Top 20 Finalists Revealed For APRA Silver Scroll Award 2016
The top 20 songs contending for this year's prestigious APRA Silver Scroll Award have been revealed. The annual event celebrates the country’s songwriters and composers, tipping a hat to outstanding achievement in the craft of songwriting. The final 20 will be whittled down to a Top Five over the next few weeks with the voting currently open to the 10,000+ APRA members. The five finalists will be revealed before the award ceremony which is being held on 29th September at Vector Arena. Here is the Top 20...
Seth Haapu - '10 Years'
Lawrence Arabia - 'A Lake'
Gareth Thomas - 'All Eyes In The Room'
Leisure - 'All Over You'
The Sami Sisters - 'August Song'
Pacific Heights feat. Louis - 'Buried By The Burden'
David Dallas - 'Don't Rate That'
Lydia Cole - 'Dream'
The Phoenix Foundation - 'Give Up Your Dreams'
Dave Dobbyn - 'Harmony House'
Thomas Oliver - 'If I Move To Mars'
Holly Arrowsmith with Fly My Pretties - 'Love Will Be A River'
Electric Wire Hustle feat. Deva Mahal - 'March'
Yoko-Zuna feat. Laughton Kora - 'One Question'
Street Chant - 'Pedestrian Support League'
Miloux - 'Pocket'
Andrew Keoghan - 'Stuck In Melodies'
Tami Neilson - 'The First Man'
Mice On Stilts - 'The Hours'
Shayne P Carter - 'We Will Rise Again'
Here's a list of the winning songs over the last 20 years...
1996 - Bic Runga - 'Drive'
1997 - Greg Johnson - 'Liberty'
1998 - Dave Dobbyn - 'Beside You'
1999 - King Kapisi - 'Reverse Resistance'
2000 - Chris Knox - 'My Only Friend'
2001 - Neil Finn with Sheryl Crow - 'Turn And Run'
2002 - Che Fu - 'Misty Frequencies'
2003 - Nesian Mystik - 'For The People'
2004 - Scribe - 'Not Many'
2005 - Evermore - 'It's Too Late'
2006 - Mt Raskil Preservation Society feat. Hollie Smith - 'Bathe In The River'
2007 - Brooke Fraser - 'Albertine'
2008 - Opshop - 'One Day'
2009 - Lawrence Arabia - 'Apple Pie Bed'
2010 - The Naked And Famous - 'Young Blood'
2011 - Avalanche City - 'Love Love Love'
2012 - Lips - 'Everything To Me'
2013 - Lorde - 'Royals'
2014 - Tami Neilson - 'Walk (Back To Your Arms')
2015 - Unknown Mortal Orchestra - 'Multi-Love'
Top 20 member voting is now open, and closes on Sunday, August 14.
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