2018 APRA Award Winners

Amy Shark, Peking Duk and Midnight Oil

The 2018 APRA Music Awards, held last night at the International Convention Centre in Sydney, celebrated the talented songwriters and music publishers that have achieved outstanding success in the past year. For Sony Music Entertainment Australia, recording artists Amy Shark and Peking Duk were honoured for their part of a new wave of songwriters.

Peking Duk's Stranger (written by Adam Hyde, Reuben Styles, Kaelyn Behr (Styalz), Elliphant, Daniel Goudie and Ashley Milton) was a dual winner, scoring the Most Played Australian Work and Dance Work of the Year. Peking Duk are touring nationally in May, heading out on The Wasted Tour. For all information head HERE.

Amy Shark, whose monster hit Adore took out Pop Work of the Year, with Nat Dunn and Jeremy Marou taking to the stage last night with their interpretation of her gold selling single, Weekends. Amy caps off a huge year that has seen her perform on theTonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Telling triple j recently that she has a wealth of new material written, Amy has also contributed a song titled Sink In to the soundtrack of the feature film Love, Simon. Amy has announced that her brand new single, -I Said Hi' will be premiering on triplej, Thursday April 12, 8:00 AM AEST.

Legendary rock group Midnight Oil accepted the Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music, an honor that APRA confers on a group or individual who has contributed immensely to Australian music. Midnight Oil embody every attribute that the Ted Albert Award seeks to achieve.

Denis Handlin AO, Chairman & CEO, Australia & New Zealand and President, Asia says: "The APRA Music Awards are always a fantastic night for the music industry, and I'm incredibly proud of both Amy Shark and Peking Duk for their recognition by their peers for both -Adore' and -Stranger' last night. I am also delighted to see Midnight Oil receive the Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music recognising this legendary band that has contributed immensely to Australia's musical heritage and who continue to be such an in incredible inspiration to us all."

The APRA Music Awards celebrate excellence in contemporary music, honouring songwriters and publishers that have achieved outstanding success in their fields for the past year.