Kimbra and Gotye win again

Kimbra may have missed out on her own top song gong across the Tasman last night but still gets to share in the honour with Australian singer Gotye.

At an awards ceremony in Sydney, Goyte won the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) for song of the year for his duet with Kimbra Somebody That I Used To Know.

The US chart-topping was also awarded as the most played song in Australian airwaves.

Kimbra's solo hit Cameo Lover was also up for song of the year.

The peer-voted awards celebrated their 30th anniversary and were hosted by Missy Higgins and Jonathan Biggins.

Tina Arena, with Tex Perkins, performed a special rendition of Somebody That I Used To Know during the ceremony.

The song recently became the first Australian artist since Savage Garden in 2000 and New Zealand's OMC in 1997 to claim top spot on the US charts.

Although Kimbra didn't write the smash hit and won't benefit hugely financially, it was still a massive boost for her profile.

Performances with Gotye on Jimmy Kimmel Live and Saturday Night Live have introduced her to the US public, and she touring America with debut album Vows.

She has a handful of her own prestigious song writing awards, including taking home the grand prize of the Nashville-based International Songwriting Competition.

Somebody That I Used To Know sold 542,000 downloads between April 9 and April 15 in the US, according to Nielsen SoundScan - the fourth highest figure since SoundScan began tracking digital sales in 2003.

In Glee, the break-up song was transformed into a tune about sibling rivalry between characters Blaine Anderson, played by Darren Criss, and his older brother Cooper, played by Matt Bomer. The episode aired in New Zealand on Friday.

It was also covered on the US version of the television talent contest The Voice, while Gotye performed it at the US music festival Coachella last month.

On the Billboard chart, Gotye and Kimbra dethroned US indie pop band Fun's We Are Young, which slipped to number two.

Somebody That I Used to Know is taken from Gotye's third album, Making Mirrors, which he recorded entirely at his parents' farm on the Mornington Peninsula.

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