# APRA Music Awards of 1998

The Australasian Performing Right Association Awards of 1998 (generally known as APRA Awards) are a series of awards held in May 1998. The APRA Music Awards were presented by Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and the Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). The awards resumed in 1998 after a hiatus in 1997.
Only one classical music award was available in 1998: Most Performed Contemporary Classical Composition. APRA provided awards for "Best Television Theme", and "Best Film Score" in 1998. APRA and AMCOS also sponsored the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC), which provided their own awards ceremony, from 1996 to 2000, with categories for film and TV composers.

## Awards

Nominees and winners with results indicated on the right.
APRA Music Awards :
| Song of the Year |||||||
| Title | Title | Artist | Artist | Writer | Writer | Result |
| "Even When I'm Sleeping" | "Even When I'm Sleeping" | Leonardo's Bride | Leonardo's Bride | Dean Manning | Dean Manning | Won |
| "How to Make Gravy" | "How to Make Gravy" | Paul Kelly | Paul Kelly | Paul Kelly | Paul Kelly | Nominated |
| "Into My Arms" | "Into My Arms" | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | Nick Cave | Nick Cave | Nominated |
| "No Aphrodisiac" | "No Aphrodisiac" | The Whitlams | The Whitlams | Tim Freedman, Matt Ford, Glen Dormand | Tim Freedman, Matt Ford, Glen Dormand | Nominated |
| "To the Moon and Back" | "To the Moon and Back" | Savage Garden | Savage Garden | Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones | Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones | Nominated |
| "Truly Madly Deeply" | "Truly Madly Deeply" | Savage Garden | Savage Garden | Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones | Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones | Nominated |
| Songwriters of the Year |||||||
| Writer | Writer | Writer | Writer | Writer | Writer | Result |
| Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones | Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones | Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones | Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones | Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones | Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones | Won |
| Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music |||||||
| Name | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name | Result |
| Michael Gudinski | Michael Gudinski | Michael Gudinski | Michael Gudinski | Michael Gudinski | Michael Gudinski | Won |
| Most Performed Australian Work |||||||
| Title | Title | Artist | Artist | Writer | Writer | Result |
| "Break Me Shake Me" | "Break Me Shake Me" | Savage Garden | Savage Garden | Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones | Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones | Nominated |
| "Even When I'm Sleeping" | "Even When I'm Sleeping" | Leonardo's Bride | Leonardo's Bride | Dean Manning | Dean Manning | Won |
| "To the Moon and Back" | "To the Moon and Back" | Savage Garden | Savage Garden | Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones | Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones | Nominated |
| "Truly Madly Deeply" | "Truly Madly Deeply" | Savage Garden | Savage Garden | Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones | Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones | Nominated |
| "Whisper Your Name" | "Whisper Your Name" | Human Nature | Human Nature | Andrew Tierney, Michael Tierney, Paul Begaud | Andrew Tierney, Michael Tierney, Paul Begaud | Nominated |
| Most Performed Australian Work Overseas |||||||
| Title | Title | Artist | Artist | Writer | Writer | Result |
| "I Want You" | "I Want You" | Savage Garden | Savage Garden | Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones | Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones | Won |
| Most Performed Children's Work |||||||
| Title | Title | Artist | Artist | Writer | Writer | Result |
