APRA billion streams list
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The APRA billion streams list or The 1,000,000,000 list was established in 2019 by APRA AMCOS (Australasian Performing Right Association and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society) to acknowledge Australasian songwriters whose works have achieved one billion (1,000,000,000) streams on various services.{{cite web |url=https://www.apraamcos.com.au/about/supporting-the-industry/awards/the-1-000-000-000-list/ |title=The 1,000,000,000 list |publisher=APRA AMCOS |access-date=18 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512160407/https://www.apraamcos.com.au/about/supporting-the-industry/awards/the-1-000-000-000-list/
|archive-date=12 May 2021 |url-status=live}} Note: Non-Australasian co-writers are not shown. Streaming services used for the list include Apple Music, Amazon Music, Google Play, Spotify, Vevo, and YouTube.
Australian-born singer-songwriter Sia is the most prolific writer on the list,{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9333275/sia-record-nine-songs-apra-the-1000000000-list/ |title=Sia racks up record nine songs on the 1,000,000,000 list |work=Billboard |date=12 March 2020 |access-date=18 June 2021 |author=Brandle, Lars |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200312110212/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9333275/sia-record-nine-songs-apra-the-1000000000-list/
|archive-date=12 March 2020 |url-status=live}} with a total of 15 entries, as from October 2022.
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|+List of recipients, with year certified, song(s) certified, writers, and references shown ! Year ! Song(s) ! Writer(s) ! class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}} |
| align="center" rowspan="6" | 2019
| "Friends" | Nat Dunn |
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| "Be Alright"
| {{hlist|Dean Lewis|Jon Hume}} |
| "Never Be Like You"
| Harley Streten {{abbr|p.k.a.|performer known as}} Flume |
| "This Girl"
| {{hlist|Jake Mason|Dan West|Ivan Khatchoyan}} ({{abbr|p.k.a.|performers known as}} Cookin' on 3 Burners) |
| "Call on Me"
| {{hlist|Starley Hope {{abbr|p.k.a.|performer known as}} Starley|Peter Wadams {{abbr|p.k.a.|performer known as}} P-Money}} |
| "Youth"
| {{hlist|Troye Sivan|Alex Hope}} |
| align="center" rowspan="9"| 2020
| "Dance Monkey" | Toni Watson {{abbr|p.k.a.|performer known as}} Tones and I |
| "Youngblood"
| {{hlist|Calum Hood|Ashton Irwin|Luke Hemmings ({{abbr|p.k.a.|performers known as}} 5 Seconds of Summer)|Ali Tamposi|Andrew Watt|Louis Bell}} |
| "Whatever It Takes", "Young Dumb & Broke" |
| {{hlist|"Stay"|"The Middle"}} |
| "Somebody That I Used to Know"
| Wouter de Backer {{abbr|p.k.a.|performer known as}} Gotye |
| "Riptide"
| James Keogh {{abbr|p.k.a.|performer known as}} Vance Joy |
| "In My Mind"
| {{hlist|Ivan Gough|Aden Forte|Josh Soon ({{abbr|p.k.a.|performers known as}} Feenixpawl)|Georgi Kay}} |
| {{hlist|"Alive"|"Chained to the Rhythm"|"Chandelier"|"Cheap Thrills"|"Diamonds"|"Dusk Till Dawn"|"Elastic Heart"|"The Greatest"|"Titanium"}}
| Sia Furler {{abbr|p.k.a.|performer known as}} Sia |
| "Bad"
| Vassy Karagiorgos {{abbr|p.k.a.|performer known as}} Vassy |
| align="center" rowspan="8"| 2021
| "Needed Me" | {{hlist|Lewis Hughes|Nicholas Audino|Khaled Rohaim|Te Whiti Warbrick {{abbr|p.k.a.|performer known as}} Twice as Nice}} |
| "The Less I Know the Better"
| {{cite web |url=https://themusicnetwork.com/tame-impala-billion-streams/ |title=Tame Impala's "The Less I Know the Better" clocks up 1 billion streams |work=The Music Network |date=3 May 2021 |access-date=18 June 2021 |author=Triscari, Caleb |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503010207/https://themusicnetwork.com/tame-impala-billion-streams/ |archive-date=3 May 2021 |url-status=live}} |
| "Astronaut in the Ocean"
| Harry Michael and Tyron Hapi | {{cite web |url=https://themusicnetwork.com/masked-wolf-tyron-billion-list/ |title=Masked Wolf and Tryon Hapi join The 1,000,000,000 List for Astronaut in the Ocean |work=The Music Network |date=2 September 2021 |access-date=3 September 2021 |author=Brewster, Will}} |
| "Company"
| Leroy Clampitt and James Wong |archive-date=1 October 2022 |url-status=live}} Note: Non-Australasian co-writers are not shown. |
| "Royals"
| Lorde and Joel Little |
| "Me!"
| Joel Little |
| "Break My Heart" |
| "Heaven"
| Lindsay Rimes |
| align="center" rowspan="6" | 2022
| "Supalonely" | Benee and Josh Fountain |
| "Head & Heart"
| John Courtidis |
| "Just a Dream"
| David Ryan Harris |
| "Wild Ones", "Flashlight", "Thunderclouds", "Flames", "She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)", "Try Everything"
| Sia |
| "Down Under"
|archive-date=15 May 2024 |url-status=live }} Note: Non-Australasian co-writers are not shown. |
| "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)" |
| align="center" rowspan="3" | 2023
| "July" |
| "Love Tonight"
| Shouse (Jack Madin and Ed Service) |
| "Go Crazy"
| Trè Samuels |
| align="center" rowspan="2" | 2024
| Nicholas Littlemore, Luke Steele and Jonathan Sloan |
| "You Say"
| Paul Mabury |
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.apraamcos.com.au/about/supporting-the-industry/awards/the-1-000-000-000-list/}}
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