The winners of the 2025 APRA Music Awards have been announced at a star-studded evening at Melbourne Town Hall celebrating the talented songwriters and music publishers that have achieved outstanding success in the past year.
Melbourne powerhouse four-piece, Amyl and the Sniffers, clinched the coveted Peer-Voted APRA Song of the Year for their electrifying track, U Should Not Be Doing That. This accolade, determined by thousands of fellow songwriter members, tops off an exceptional few months for the band, who recently graced the stage at Coachella during their extensive world tour.
The Most Performed Hard Rock/Heavy Metal category was awarded to APRA Music Award debutants, Make Them Suffer, for Epitaph, while fellow first-timers Lithe and co-writer Omid Khasrawy took out Most Performed Hip Hop/Rap Work for the viral hit Fall Back.
The awards were hosted by Zan Rowe with guest presenters Hau Lātūkefu and Ngaiire. Returning
Music Director, Julian Hamilton, curated an electrifying mix of performances including Lior’s cover of the Powderfinger classic These Days to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Odyssey Number Five and Sarah Blasko’s moving homage to the late singer-songwriter Jack Colwell for the In Memoriam segment.
