Kylie Minogue honoured for outstanding contribution to Australian music, Amyl and the Sniffers win song of the year at APRA
Pop royalty Kylie Minogue has been honoured for her outstanding contribution to the Australian music industry at this year's APRA Music Awards.
The star, who is currently in California for the last US date of her Tension tour, said her younger self would "not be able to compute" the life that music has given her in her acceptance speech.
"Thank you so much, APRA. This is such an honour; I am completely over the moon. I'm only sad that I'm not with you in person," she said via video, accepting the prestigious Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music.
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Seventeen-year-old me would not be able to compute the life that music has given me.
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"I mean, we all know it's work. You work for it, but I feel like whatever we give and whatever it might take from us, we receive more," she said.
"As I'm on tour at the moment, I'm singing songs throughout my entire catalogue. So, from the first one, The Locomotion, right up to songs from Tension, I'm really aware of… the passage of time and how much more music means to me," she said.
Minogue joins the ranks of previous distinguished winners, including Midnight Oil, Archie Roach, Cold Chisel and Paul Kelly.
Punk rockers Amyl and the Sniffers took out the prestigious peer-voted APRA Song of the Year for the track, U Should Not Be Doing That.
Amyl and the Sniffers took home APRA Song of the Year
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The four-piece outfit fronted by high-energy singer Amy Taylor is currently in the US as part of its 2025 world tour, having recently played the first weekend of the Coachella Festival in California.
Dance-pop darling Troye Sivan was named Songwriter of the Year at the awards night in Melbourne on Wednesday, after winning APRA Song of the Year in 2024 for his hit song Rush.
Musician Kevin Parker took home two gongs, Most Performed Australian Work and Most Performed Pop Work, for his efforts co-writing the Dua Lipa pop hit Houdini.
Jude York's cover of Kylie's global hit Can't Get You Out of My Head was among the live tribute performances, with Gut Health also delivering a rendition of Amyl and the Sniffers' winning tune.
Singer-songwriter Sia won Most Performed Australian Work overseas for the sixth time with her hit Unstoppable, while the International Recognition Award went to Grammy-winning producer Keanu Torres, who has worked with the likes of Taylor Swift, Doechii, and The Kid LAROI.
Otis Pavlovic and Royel Maddell, known as Royel Otis, took out Emerging Songwriter of the Year.
Jude York covered Kylie's global hit Can't Get You Out of My Head.
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Here's the full list of 2025 APRA Music Award winners.
Peer-Voted APRA Song of the Year:
U Should Not Be Doing That, Amyl and The Sniffers
Songwriter of the Year:
Troye Sivan
Emerging Songwriter of the Year:
Royel Otis — Otis Pavlovic and Royel Maddell
International Recognition Award:
Keanu Torres (Keanu Beats)
Most Performed Australian Work:
Houdini — Dua Lipa, by Kevin Parker/Dua Lipa/Caroline Ailin/Daniel Harle/Tobias Jesso Jr.
Most Performed Australian Work Overseas:
Unstoppable — Sia, by Sia Furler/Christopher Braide
Most Performed Alternative Work:
Paradise — Coterie
Most Performed Blues and Roots Work:
New Love — Ziggy Alberts
Most Performed Country Work:
Take Forever (Hally's Song) — Cooper Alan
Most Performed Dance/Electronic Work:
Saving Up — Dom Dolla
Most Performed Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Work:
Epitaph — Make Them Suffer
Most Performed Hip Hop / Rap Work:
Fall Back — Lithe
Most Performed Pop Work:
Houdini — Dua Lipa
Most Performed Soul Work:
Space — Kaiit
Most Performed Rock Work:
Through The Trees — King Stingray
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