# APRA Music Awards of 2001

The APRA Music Awards of 2001 were a group of awards given on 28 May 2001, as one in the series of APRA Awards. These are presented annually by Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and the Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS).
Only one classical music award was available in 2001: Most Performed Contemporary Classical Composition. APRA and Australian Music Centre (AMC) established the Classical Music Awards in July of the following year. APRA provided awards for "Best Television Theme", and "Best Film Score" in 2001. These were expanded to The Screen Music Awards presented by APRA and Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC) in November 2002.
Also at the 2001 awards ceremony, APRA celebrated its 75th anniversary by presenting the "ten best and most significant Australian songs of the past 75 years", which together with 20 previously announced songs comprise APRA's Top 30 Australian songs of all time.

## Awards

Nominees and winners with results indicated on the right.
APRA Music Awards :
| Song of the Year |||||||
| Title | Title | Artist | Artist | Writer | Writer | Result |
| "The Captain" | "The Captain" | Kasey Chambers | Kasey Chambers | Kasey Chambers | Kasey Chambers | Nominated |
| "Damage" | "Damage" | You Am I | You Am I | Tim Rogers | Tim Rogers | Nominated |
| "Looking Forward, Looking Back" | "Looking Forward, Looking Back" | Slim Dusty | Slim Dusty | Don Walker | Don Walker | Nominated |
| "My Happiness" | "My Happiness" | Powderfinger | Powderfinger | Jon Coghill, John Collins, Bernard Fanning, Ian Haug, Darren Middleton | Jon Coghill, John Collins, Bernard Fanning, Ian Haug, Darren Middleton | Won |
| "Shine" | "Shine" | Vanessa Amorosi | Vanessa Amorosi | Vanessa Amorosi, Mark Holden, Robert Parde | Vanessa Amorosi, Mark Holden, Robert Parde | Nominated |
| Songwriters of the Year |||||||
| Writer | Writer | Writer | Writer | Writer | Writer | Result |
| Ella Hooper, Jesse Hooper | Ella Hooper, Jesse Hooper | Ella Hooper, Jesse Hooper | Ella Hooper, Jesse Hooper | Ella Hooper, Jesse Hooper | Ella Hooper, Jesse Hooper | Won |
| Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music |||||||
| Name | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name | Result |
| Charles Fisher | Charles Fisher | Charles Fisher | Charles Fisher | Charles Fisher | Charles Fisher | Won |
| Most Performed Australian Work |||||||
| Title | Title | Artist | Artist | Writer | Writer | Result |
| "Affirmation" | "Affirmation" | Savage Garden | Savage Garden | Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones | Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones | Nominated |
| "Crash and Burn" | "Crash and Burn" | Savage Garden | Savage Garden | Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones | Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones | Nominated |
| "Desensitised" | "Desensitised" | Invertigo | Invertigo | James Dingli, Vincent Dingli | James Dingli, Vincent Dingli | Nominated |
| "Shine" | "Shine" | Vanessa Amorosi | Vanessa Amorosi | Vanessa Amorosi, Mark Holden, Robert Parde | Vanessa Amorosi, Mark Holden, Robert Parde | Won |
| "We Think It's Love" | "We Think It's Love" | Leah Haywood | Leah Haywood | Leah Cooney, Jorgen Elofsson | Leah Cooney, Jorgen Elofsson | Nominated |
| Most Performed Australian Work Overseas |||||||
| Title | Title | Artist | Artist | Writer | Writer | Result |
| "I Knew I Loved You" | "I Knew I Loved You" | Savage Garden | Savage Garden | Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones | Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones | Won |
| Most Performed Country Work |||||||
| Title | Title | Artist | Artist | Writer | Writer | Result |
| "Beating Around the Bush" | "Beating Around the Bush" | Adam Brand | Adam Brand | Adam Brand, Wayne Burt | Adam Brand, Wayne Burt | Nominated |
