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
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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|"Even When I'm Sleeping"
 * colspan=2|Leonardo's Bride
 * colspan=2|Dean Manning
 * Won
 * colspan=2|"How to Make Gravy"
 * colspan=2|Paul Kelly
 * colspan=2|Paul Kelly
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Into My Arms"
 * colspan=2|Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
 * colspan=2|Nick Cave
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"No Aphrodisiac"
 * colspan=2|The Whitlams
 * colspan=2|Tim Freedman, Matt Ford, Glen Dormand
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"To the Moon and Back"
 * colspan=2|Savage Garden
 * colspan=2|Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Truly Madly Deeply"
 * colspan=2|Savage Garden
 * colspan=2|Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones
 * Nominated
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Truly Madly Deeply"
 * colspan=2|Savage Garden
 * colspan=2|Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones
 * Nominated
 * Nominated
 * colspan=6|Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones
 * 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|Michael Gudinski
 * Won
 * Won
 * colspan=2|"Break Me Shake Me"
 * colspan=2|Savage Garden
 * colspan=2|Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Even When I'm Sleeping"
 * colspan=2|Leonardo's Bride
 * colspan=2|Dean Manning
 * Won
 * colspan=2|"To the Moon and Back"
 * colspan=2|Savage Garden
 * colspan=2|Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Truly Madly Deeply"
 * colspan=2|Savage Garden
 * colspan=2|Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Whisper Your Name"
 * colspan=2|Human Nature
 * colspan=2|Andrew Tierney, Michael Tierney, Paul Begaud
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Whisper Your Name"
 * colspan=2|Human Nature
 * colspan=2|Andrew Tierney, Michael Tierney, Paul Begaud
 * 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|"I Want You"
 * colspan=2|Savage Garden
 * colspan=2|Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones
 * Won
 * Won
 * colspan=2|"Bounce"
 * colspan=2|Flowerpot Gang
 * colspan=2|Phillip Barton
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Honey"
 * colspan=2|Peter Combe
 * colspan=2|Peter Combe
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"It's Christmas"
 * colspan=2|Andy Armstrong
 * colspan=2|Andy Armstrong
 * Won
 * colspan=2|"Thingth I Thay"
 * colspan=2|Peter Combe
 * colspan=2|Peter Combe
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Thingth I Thay"
 * colspan=2|Peter Combe
 * colspan=2|Peter Combe
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Girls On the Avenue"
 * colspan=2|Clint Beattie
 * colspan=2|Richard Clapton
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"I Haven't Got a Heart"
 * colspan=2|Gina Jeffreys
 * colspan=2|Gina Hillenberg, Garth Porter, Rodney McCormack, David Bates
 * Won
 * colspan=2|"Little Things"
 * colspan=2|Troy Cassar-Daley
 * colspan=2|Troy Cassar-Daley, Steve Dorff
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Road Less Travelled"
 * colspan=2|Graeme Connors
 * colspan=2|Graeme Connors
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Wings of an Eagle"
 * colspan=2|Russell Morris and the Crosby Sisters
 * colspan=2|Russell Morris
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Wings of an Eagle"
 * colspan=2|Russell Morris and the Crosby Sisters
 * colspan=2|Russell Morris
 * Nominated
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Bitch"
 * colspan=2|Meredith Brooks
 * colspan=2|Shelly Peiken, Meredith Brooks
 * Won
 * colspan=2|"How Come, How Long"
 * colspan=2|Babyface
 * colspan=2|Stevie Wonder, Kenneth Edmonds
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Semi-Charmed Life"
 * colspan=2|Third Eye Blind
 * colspan=2|Stephan Jenkins
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Sunny Came Home"
 * colspan=2|Shawn Colvin
 * colspan=2|Shawn Colvin, John Leventhal
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"You Were Meant for Me"
 * colspan=2|Jewel
 * colspan=2|Jewel Kilcher, Steve Poltz
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"You Were Meant for Me"
 * colspan=2|Jewel
 * colspan=2|Jewel Kilcher, Steve Poltz
 * Nominated
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Baylorology"
 * colspan=2|Banana Oil
 * colspan=2|Andrew Baylor
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"My Family"
 * colspan=2|Banana Oil
 * colspan=2|Nicholas Caruana, Trevor Wraight, Chris Tabone
 * Won
 * colspan=2|"Neal Shuffle"
 * colspan=2|Banana Oil
 * colspan=2|Timothy Neal
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"New Craze"
 * colspan=2|The Black Sorrows
 * colspan=2|Joe Camilleri, Nicholas Smith, James Black
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Sticky"
 * colspan=2|The Catholics
 * colspan=2|Lloyd Swanton
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|"Sticky"
 * colspan=2|The Catholics
 * colspan=2|Lloyd Swanton
 * Nominated
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|Essington
 * colspan=2|Peter Sculthorpe
 * colspan=2|Australian Chamber Orchestra
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|Five Little Piano Pieces
 * colspan=2|Ross Edwards
 * colspan=2|Elizabeth Green
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|Small Town
 * colspan=2|Peter Sculthorpe
 * colspan=2|Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|Songs from the Forest
 * colspan=2|Nigel Westlake
 * colspan=2|John Williams and Timothy Kain
 * Nominated
 * colspan=2|The Edge
 * colspan=2|Nigel Westlake
 * colspan=2|Edge Music
 * Won
 * colspan=2|The Edge
 * colspan=2|Nigel Westlake
 * colspan=2|Edge Music
 * Won
 * Won
 * colspan=3|Shine
 * colspan=3|David Hirschfelder
 * Won
 * Won
 * colspan=3|Wildside
 * colspan=3|Peter Best
 * Won
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