The 51st Annual Japan Record Awards took place on December 30, 2009. TBS broadcast the event, which will take place again at New National Theatre in Shibuya, Tokyo. The nominations for the Awards were announced on December 1st.

Awards winners

• Japan Record Award: - "Someday"
  • Artist: Exile
  • Songwriter: ATSUSHI
  • Composer: miwa furuse
  • Arranger: H-Wonder
  • Record companies: Avex Entertainment
  • Productions: LDH
• Best Vocal Performance: Hiroshi Itsuki
• Best New Artist: Big Bang
• Best album: GReeeeN for "Shio, Kosh "

Nominees

Japan Record Awards

• Ikimono-gakari for "YELL"
• w-inds. x G-Dragon (Big Bang) for "Rain Is Fallin'"
• Exile for "Someday"
• Girl Next Door for "Infinity"
• Daisuke Kitagawa for "Omae o Tsurete ( )"
• Kumi Koda for "Lick me "
• Fuyumi Sakamoto for "Mata Kimi ni Koishiteru ( )"
• TVXQ "Stand by U"
• Kiyoshi Hikawa for "Tokimeki no Rumba ( )"
• Ryoichi Higuchi for "Tegami: Shin'ai naru Kodomotachi e ( )"
• Kaori Mizumori for "Aki no Miyajima ( )"

Best New Artist

• Maya Sakura
• Scandal
• Big Bang
• Hilcrhyme

Special awards

• Alice
• AKB48 and Yasushi Akimoto
• Nobuyuki Tsujii
• Michael Jackson

See also

• 60th NHK K haku Uta Gassen

References

• http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/flash/KFullFlash20091201140.html

External links

• Official Website

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