The Japan Gold Disc Award, launched in 1987, honoring the artists and their works which had made great contribution based on objective criteria with the actual sales in development of the music recording industry every year, is a music award intended to let music fans recognize the achievement. Yeah, that was taken from here actually, haha. So, they have already up to 24th anniversary? Whatever. The awards that they have are as follows; Artist of the Year (local/international), New Artist of the Year (local/international), The Best 5 New Artists (local), The Best 3 New Artists (international), The Best Enka/Kayokyoku Artist, Song of the Year (local/international), The Best 5 Songs (local), Single of the Year (local/international), The Best 5 Singles (local), Album of the Year (local/international), The Best 5 Albums (local), Classic Album of the Year, Jazz Album of the Year, Instrumental Album of the Year, Soundtrack Album of the Year, Animation Album of the Year, Traditional Japanese Album of the Year, Special Product Album of the Year, The Best Music Videos (local/international) and Special Award. Of course that there’s nothing fancy about this award, as much. But interesting to see some stuffs here like this.

supercell

The Best 5 New Artists went to Jasmine, supercell, BIGBANG, Hilchryme and Erina Mano. Nice job there supercell. I love your songs :3

K-On!

K-On! got the Special Award. Interesting. For full list of award recipients, kindly refer to here, the translation version.