APRA Music Awards of 1991
The Australasian Performing Right Association Awards of 1991 are a series of awards held in 1991. The APRA Music Awards were presented by Australasian Performing Right Association and the Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society. Two new categories were added, Songwriter of the Year and Ted Albert Memorial Award – the latter honours Ted Albert, an Australian early pioneer independent record producer and founder of Albert Productions.
Awards
Only winners are noted| Award | Winner |
| Songwriter of the Year | Phil Buckle |
| Ted Albert Memorial Award | Allan Hely |
| Song of the Year | "Treaty" by Yothu Yindi |
| Country Song of the Year | "Harley + Rose" by The Black Sorrows |
| Contemporary Classical Composition of the Year | Towards the Shining Light by Brenton Broadstock |
| Jazz Composition of the Year | "And Zen Monk" by Roger Frampton |
| Most Performed Foreign Work | "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" by UB40 |
| Most Performed Australian Work | "Heart in Danger" by Southern Sons |
| Most Performed Australian Work Overseas | "Suicide Blonde" by INXS |
| Film Score of the Year | Death in Brunswick by Phil Judd |
| Television or Film Theme of the Year | Chances by Peter Sullivan |