| "The Captain" | "The Captain" | Kasey Chambers | Kasey Chambers | Kasey Chambers | Kasey Chambers | Won |
| "Diggin' a Hole" | "Diggin' a Hole" | Slim Dusty | Slim Dusty | Christopher Cook | Christopher Cook | Nominated |
| "Good Friends" | "Good Friends" | Adam Brand | Adam Brand | Don Walker, Myles Walker | Don Walker, Myles Walker | Nominated |
| "Looking Forward, Looking Back" | "Looking Forward, Looking Back" | Slim Dusty | Slim Dusty | Don Walker | Don Walker | Nominated |
| Most Performed Foreign Work |||||||
| Title | Title | Artist | Artist | Writer | Writer | Result |
| "Bent" | "Bent" | Matchbox Twenty | Matchbox Twenty | Robert Thomas | Robert Thomas | Won |
| "Breathless" | "Breathless" | The Corrs | The Corrs | Andrea Corr, Caroline Corr, James Corr, Sharon Corr, Robert "Mutt" Lange | Andrea Corr, Caroline Corr, James Corr, Sharon Corr, Robert "Mutt" Lange | Nominated |
| "Pure Shores" | "Pure Shores" | All Saints | All Saints | Shaznay Lewis, William Orbit | Shaznay Lewis, William Orbit | Nominated |
| "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely" | "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely" | Backstreet Boys | Backstreet Boys | Herbie Crichlow, Martin Sandberg | Herbie Crichlow, Martin Sandberg | Nominated |
| "Sunshine on a Rainy Day" | "Sunshine on a Rainy Day" | Christine Anu | Christine Anu | Martin Glover, Zoë Pollock | Martin Glover, Zoë Pollock | Nominated |
| Most Performed Jazz Work |||||||
| Title | Title | Artist | Artist | Writer | Writer | Result |
| "Hook, Line and Boatshed" | "Hook, Line and Boatshed" | Paul Williamson's Hammond Combo | Paul Williamson's Hammond Combo | Paul Williamson | Paul Williamson | Nominated |
| "Jungle Jive" | "Jungle Jive" | Jive Bombers | Jive Bombers | Christopher Stafford, Peter Morand | Christopher Stafford, Peter Morand | Won |
| "McGruff" | "McGruff" | Paul Williamson's Hammond Combo | Paul Williamson's Hammond Combo | Timothy Neal, Paul Williamson | Timothy Neal, Paul Williamson | Nominated |
| "Reason" | "Reason" | Stephen Hunter | Stephen Hunter | Stephen Hunter | Stephen Hunter | Nominated |
| "Unidentified Spaces" | "Unidentified Spaces" | Ten Part Invention | Ten Part Invention | Sandra Evans | Sandra Evans | Nominated |
| Most Performed Contemporary Classical Composition |||||||
| Title | Title | Composer | Composer | Performer | Performer | Result |
| Between Five Bells | Between Five Bells | Peter Sculthorpe | Peter Sculthorpe | Roger Wright – piano | Roger Wright – piano | Won |
| Piano Concerto | Piano Concerto | Carl Vine | Carl Vine | Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Nominated |
| Best Film Score |||||||
| Title | Title | Title | Composer | Composer | Composer | Result |
| Better Than Sex | Better Than Sex | Better Than Sex | David Hirschfelder | David Hirschfelder | David Hirschfelder | Won |
| Innocence | Innocence | Innocence | Paul Grabowsky | Paul Grabowsky | Paul Grabowsky | Nominated |
| Looking for Alibrandi | Looking for Alibrandi | Looking for Alibrandi | Alan John | Alan John | Alan John | Nominated |
| Me Myself I | Me Myself I | Me Myself I | Charlie Chan | Charlie Chan | Charlie Chan | Nominated |
| Best Television Theme |||||||
| Title | Title | Title | Composer | Composer | Composer | Result |
| Dream Home | Dream Home | Dream Home | John Ertler | John Ertler | John Ertler | Nominated |
| Farscape | Farscape | Farscape | Christopher Neal, Braedy Neal | Christopher Neal, Braedy Neal | Christopher Neal, Braedy Neal | Nominated |
| Last Warriors | Last Warriors | Last Warriors | Charlie Chan | Charlie Chan | Charlie Chan | Nominated |
| Olympic Theme 2000 | Olympic Theme 2000 | Olympic Theme 2000 | Burkhard von Dallwitz | Burkhard von Dallwitz | Burkhard von Dallwitz | Won |
| Something in the Air | Something in the Air | Something in the Air | Mark Walmsley, John Kane | Mark Walmsley, John Kane | Mark Walmsley, John Kane | Nominated |