APRA Music Awards of 2001

The Australasian Performing Right Association Awards of 2001 (generally known as APRA Awards) are a series of awards held on 28 May 2001. The APRA Music Awards were presented by APRA and the Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS).^[1] Only one classical music award was available in 2001: Most Performed Contemporary Classical Composition.^[2][3] APRA and Australian Music Centre (AMC) established the Classical Music Awards in July of the following year.^[2] APRA provided awards for "Best Television Theme", and "Best Film Score" in 2001.^[4] These were expanded to The Screen Music Awards presented by APRA and Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC) in November 2002.^[5]

Also at the 2001 awards ceremony, APRA celebrated its 75th anniversary by presenting the "ten best and most significant Australian songs of the past 75 years", which together with 20 previously announced songs comprise APRA's Top 30 Australian songs of all time.^[6][7]

Awards

Nominees and winners with results indicated on the right.

Song of the Year
Title		Artist		Writer		Result [8][9]
"The Captain"		Kasey Chambers		Kasey Chambers		Nominated
"Damage"		You Am I		Tim Rogers		Nominated
"Looking Forward, Looking Back"		Slim Dusty		Don Walker		Nominated
"My Happiness"		Powderfinger		Jon Coghill, John Collins, Bernard Fanning, Ian Haug, Darren Middleton		Won
"Shine"		Vanessa Amorosi		Vanessa Amorosi, Mark Holden, Robert Parde		Nominated
Songwriters of the Year
Writer						Result [10]
Ella Hooper, Jesse Hooper						Won
Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music
Name						Result [10]
Charles Fisher						Won
Most Performed Australian Work
Title		Artist		Writer		Result [8][10]
"Affirmation"		Savage Garden		Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones		Nominated
"Crash and Burn"		Savage Garden		Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones		Nominated
"Desensitised"		Invertigo		James Dingli, Vincent Dingli		Nominated
"Shine"		Vanessa Amorosi		Vanessa Amorosi, Mark Holden, Robert Parde		Won
"We Think It's Love"		Leah Haywood		Leah Cooney, Jorgen Elofsson		Nominated
Most Performed Australian Work Overseas
Title		Artist		Writer		Result [8][10]
"I Knew I Loved You"		Savage Garden		Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones		Won
Most Performed Country Work
Title		Artist		Writer		Result [8][10]
"Beating Around the Bush"		Adam Brand		Adam Brand, Wayne Burt		Nominated
"The Captain"		Kasey Chambers		Kasey Chambers		Won
"Diggin' a Hole"		Slim Dusty		Christopher Cook		Nominated
"Good Friends"		Adam Brand		Don Walker, Myles Walker		Nominated
"Looking Forward, Looking Back"		Slim Dusty		Don Walker		Nominated
Most Performed Foreign Work
Title		Artist		Writer		Result [8][10]
"Bent"		Matchbox Twenty		Robert Thomas		Won
"Breathless"		The Corrs		Andrea Corr, Caroline Corr, James Corr, Sharon Corr, Robert "Mutt" Lange		Nominated
"Pure Shores"		All Saints		Shaznay Lewis, William Orbit		Nominated
"Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely"		Backstreet Boys		Herbie Crichlow, Martin Sandberg		Nominated
"Sunshine on a Rainy Day"		Christine Anu		Martin Glover, Zoë Pollock		Nominated
Most Performed Jazz Work
Title		Artist		Writer		Result [8][10]
"Hook, Line and Boatshed"		Paul Williamson's Hammond Combo		Paul Williamson		Nominated
"Jungle Jive"		Jive Bombers		Christopher Stafford, Peter Morand		Won
"McGruff"		Paul Williamson's Hammond Combo		Timothy Neal, Paul Williamson		Nominated
"Reason"		Stephen Hunter		Stephen Hunter		Nominated
"Unidentified Spaces"		Ten Part Invention		Sandra Evans		Nominated
Most Performed Contemporary Classical Composition
Title		Composer		Performer		Result [8][10]
Between Five Bells		Peter Sculthorpe		Roger Wright – piano		Won
Piano Concerto		Carl Vine		Sydney Symphony Orchestra		Nominated
Best Film Score
Title			Composer			Result [8][10]
Better Than Sex			David Hirschfelder			Won
Innocence			Paul Grabowsky			Nominated
Looking for Alibrandi			Alan John			Nominated
Me Myself I			Charlie Chan			Nominated
Best Television Theme
Title			Composer			Result [8][10]
Dream Home			John Ertler			Nominated
Farscape			Christopher Neal, Braedy Neal			Nominated
Last Warriors			Charlie Chan			Nominated
Olympic Theme 2000			Burkhard von Dallwitz			Won
Something in the Air			Mark Walmsley, John Kane			Nominated

See also

• Music of Australia

References

1. "APRA History". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Retrieved 19 February 2014.
2. "Art Music Awards: History". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Retrieved 19 February 2014.
3. "Winners – Prior to 2002". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Retrieved 19 February 2014.
4. "Winners Prior to 2002". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Retrieved 19 February 2014.
5. "Screen Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Retrieved 19 February 2014.
6. Culnane, Paul (28 May 2001). "The final list: APRA'S Ten best Australian Songs". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 20 February 2014.
7. Kruger, Debbie (2 May 2001). "The songs that resonate through the years". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 1 April 2014. Retrieved 2007-11-02.
8. "Nominations – 2001". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Retrieved 20 February 2014.
9. "Previous Winners Song of the Year". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Retrieved 20 February 2014.
10. "2001 Winners - APRA Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Retrieved 20 February 2014.

External links

• APRA official website
• APRA Awards - History