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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 1.

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, Koshō"

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 (おまえを連れて)"
• Kumi Koda for "Lick me♥"
• Fuyumi Sakamoto for "Mata Kimi ni Koishiteru (また君に恋してる)"
• Tohoshinki for "Stand by U"
• Kiyoshi Hikawa for "Tokimeki no Rumba (ときめきのルンバ)"
• Ryoichi Higuchi for "Tegami: Shin'ai naru Kodomotachi e (手紙〜親愛なる子供たちへ〜)"
• Kaori Mizumori for "Aki no Miyajima (安芸の宮島)"

Best New Artist

• Maya Sakura
• Scandal
• Big Bang
• Hilcrhyme

Special awards

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

See also

• 60th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen

References

• "レコ大各賞発表EXILEなど11組が大賞候補". Archived from the original on 2009-12-04. Retrieved 2013-12-01.

External links

• Official Website
• Official results page Archived 2018-09-19 at the Wayback Machine