2012 APRA Award Winners Announced; Gotye Scores Trifecta

APRA (Australasian Performing Rights Association) held their annual awards ceremony in Sydney last night, celebrating a variety of composers and songwriters and their material from over the last year. Unsurprisingly, it was Gotye who went on to scoop up three APRA Awards, including APRA Song of the Year for the worldwide smash, "Somebody That I Used To Know".

Below is the full list of winners from the 2012 Awards, congratulations!

WINNERS OF THE 2012 APRA MUSIC AWARDS

SONG OF THE YEAR
Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye ft. Kimbra

BREAKTHROUGH SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Killian Gavin, Jonathan Hart, Timothy Hart, David Hosking, Jacob Tarasenko (Boy & Bear)

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Wally De Backer

TED ALBERT AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICES TO AUSTRALIAN MUSIC
Mary Lopez

MOST PLAYED AUSTRALIAN WORK
Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye ft. Kimbra

COUNTRY WORK OF THE YEAR
Famous Last Words - Shane Nicholson

BLUES & ROOTS WORK OF THE YEAR
Biding My Time - Busby Marou

DANCE WORK OF THE YEAR
From The Music - The Potbelleez

ROCK WORK OF THE YEAR
Wild At Heart - Birds of Tokyo

URBAN WORK OF THE YEAR
Own This Club - Marvin Priest

MOST PLAYED AUSTRALIAN WORK OVERSEAS
Highway To Hell - AC/DC

INTERNATIONAL WORK OF THE YEAR
Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO