Snow Man won the “GD Award” Artist of the Year for the second year in a row, and BTS and Kinpuri also won (winners & work list / comments)

The award-winning works and award-winning artists in each category of the “37th Japan Gold Disc Award” sponsored by the Recording Industry Association of Japan have been announced.

The Japanese music category of “Artist of the Year” awarded to the most active artist last yearSnow Man, The Beatles won the western music category. Snow Man will receive the award for the second consecutive year, and The Beatles will receive the award for the first time and eight times.

Snow Man won a total of 7 awards, including ‘Artist of the Year’, ‘Album of the Year’ and ‘Music Video of the Year’. Upon receiving the award, Teru Iwamoto said, “I am very grateful to all the fans who have been supporting me on a daily basis. I would like to continue to refine my performance so that many people can enjoy it. I am,” he commented.

“Best Asian Artist”BTSwon the award for the fifth consecutive year, a record high.Among the artists who debuted during the period, the “New Artist of the Year” Japanese music category is awarded to the artist with the most sales of CDs, etc.EIGHTH STANDARDthe Asian division isIVE“Single of the Year”King & Prince“Tsukiyomi / Color”, “Song of the Year by Streaming”Official HIGE DANdismGiven to “Mixed Nuts”.

“The 37th Japan Gold Disc Awards” winners and winning works

Artist of the Year

Japanese music:Snow Man
Western: The Beatles

Best Asian Artist

BTS

Best Enka / Kayokyoku Artist

Kiyoshi Hikawa

New Artist of the Year

Japanese music:EIGHTH STANDARD
Western music: Su Ruichi
Asia:IVE

Best 5 New Artists (Japanese Music)

&TEAM
EIGHTH STANDARD
kudzu leaves
HOUSEof
ROF-MAO

Best 3 New Artists (Western Music)

Alexander 23
Sue Ruichi
Salem Iris

Best 3 New Artists (Asia)

IVE
Kep1er
VERIVERY

Best Enka / Kayokyoku New Artist

Aimi Tanaka

album of the year

Japanese music: Snow Man “Snow Labo. S2”
Western music: The Beatles “Revolver “
Asia:SEVENTEEN「DREAM」

Best 5 albums (Japanese music)

King & Prince「Made in」
SixTONES「CITY」
Snow Man「Snow Labo. S2」
Naniwa boys「1st Love」
Yumi Matsutoya“Yumin Banzai! ~Yumi Matsutoya 50th Anniversary Best Album~”

Best 3 Albums (Western Music)

Avril Lavigne “Love Sax”
The Beatles “Revolver “
Taylor Swift “Midnights”

Best 3 Albums (Asia)

SEVENTEEN「DREAM」
SEVENTEEN「Face the Sun」
BTS「Proof」

Classic Album of the Year

Taro Hakase「BEAUTIFUL WORLD」

jazz album of the year

Norah Jones “Nora Jones”

Instrumental Album of the Year

T-SQUARE「WISH」

Soundtrack Album of the Year

VA “Top Gun Maverick”

Animation Album of the Year

Ado“Uta no Uta ONE PIECE FILM RED”

Pure Japanese Music Album of the Year

Nippon Columbia Gingei Concert “2022 (58th) Nippon Columbia National Gingei Contest Task Gin Matsumoto Seno”

Planning/Album of the Year

JUJU“Story about Yuming”

Single of the Year

King & Prince “Tsukiyomi / Color”

best 5 singles

King & Prince “Tsukiyomi / Color”
Snow Man “Orange kiss”
Snow Man “Brother Beat”
Nogizaka46“Things not here”
Nogizaka46 “Love is Rock!”

