APRA Music Awards of 1996

The Australasian Performing Right Association Awards of 1996 (generally known as APRA Awards) are a series of awards held in May 1996. The APRA Music Awards were presented by Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and the Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). APRA and AMCOS did not provide any awards in 1997, after the hiatus they resumed the annual ceremony in APRA Music Awards of 1998.

Only one classical music award was available in 1996: Most Performed Contemporary Classical Composition. APRA provided awards for "Best Television Theme", and "Best Film Score" in 1996. 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
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APRA Music Awards
!colspan=7| Song of the Year !colspan=2|Title !colspan=2|Artist !colspan=2|Writer !Result !colspan=7| Songwriters of the Year !colspan=6|Writer !Result !colspan=7| Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music !colspan=6|Name !Result
 * colspan=2|"Caroline"
 * colspan=2|The Badloves
 * colspan=2|Debra Byrne, Michael Spiby
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Pick You Up"
 * colspan=2|Powderfinger
 * colspan=2|Jonathan Coghill, John Collins, Bernard Fanning, Ian Haug, Darren Middleton
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Waking Up Tired"
 * colspan=2|Hoodoo Gurus
 * colspan=2|David Faulkner, Bradley Shepherd
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Wasn't It Good"
 * colspan=2|Tina Arena
 * colspan=2|Tina Arena, Robert Parde, Heather Field
 * Won
 * colspan=2|"Where the Wild Roses Grow"
 * colspan=2|Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue
 * colspan=2|Nick Cave
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Where the Wild Roses Grow"
 * colspan=2|Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue
 * colspan=2|Nick Cave
 * Nominated
 * Nominated
 * colspan=6|Nick Cave
 * Won
 * Won

!colspan=7| Most Performed Australian Work !colspan=2|Title !colspan=2|Artist !colspan=2|Writer !Result !colspan=7| Most Performed Australian Work Overseas !colspan=2|Title !colspan=2|Artist !colspan=2|Writer !Result
 * colspan=6|Ron Tudor
 * Won
 * Won
 * colspan=2|"Apple Eyes"
 * colspan=2|Swoop
 * colspan=2|Joshua Beagley, Roland Kapferer, Alexander Hewetson, Fiona Ta'Akimoeaka
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Caroline"
 * colspan=2|The Badloves
 * colspan=2|Debra Byrne, Michael Spiby
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Under the Water"
 * colspan=2|Merril Bainbridge
 * colspan=2|Merril Bainbridge, Owen Bolwell, Stanley Paulzen
 * Won
 * colspan=2|"Wasn't It Good"
 * colspan=2|Tina Arena
 * colspan=2|Tina Arena, Robert Parde, Heather Field
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Where the Wild Roses Grow"
 * colspan=2|Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue
 * colspan=2|Nick Cave
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Where the Wild Roses Grow"
 * colspan=2|Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue
 * colspan=2|Nick Cave
 * Nominated
 * Nominated

