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- 1 2 "The 1,000,000,000 list". APRA AMCOS. Archived from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022. Note: Non-Australasian co-writers are not shown.
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- ↑ Brewster, Will (2 September 2021). "Masked Wolf and Tryon Hapi join The 1,000,000,000 List for Astronaut in the Ocean". The Music Network . Retrieved 3 September 2021.