New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ APRA) - The Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) is asking for its members to vote for the prestigious and only peer voted music award in the country - the APRA 'Song of the Year' award. Members are being asked to log onto the APRA| AMCOS website (www.apra-amcos.com.au) before Monday 19 April to vote from a shortlist of twenty nominated songs.
In excess of 35,000 eligible voters were able to have their say in this year's shortlist which includes the following list of nominees:
Title ALL I KNOW
Artist Karnivool
Songwriters Andrew Goddard/Mark Hosking/Stephen Judd/Ian Kenny/Jonathan Stockman
Publisher EMI Music Publishing Australia
Title ALL I WANT
Artist Sarah Blasko
Songwriter Sarah Blasko
Publisher Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia
Title ALL OF THE DREAMERS
Artist Powderfinger
Songwriters John Collins/Jonathan Coghill/Bernard Fanning/Ian Haug/Darren Middleton
Publisher Universal Music Publishing Australia
Title ART OF LOVE
Artist Guy Sebastian Ft Jordin Sparks
Songwriters Guy Sebastian/Adam Reily
Publisher Universal Music Publishing Australia
Title BIG BIG LOVE
Artist Troy Cassar-Daley
Songwriter Troy Cassar-Daley
Publisher EMI Music Publishing Australia
Title BLOOD
Artist The Middle East
Songwriter Jordan Ireland/Rohin Jones
Title BROKEN LEG
Artist Bluejuice
Songwriter Jeremy Craib/Jamie Cibej/James Hauptmann/Edmund Molesworth/Jacob Stone/Stavros
Yiannoukas
Title BURN YOUR NAME
Artist Powderfinger
Songwriters John Collins/Jonathan Coghill/Bernard Fanning/Ian Haug/Darren Middleton
Publisher Universal Music Publishing Australia
Title CAUGHT IN THE CROWD
Artist Kate Miller-Heidke
Songwriters Kate Miller-Heidke/Keir Nuttall
Publisher Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia
Title COIN LAUNDRY
Artist Lisa Mitchell
Songwriter Lisa Mitchell
Publisher Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia
Title FOREIGN LAND
Artist Eskimo Joe
Songwriters Stuart MacLeod/Stephen Parkin/Joel Quartermain/Kav Temperley
Publisher Mushroom Music Pty Ltd
Title ONE WAY ROAD
Artist John Butler Trio
Songwriter John Butler
Publisher Family Music Pty Ltd
Title PARLEZ VOUS FRANCAIS
Artist Art Vs Science
Songwriters James Finn/Daniel McNamee/Daniel Williams
Title SET FIRE TO THE HIVE
Artist Karnivool
Songwriters Andrew Goddard/Mark Hosking/Stephen Judd/Ian Kenny/Jonathan Stockman
Publisher EMI Music Publishing Australia
Title SHE'S A GENIUS
Artist Jet
Songwriters Chris Cester
Publisher Universal Music Publishing Australia
Title SWEET DISPOSITION
Artist Temper Trap
Songwriters Abby Mandagi/Lorenzo Sillitto
Publisher Mushroom Music Pty Ltd
Title THE LAST DAY ON EARTH
Artist Kate Miller-Heidke
Songwriters Kate Miller-Heidke/Keir Nuttall
Publisher Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia
Title WE ARE THE PEOPLE
Artist Empire of the Sun
Songwriters Nick Littlemore*/Jonathan SloanNo /Luke SteeleNo
Publishers Universal Music Publishing*/Sony/ATV Music Publishing AustraliaNo
Title WE WONT RUN
Artist Sarah Blasko
Songwriter Sarah Blasko
Publisher Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia
Title YOU'VE CHANGED
Artist Sia
Songwriter Lauren Flax/Sia Furler*
Publisher EMI Music Publishing Australia*
Sally Howland, Director Member Services at APRA| AMCOS commented, "The range of nominations we received is a testament to the talents of our creative songwriting community."
The winner will be announced at the 2010 APRA Awards, which are set to be held at the Sydney Convention Centre on June 21st 2010, as part of Song Summit (www.songsummit.com.au).