| "Bounce" | "Bounce" | Flowerpot Gang | Flowerpot Gang | Phillip Barton | Phillip Barton | Nominated |
| "Honey" | "Honey" | Peter Combe | Peter Combe | Peter Combe | Peter Combe | Nominated |
| "It's Christmas" | "It's Christmas" | Andy Armstrong | Andy Armstrong | Andy Armstrong | Andy Armstrong | Won |
| "Thingth I Thay" | "Thingth I Thay" | Peter Combe | Peter Combe | Peter Combe | Peter Combe | Nominated |
| Most Performed Country Work |||||||
| Title | Title | Artist | Artist | Writer | Writer | Result |
| "Girls On the Avenue" | "Girls On the Avenue" | Clint Beattie | Clint Beattie | Richard Clapton | Richard Clapton | Nominated |
| "I Haven't Got a Heart" | "I Haven't Got a Heart" | Gina Jeffreys | Gina Jeffreys | Gina Hillenberg, Garth Porter, Rodney McCormack, David Bates | Gina Hillenberg, Garth Porter, Rodney McCormack, David Bates | Won |
| "Little Things" | "Little Things" | Troy Cassar-Daley | Troy Cassar-Daley | Troy Cassar-Daley, Steve Dorff | Troy Cassar-Daley, Steve Dorff | Nominated |
| "Road Less Travelled" | "Road Less Travelled" | Graeme Connors | Graeme Connors | Graeme Connors | Graeme Connors | Nominated |
| "Wings of an Eagle" | "Wings of an Eagle" | Russell Morris and the Crosby Sisters | Russell Morris and the Crosby Sisters | Russell Morris | Russell Morris | Nominated |
| Most Performed Foreign Work |||||||
| Title | Title | Artist | Artist | Writer | Writer | Result |
| "Bitch" | "Bitch" | Meredith Brooks | Meredith Brooks | Shelly Peiken, Meredith Brooks | Shelly Peiken, Meredith Brooks | Won |
| "How Come, How Long" | "How Come, How Long" | Babyface | Babyface | Stevie Wonder, Kenneth Edmonds | Stevie Wonder, Kenneth Edmonds | Nominated |
| "Semi-Charmed Life" | "Semi-Charmed Life" | Third Eye Blind | Third Eye Blind | Stephan Jenkins | Stephan Jenkins | Nominated |
| "Sunny Came Home" | "Sunny Came Home" | Shawn Colvin | Shawn Colvin | Shawn Colvin, John Leventhal | Shawn Colvin, John Leventhal | Nominated |
| "You Were Meant for Me" | "You Were Meant for Me" | Jewel | Jewel | Jewel Kilcher, Steve Poltz | Jewel Kilcher, Steve Poltz | Nominated |
| Most Performed Jazz Work |||||||
| Title | Title | Artist | Artist | Writer | Writer | Result |
| "Baylorology" | "Baylorology" | Banana Oil | Banana Oil | Andrew Baylor | Andrew Baylor | Nominated |
| "My Family" | "My Family" | Banana Oil | Banana Oil | Nicholas Caruana, Trevor Wraight, Chris Tabone | Nicholas Caruana, Trevor Wraight, Chris Tabone | Won |
| "Neal Shuffle" | "Neal Shuffle" | Banana Oil | Banana Oil | Timothy Neal | Timothy Neal | Nominated |
| "New Craze" | "New Craze" | The Black Sorrows | The Black Sorrows | Joe Camilleri, Nicholas Smith, James Black | Joe Camilleri, Nicholas Smith, James Black | Nominated |
| "Sticky" | "Sticky" | The Catholics | The Catholics | Lloyd Swanton | Lloyd Swanton | Nominated |
| Most Performed Contemporary Classical Composition |||||||
| Title | Title | Composer | Composer | Performer | Performer | Result |
| Essington | Essington | Peter Sculthorpe | Peter Sculthorpe | Australian Chamber Orchestra | Australian Chamber Orchestra | Nominated |
| Five Little Piano Pieces | Five Little Piano Pieces | Ross Edwards | Ross Edwards | Elizabeth Green | Elizabeth Green | Nominated |
| Small Town | Small Town | Peter Sculthorpe | Peter Sculthorpe | Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra | Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra | Nominated |
| Songs from the Forest | Songs from the Forest | Nigel Westlake | Nigel Westlake | John Williams and Timothy Kain | John Williams and Timothy Kain | Nominated |
| The Edge | The Edge | Nigel Westlake | Nigel Westlake | Edge Music | Edge Music | Won |
| Best Film Score |||||||
| Title | Title | Title | Composer | Composer | Composer | Result |
| Shine | Shine | Shine | David Hirschfelder | David Hirschfelder | David Hirschfelder | Won |
| Best Television Theme |||||||
| Title | Title | Title | Composer | Composer | Composer | Result |
| Wildside | Wildside | Wildside | Peter Best | Peter Best | Peter Best | Won |