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13th June, 2003

APRA has announced the winners for the 2003 APRA Music Awards. Song Of The Year as voted upon by APRA members went to 'Not Pretty Enough' by Kasey Chambers, she also won the awards of Most Performed Australian Work and Most Performed Country Work. The prestigious Songwriter of the Year award has gone to Daniel Johns for the second time. Craig Nicholls, songwriter / singer / guitarist from The Vines has been given the award of Breakthrough Songwriter. The Ted Albert Award For Outstanding Service To Australian Music has gone to legendary AC / DC brothers Angus and Malcolm Young and the late Bon Scott.

2003 APRA MUSIC AWARDS - WINNERS

SONG OF THE YEAR
NOT PRETTY ENOUGH - KASEY CHAMBERS

Artist Kasey Chambers
Writer Kasey Chambers
Publisher Gibbon Music Publishing Pty Ltd
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Australia) Pty Ltd

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
DANIEL JOHNS

TED ALBERT AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICES TO AUSTRALIAN MUSIC
ANGUS AND MALCOLM YOUNG and BON SCOTT

BREAKTHROUGH SONGWRITER
CRAIG NICHOLLS (THE VINES)

MOST PERFORMED AUSTRALIAN WORK
NOT PRETTY ENOUGH - KASEY CHAMBERS

Artist Kasey Chambers
Writer Kasey Chambers
Publisher Gibbon Music Publishing Pty Ltd
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Australia) Pty Ltd

MOST PERFORMED FOREIGN WORK
SUPERMAN (IT¹S NOT EASY) - FIVE FOR FIGHTING

Artist Five for Fighting
Writer John Ondrasik (BMI)
Publisher EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd

MOST PERFORMED AUSTRALIAN WORK OVERSEAS
I KNEW I LOVED YOU SAVAGE GARDEN

Artist Savage Garden
Writers Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones
Publisher Rough Cut Music Pty Ltd administered by Warner / Chapell Music Australia Pty Ltd

MOST PERFORMED JAZZ WORK
PAUL BLEY - JAMES MULLER

Artist James Muller
Writer James Muller

MOST PERFORMED COUNTRY WORK
NOT PRETTY ENOUGH - KASEY CHAMBERS

Artist Kasey Chambers
Writer Kasey Chambers
Publisher Gibbon Music Publishing Pty Ltd
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Australia) Pty Ltd

MOST PERFORMED DANCE WORK
BEAUTIFUL - DISCO MONTEGO FEATURING KATIE UNDERWOOD

Artist Disco Montego featuring Katie Underwood
Writer Katie Underwood/Darren Dowlut/Dennis Dowlut
Publisher Bomb Music Publishing administered by Peermusic Pty Ltd