Music Video of the Year

Japanese music: Snow Man “Snow Man LIVE TOUR 2021 Mania”
Western music: The Rolling Stones “Little Live in NYC”
Asia: BTS “BTS 2021 MUSTER SOWOOZOO”

Best 3 music videos

V.A.「Johnny’s Festival ～Thank you 2021 Hello 2022～」
King & Prince「King & Prince CONCERT TOUR 2021 ～Re:Sense～」
Snow Man「Snow Man LIVE TOUR 2021 Mania」

Song of the Year by Download

Japanese music:Official HIGE DANdism“Mixed nuts”
Western music: Lady Gaga “Hold My Hand”
Asia: BTS “Yet To Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)”

Best 3 Songs By Download

Ado “New Era (Uta from ONE PIECE FILM RED)”
Official HIGE DAN dism「Subtitle」
Official HIGE DANdism “Mix Nuts”

Song of the Year by Streaming

Japanese music: Official HIGE DANdism “Mix Nuts”
Western music: Charlie Puth “Left and Right (feat. Jung Kook of BTS)”
Asia: Kep1er “WA DA DA”

Best 5 Songs By Streaming

Ado “New Era (Uta from ONE PIECE FILM RED)”
Ado “I am the strongest (Uta from ONE PIECE FILM RED)”
Official HIGE DAN dism「Subtitle」
Official HIGE DANdism “Mix Nuts”
SEKAI NO OWARI「Habit」

special prize

Ado
Keisuke Kuwata
Yumi Matsutoya
Takuro Yoshida

Artist of the Year (Japanese Music) Comment from Snow Man Teru Iwamoto

I am truly grateful to have been awarded Artist of the Year.
I am very grateful to all the fans who have been supporting me on a daily basis.
I would like to continue to refine my performance so that many people can enjoy it.

Best Asian Artist BTS Comments

This year, he won the “Best Asian Artist” award for the fifth consecutive year. Thanks to the ARMYs who always give us so much love, we were able to receive such an honorable award.
We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all those who listen to our music, and most of all, to our ARMYs. thank you.

New Artist of the Year (Japanese Music) OCHA NORMA Madoka Saito Comment

I am very happy to receive such a wonderful award.
We are full of gratitude to all the fans who have supported us, and to everyone who has been involved with OCHA NORMA. thank you very much.
Encouraged by this award, the 10 members will continue to work hard and aim to become an attractive group that is loved by everyone in the living room!
Thank you for your continued support.

Album of the Year Snow Man Raoul Comments

We are very happy to have been awarded Album of the Year.
I think that the fact that our precious fans were pleased with the fruit of the efforts of the staff and members made this result possible, so I am especially grateful to all the fans.
Also, the fact that we received such an evaluation will motivate us to create more works in the future, so we will continue to strive to continue to create good products with a pure heart.
Thank you for your continued support.

Music Video of the Year Snow Man Ryohei Abe Comment

I would like to express my gratitude to all the fans who have always supported me by receiving this wonderful award.
The award-winning work recorded Snow Man’s memorable first nationwide live tour held two years ago.
A live performance is an important place for us idols to meet and appreciate our fans in person, and it is a space that we create together.
I would be happy if those who watched this work, which recorded the situation, would feel like “I want to see a live Snow Man live next time”.
thank you very much.

Song of the Year By Streaming Official HIGE DANdism Comment

We are very happy that so many people listen to our music.
With gratitude in our hearts, we will continue to create songs that we think are good and deliver good live performances, while continuing to take on new challenges as a band.
I’m really thankful to you.

Special Award Ado Comments

Thank you for choosing us for the “Special Award”. I am honored to receive such a wonderful award. I’m really happy that many people have listened to Ado’s songs, and that the CD release, downloads, and streaming that I dreamed of have received a lot of response in various places. I would like to thank all the listeners and everyone involved.

Comment from Special Prize Yumi Matsutoya

Exploring new values ​​and needs of the CD format and being able to achieve results.
I was able to update the sound quality significantly.
More than anything else, I am delighted to have been able to prove that the subtleties of the human mind do not change even if outsourcing and generations change.
Thank you to all the people who were involved in “Yumin Banzai!” and all the people who listened.

Comment from Special Award Takuro Yoshida

The world situation where it is difficult to smile is heartbreaking.
If music can soften people’s hearts even just a little…
I would like to continue my small support.