!colspan=7| Most Performed Children's Work !colspan=2|Title !colspan=2|Artist !colspan=2|Writer !Result !colspan=7| Most Performed Country Work !colspan=2|Title !colspan=2|Artist !colspan=2|Writer !Result !colspan=7| Most Performed Foreign Work !colspan=2|Title !colspan=2|Artist !colspan=2|Writer !Result !colspan=7| Most Performed Jazz Work !colspan=2|Title !colspan=2|Artist !colspan=2|Writer !Result !colspan=7| Most Performed Contemporary Classical Composition !colspan=2|Title !colspan=2|Composer !colspan=2|Performer !Result !colspan=7| Best Film Score !colspan=3|Title !colspan=3|Composer !Result !colspan=7| Best Television Theme !colspan=3|Title !colspan=3|Composer !Result
 * colspan=2|"Tomorrow"
 * colspan=2|Silverchair
 * colspan=2|Daniel Johns, Benjamin Gillies
 * Won
 * Won
 * colspan=2|"Grand Fairies Ball"
 * colspan=2|Christine Hutchinson
 * colspan=2|Christine Hutchinson
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Growin' Up Strong"
 * colspan=2|Wendy Notley
 * colspan=2|Barbara Notley, Wendy Notley, Al Rony, Donna Ross
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"The Hooley Dooleys"
 * colspan=2|The Hooley Dooleys
 * colspan=2|David Butts, Antoine Demarest, Bruce Thorburn
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Just Hang Loose"
 * colspan=2|Incy Wincy
 * colspan=2|Leonie Cambage, Graham Sattler
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Wake Up Jeff!"
 * colspan=2|The Wiggles
 * colspan=2|Murray Cook, Jeffrey Fatt, Anthony Field, Gregory Page
 * Won
 * colspan=2|"Wake Up Jeff!"
 * colspan=2|The Wiggles
 * colspan=2|Murray Cook, Jeffrey Fatt, Anthony Field, Gregory Page
 * Won
 * Won
 * colspan=2|"Don't Call Wagga Wagga Wagga"
 * colspan=2|Jim Haynes
 * colspan=2|Gregory Champion, James Haynes
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Nine Mile Run"
 * colspan=2|Tania Kernaghan
 * colspan=2|Colin Buchanan, Tania Kernaghan, Fiona Kernaghan
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"1959"
 * colspan=2|Lee Kernaghan
 * colspan=2|Garth Porter, Lee Kernaghan
 * Won
 * colspan=2|"Skinny Dippin'"
 * colspan=2|Lee Kernaghan
 * colspan=2|Garth Porter, Lee Kernaghan, Colin Buchanan, Lawrence Minton
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Somewhere out There"
 * colspan=2|Shanley Del
 * colspan=2|Shanley Del Gregory, Steven Daily
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Somewhere out There"
 * colspan=2|Shanley Del
 * colspan=2|Shanley Del Gregory, Steven Daily
 * Nominated
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"As I Lay Me Down"
 * colspan=2|Sophie B. Hawkins
 * colspan=2|Sophie B. Hawkins
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Fairground"
 * colspan=2|Simply Red
 * colspan=2|Mick Hucknall
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Give Me One Reason"
 * colspan=2|Tracy Chapman
 * colspan=2|Tracy Chapman
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Kiss from a Rose"
 * colspan=2|Seal
 * colspan=2|Henry Samuel (p.k.a. Seal)
 * Won
 * colspan=2|"Lets Groove"
 * colspan=2|CDB
 * colspan=2|Maurice White, Wayne Vaughn
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Lets Groove"
 * colspan=2|CDB
 * colspan=2|Maurice White, Wayne Vaughn
 * Nominated
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Ee Yoo Hoo"
 * colspan=2|Coco's Lunch
 * colspan=2|Nicola Eveleigh
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Futures"
 * colspan=2|DIG
 * colspan=2|Samuel Dixon, Scott Saunders, James Robertson, Timothy Rollinson, Terepai Richmond
 * Won
 * colspan=2|"Mambo Gumbo"
 * colspan=2|Wanderlust
 * colspan=2|Miroslav Bukovsky
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Tata"
 * colspan=2|Wanderlust
 * colspan=2|Francisco Hevia
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Until"
 * colspan=2|Carl Orr
 * colspan=2|Carl Orr, Renée Geyer
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Until"
 * colspan=2|Carl Orr
 * colspan=2|Carl Orr, Renée Geyer
 * Nominated
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|Fantasy
 * colspan=2|Helen Gifford
 * colspan=2|Laura Chislett, the Flute in Orbit
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|Flower Songs
 * colspan=2|Ross Edwards
 * colspan=2|Song Company and Friends
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|In the Shuberry
 * colspan=2|Anthony Bremner
 * colspan=2|Song Company and Friends
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|Sonata for Harp
 * colspan=2|Peggy Glanville-Hicks
 * colspan=2|Marshall Maguire
 * Won
 * colspan=2|To His Servant Bach God Grants a Final Glimpse – The Morning Star
 * colspan=2|Graeme Koehne
 * colspan=2|Marshall Maguire
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|To His Servant Bach God Grants a Final Glimpse – The Morning Star
 * colspan=2|Graeme Koehne
 * colspan=2|Marshall Maguire
 * Nominated
 * Nominated
 * colspan=3|All Men Are Liars
 * colspan=3|Mark Moffatt, Wayne Goodwin
 * Nominated
 * colspan=3|Angel Baby
 * colspan=3|John Clifford White
 * Nominated
 * colspan=3|Babe
 * colspan=3|Nigel Westlake
 * Won
 * colspan=3|Dad and Dave: On Our Selection
 * colspan=3|Peter Best
 * Nominated
 * colspan=3|Lilian's Story
 * colspan=3|Cezary Skubiszewski
 * Nominated
 * colspan=3|Mushrooms
 * colspan=3|Paul Grabowsky
 * Nominated
 * colspan=3|Talk
 * colspan=3|John Clifford White
 * Nominated
 * colspan=3|That Eye, the Sky
 * colspan=3|David Bridie, John Phillips
 * Nominated
 * colspan=3|Talk
 * colspan=3|John Clifford White
 * Nominated
 * colspan=3|That Eye, the Sky
 * colspan=3|David Bridie, John Phillips
 * Nominated
 * colspan=3|David Bridie, John Phillips
 * Nominated
 * colspan=3|Blue Murder
 * colspan=3|Peter Best
 * Nominated
 * colspan=3|Bordertown
 * colspan=3|Guy Gross
 * Nominated
 * colspan=3|Breaking the Ice
 * colspan=3|Robert Moss
 * Nominated
 * colspan=3|Correlli
 * colspan=3|Christopher Neal
 * Nominated
 * colspan=3|G.P.
 * colspan=3|Mario Millo
 * Won
 * colspan=3|Mercury
 * colspan=3|John Clifford White
 * Nominated
 * colspan=3|RPA
 * colspan=3|Geoffrey J Harvey
 * Nominated
 * colspan=3|Water Rats
 * colspan=3|Leslie Gock
 * Nominated
 * }
 * colspan=3|RPA
 * colspan=3|Geoffrey J Harvey
 * Nominated
 * colspan=3|Water Rats
 * colspan=3|Leslie Gock
 * Nominated
 * }
 * }
 * }