The was held on 30 December 2021.
Nominations and awards were announced by the organizers on 19 November. Like the previous award ceremony, the
Best Album Award, Songwriting Award, Composition Award, Merit Award, and Planning Award were not presented due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...
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Presenters
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Riho Yoshioka
is a Japanese actress. She first attracted attention after landing a role in a television series, '' Here Comes Asa'' on NHK in 2016. She received the Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year in 2018.
She won the Newcomer of the Year Award at ...
* Shinichiro Azumi (TBS Announcer)
Winners
Grand Prix
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Da-iCE – "Citrus"
** Artist: Da-iCE
** Lyrics: Taiki Kudo, Sota Hanamura
** Music: Kaz Kuwamura, Shōgo Nakayama
** Arranger: Shōgo Nakayama, TomoLow
Excellent Work Awards
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LiSA Lisa or LISA may refer to:
People
People with the mononym
* Lisa Lisa (born 1967), American actress and lead singer of the Cult Jam
* Lisa (Japanese musician, born 1974), stylized "LISA", Japanese singer and producer
* Lisa Komine (born 1978), J ...
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Akeboshi
, more commonly known as , is a Japanese folk singer. He is mainly known for the song ''Wind'', used as an ending theme for the first season of the anime ''Naruto''. His surname means "bright star," while his given name means "fine man."
Akebosh ...
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* Junretsu - "Kimi ga Soba ni Iru kara"
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Nogizaka46
is a Japanese female idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto, created as the of the group AKB48. They are the first group from the Sakamichi Series, which also includes sister groups Sakurazaka46 (formerly Keyakizaka46), Yoshimotozaka46, and ...
– "
Gomen ne Fingers Crossed"
* Da-iCE - "Citrus"
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NiziU
NiziU ( ja, ニジュー; ko, 니쥬), stylized as NIZIU, is a Japanese girl group formed by JYP Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The group is composed of nine members: Mako, Rio, Maya, Riku, Ayaka, Mayuka, Rima, Miihi, and ...
- "
Take a Picture"
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Da Pump
is a Japanese boy band made up of lead vocalist, Issa Hentona and MCs Ken Okumoto, Yukinari Tamaki and Shinobu Miyara. The band formed as students at Okinawa Actors School in 1996. They made their debut on the Avex Trax subsidiary avex tune und ...
- "Dream on the Street"
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AKB48
AKB48 (pronounced ''A.K.B. Forty-Eight'') is a Japanese idol girl group named after the Akihabara (''Akiba'' for short) area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. AKB48's producer, Yasushi Akimoto, wanted to form a girl group with it ...
- "
Nemohamo Rumor
"Nemohamo Rumor" ( ja, 根も葉もRumor (ねもはもルーマー）, Nemohamo Rūmā, Groundless Rumor) is the 58th single by Japanese idol girl group AKB48. It was released on September 29, 2021. Member Nana Okada served as both lead singer ...
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Daichi Miura
is a Japanese singer, songwriter, dancer, and choreographer.
He also directs his own concerts. He belongs to Rising Production and has a record contract with Avex. He is from Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. He has an official fan club called "Daichis ...
– "Backwards"
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Kiyoshi Hikawa
is a Japanese enka singer who was born on September 6, 1977 in Minami-ku, Fukuoka, Japan.[Hikawa Kiyoshi: Pro ...](_blank)
– "Happy!"
* Awesome City Club - "Wasurena"
Best New Artist
The Grammy Award for Best New Artist has been awarded since 1959. Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were handed out, for records released in the previous year. The award was not presented in 1967. The official guidelines are as ...
* Macaroni Enpitsu
New Artist Awards
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INI
* Taeko
* Macaroni Enpitsu
* Luca Mochizuki
Best Vocal Performance
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Misia
Misaki Itō, commonly known as and stylized as MISIA, is a Japanese singer and songwriter. Born in Nagasaki, Misia moved to Fukuoka at the age of 14 to pursue a recording career. There, she continued her secondary education and briefly attended ...
Special Award
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Ado
*
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Takashi Matsumoto
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Yoasobi
Yoasobi (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese music superduo formed by Sony Music Entertainment Japan, composed of Vocaloid producer Ayase, and singer-songwriter Ikura. Represented by the slogan "novel into music", the duo has released songs ba ...
Japan Composer's Association Award
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Hiroshi Takeshima
is a Japanese enka singer. He has one major hit with "Sapporo Elegy" in 2001. On December 30, 2021, Takeshima won the Japan Composer's Association Award at the 63rd Japan Record Awards
The was held on 30 December 2021.
Nominations and awards w ...
Special Achievement Award
* Makoto Kawaguchi (composer)
* Makoto Kitajo (lyricist)
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Asei Kobayashi
was a Japanese composer. He was also a lyricist, actor, and ''multi-tarento''. He could also sing songs and advertisement songs.
Kobayashi was represented by Astro Music. He was the director of the Japan Songwriters Association (J-scat). Kobaya ...
(composer)
* Masatoshi Sakai (producer)
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Sumiko Sakamoto (singer)
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Jerry Fujio
; 26 June 1940 – 14 August 2021) was a Japanese singer, actor and ''tarento''. Born to a British mother and Japanese father in Shanghai
Shanghai (; , , Standard Chinese, Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four Direct-admi ...
(singer)
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Koichi Sugiyama
was a Japanese composer, conductor, and orchestrator. He was best known for composing the music for the '' Dragon Quest'' franchise, along with several other video games, anime, film, and television shows. Classically trained, Sugiyama was ...
(composer)
* Jun Suzuki (composer)
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Takeshi Terauchi
, also known as Terry, was a Japanese instrumental rock guitarist. His preferred guitar was a black Mosrite with a white pickguard. His guitar sound was characterized by frenetic picking, heavy use of tremolo picking and frequent use of his gu ...
(guitarist)
Special International Music Award
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BTS
BTS (), also known as the Bangtan Boys, is a South Korean boy band formed in 2010 and debuting in 2013 under Big Hit Entertainment. The septet—consisting of members Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V, and Jungkook—co-writes and co-produ ...
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