On 27 May APRA Announced its 2009 APRA Music Award nominees. Across all 8 categories including the coveted, peer-voted APRA SONG OF THE YEAR award, record numbers of nominees.
APRA Song of the Year
Cant Shake It (Kate Miller-Heidke / Keir Nuttall)
Dig Lazarus Dig (Nick Cave)
Rattlin Bones (Kasey Chambers/Shane Nicholson)
Walking on a Dream (Nick Littlemore/Jonathon Sloan/Luke Steele)
White Noise (Chris Cheney)
Most Played Australian Work
Dont Hold Back (David Greene/ Ilan Kidron / Jonathan Murphy/ Sam Littlemore)
I Dont Do Surprises (David Greene/ Ilan Kidron / Jonathan Murphy/ Sam Littlemore)
Perfect (Vanessa Amorosi / David Frangiosa)
This Heart Attack (Nathan Hudson)
Untouched (Jessica Origliasso/Lisa Origliasso/Tobias Gad)
Most Played Foreign Work
All Your Reasons (Kyle Cook/Rob Thomas/Paul Doucette/Brian Yale)
Bleeding Love (Jesse McCartney/Ryan Tedder)
Dream Catch Me (Newton Faulkner/Crispin Hunt/Gordon Mills)
Pictures of you (Jeffrey Blue/Kurtis Henneberry/Michael Nadeau)
Stop and Stare (Andrew Brown/ Zachary Filkins/Eddie Fisher/Timothy Myers /Ryan Tedder)
Country Work of the Year
Coming From / Khe Sanh (Adam Brand/Sam Hawksley/Don Walker)
Good Girls (Amber Lawrence)
Im doing alright (Adam Harvey / Phillip Buckle)
Long Live the Girls (Sara Storer/Boh Runga)
Rattlin Bones (Kasey Chambers/Shane Nicholson)
Urban Song of the Year
City of Dreams (Joel Turner/Shaunn Diamond/Chris Heiner/Kitchener Wesche)
In The Basement (Jade MacRae/Arnthor Birgisson)
Running Back (Jessica Mauboy/Audius Mtawarira/Sean Mullins)
The Sea Is Rising (Max MacKinnon/Jonathon Notley/Noam Dishon)
Woodstocxk 2008 (Max MacKinnon/Jonathon Notley/Noam Dishon)
Dance Work of the Year
Are you with me (David Greene/ Ilan Kidron / Jonathan Murphy/ Sam Littlemore)
Dont Hold Back (David Greene/ Ilan Kidron / Jonathan Murphy/ Sam Littlemore)
Dont you wanna feel (Jamie Appleby/Steven Davis/Natalie Bassingthwaighte/Dougal Drummond)
Kansas City (Angus McDonald / Connie Mitchell)
This Boys In Love (Julian Hamilton / Kimberley Moyes)
Blues & Roots Work of the Year
Cowboy Movie (8 Ball Aitken)
Heal Me (Lior Attar/Francois Tetaz)
Stay (Josh Cunningham / Donna Simpson / Vikki Thorn / Brett Canning)
Sun Dirt Water (Josh Cunningham / Donna Simpson / Vikki Thorn)
Sunshine (Ohad Rein/Edo Kahn /Nadav Kahn)
Jazz Work of the Year
Beyond Both Worlds (Elissa Goodrich)
Moments and Eternities (Joe Chindamo)
Raindrop (Paul Grabowsky)
Sailing Day (Clare Shannon)
Something Will Come To Light (Joe Chindamo)