinsSophie B. Hawkins"Fairground"Simply RedMick Hucknall"Give Me One Reason"Tracy ChapmanTracy Chapman"Kiss from a Rose"SealHenry Samuel ( Seal)"Lets Groove"CDBMaurice White, Wayne VaughnMost Performed Jazz WorkTitleArtistWriterResult"Ee Yoo Hoo"Coco's LunchNicola Eveleigh"Futures"DIGSamuel Dixon, Scott Saunders, James Robertson, Timothy Rollinson, Terepai Richmond"Mambo Gumbo"WanderlustMiroslav Bukovsky"Tata"WanderlustFrancisco Hevia"Until"Carl OrrCarl Orr, Renée GeyerMost Performed Contemporary Classical CompositionTitleComposerPerformerResultFantasyHelen GiffordLaura Chislett, the Flute in OrbitFlower SongsRoss EdwardsSong Company and FriendsIn the ShuberryAnthony BremnerSong Company and FriendsSonata for HarpPeggy Glanville-HicksMarshall MaguireTo His Servant Bach God Grants a Final Glimpse – The Morning StarGraeme KoehneMarshall MaguireBest Film ScoreTitleComposerResultAll Men Are LiarsMark Moffatt, Wayne GoodwinAngel BabyJohn Clifford WhiteBabeNigel WestlakeDad and Dave: On Our SelectionPeter BestLilian's StoryCezary SkubiszewskiMushroomsPaul GrabowskyTalkJohn Clifford WhiteThat Eye, the SkyDavid Bridie, John PhillipsBest Television ThemeTitleComposerResultBlue MurderPeter BestBordertownGuy GrossBreaking the IceRobert MossCorrelliChristopher NealG.P.Mario MilloMercuryJohn Clifford WhiteRPAGeoffrey J HarveyWater RatsLeslie Gock
See also Music of Australia
References
External links APRA official website APRA Awards - History