Japan Record Award

Japan Record Award
2011 Japan Record Award given to AKB48 for "Flying Get"
Awarded for	Outstanding achievements in the record industry
Country	Japan
Presented by	Japan Composer's Association
First awarded	1959
Official website	http://www.jacompa.or.jp/

The Japan Record Awards (日本レコード大賞, Nihon Rekōdo Taishō) is a major music awards show that recognizes outstanding achievements in the Japan Composer's Association in a manner similar to the American Grammy Awards, held annually in Japan. Until 2005, the show aired on New Year's Eve, but has since aired every December 30 on TBS Japan at 6:30 P.M JST and is hosted by many announcers.

EXILE holds the record for most wins, with four awards.

Grand Prix shield

The shield itself, designed by painter Seiji Togo.

Categories

The Japan Record Awards include, but are not limited to, four awards which are not restricted by genre.

• Japan Record Award - awarded to the performer and the production team of a single song.
• Best Vocal Performance Award- awarded to the best singer.
• Best New Artist Award- awarded to a performer who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist (which may not necessarily be their first proper release).
• New Artist Award - automatically nominates 4 Best new artist for the ‘Best New Artist Award,’ which will select the top debuting artist from the four winners.
• Best Album Award- awarded to the performer and the production team of a full album.
• Excellence Album Award
• Excellent Work Award
• Best Composer Award
• Best Arranger Award
• Best Songwriter Award
• Planning Award
• Achievement Award
• Special Award
• Lifetime Achievement Award
• Japan Composer's Association Award

List of Japan Record Award Winners

Award	Year		Song	Recordmaker	Artist
1	1959		Kuroi Hanabira	Toshiba Music	Hiroshi Mizuhara
2	1960		Dare yori mo Kimi o Aisu	JVC Victor	Kazuko Matsuo Hiroshi Wada and Mahinastars
3	1961		Kimi Koishi	JVC Victor	Frank Nagai
4	1962		Itsu demo Yume o	JVC Victor	Yukio Hashi Sayuri Yoshinaga
5	1963		Konnichiwa Aka-chan	King Records	Michiyo Azusa
6	1964		Ai to Shi o Mitsumete	Nippon Columbia	Kazuko Aoyama
7	1965		Yawara	Nippon Columbia	Hibari Misora
8	1966		Muhyo	JVC Victor	Yukio Hashi
9	1967		Blue Chateau	Nippon Columbia	Jackey Yoshikawa and Blue Comets
10	1968		Tenshi no Yuwaku	Toshiba Music	Jun Mayuzumi
11	1969		Ii ja nai no Shiawase naraba	JVC Victor	Naomi Sagara
12	1970		Kyo de Owakare	Polydor	Yoichi Sugawara
13	1971		Mata Au Hi Made	Phonogram	Kiyohiko Ozaki
14	1972		Kassai	Nippon Columbia	Chiaki Naomi
15	1973		Yozora	Tokuma Music	Hiroshi Itsuki
16	1974		Erimo Misaki	Victor Music	Shinichi Mori
17	1975		Cyclamen no Kaori	King Records	Akira Fuse
18	1976		Kita no Yado kara	Nippon Columbia	Harumi Miyako
19	1977		Katteni-Shiyagare	Polydor	Kenji Sawada
20	1978		UFO	Victor Music	Pink Lady
21	1979		Miserarete	CBS Sony	Judy Ongg
22	1980		Ame no Bojo	Teichiku	Aki Yashiro
23	1981		Ruby no Yubiwa	Toshiba EMI	Akira Terao
24	1982		Kitasakaba	Nippon Columbia	Takashi Hosokawa
25	1983		Yagiri no Watashi
26	1984		Nagaragawa Enka	Tokuma Japan	Hiroshi Itsuki
27	1985		Meu amor é...	Warner Pioneer	Akina Nakamori
28	1986		Desire
29	1987		Orokamono	CBS Sony	Masahiko Kondo
30	1988		Paradise Ginga	Pony Canyon	Hikaru Genji
31	1989		Samishii Nettaigyo	Polystar	Wink
32	1990	Enka	Koi Uta Tsuzuri	Polystar	Takao Horiuchi
		Pops	Odoru Pompokolin	BMG Japan	B.B.Queens
33	1991	Enka	Kita no Daichi	Nippon Crown	Saburo Kitajima
		Pops	Ai wa Katsu	Polydor	KAN
34	1992	Enka	Shiroi Kaikyo	King Records	Miyako Otsuki
		Pops	Kimi ga Iru Dake de	Sony Music	Kome Kome Club
35	1993		Mugonzaka	Polydor Records	Kaori Kozai
36	1994		Innocent World	Toy's Factory	Mr. Children
37	1995		Overnight Sensation: Jidai wa Anata ni Yudaneteru	Avex	TRF
38	1996		Don't Wanna Cry		Namie Amuro
39	1997		Can You Celebrate?
40	1998		Wanna Be A Dreammaker		Globe
41	1999		Winter, again	Unlimited Records	Glay
42	2000		Tsunami	Victor Entertainment	Southern All Stars
43	2001		Dearest	Avex	Ayumi Hamasaki
44	2002		Voyage
45	2003		No Way to Say
46	2004		Sign	Toy's Factory	Mr. Children
47	2005		Butterfly	Rhythm Zone (Avex)	Kumi Koda
48	2006		Ikken	Columbia Music Entertainment	Kiyoshi Hikawa
49	2007		Tsubomi	Warner Music Japan	Kobukuro
50	2008		Ti Amo	Rhythm Zone (Avex)	Exile
51	2009		Someday
52	2010		I Wish For You
53	2011		Flying Get	You! Be Cool! (King Records)	AKB48
54	2012		Manatsu no Sounds Good!
55	2013		Exile Pride: Konna Sekai o Aisuru Tame	Rhythm Zone (Avex)	Exile
56	2014		R.Y.U.S.E.I.		Sandaime J Soul Brothers from Exile Tribe
57	2015		Unfair World

Venues

• 1969-1984: Imperial Garden Theater
• 1985-1993: Nippon Budokan
• 1994-2003: TBS Broadcasting Center
• 2004-: New National Theatre

External links

• Japan Composer's Association
• TBS