Nominees & Winners Of 60th Japan Record Award Revealed

The nominees and winners of the 60th Japan Record Awards were announced by TBS.

Most of the winners of the awards have already been announced. However, the winners of the Grand Prix (Song of the Year) and Best New Artist will be announced on December 30 when the awards hold its awards show.

Winning Album Of The Year was Kenshi Yonezu for his album "BOOTLEG". The singer has been a breakout star over the past year, with many of his singles appearing and remaining on the charts for extended periods of time.

Check out the full list of winners and nominees below:

Song Of The Year

Keyakizaka46 - Ambivalent
Hiroshi Miyama - Igosso Tamashii
TWICE - Wake Me Up
SEKAI NO OWARI - Sazanka
Kiyoshi Hikawa - Shobu no Hanamichi
Nogizaka46 - Synchronicity
AKB48 - Teacher Teacher
Daichi Miura - Be Myself
Kana Nishino - Bedtime Story
DA PUMP - U.S.A

Best Vocal Performance

MISIA

Best New Artist

STU48
Yuto Tatsumi
Chuning Candy
BiSH

Special Achievement Award

Tetsuya Komuro
Southern All Stars
DA PUMP
Kenshi Yonezu

Album Of The Year

Kenshi Yonezu - BOOTLEG

Album Of The Year (Nominees)

THE BEATNIKS - EXITENTIALIST A XIE XIE
Wagakki Band - Otonoe
Shinobu Otake - SHINOBU avec PIAF
Utada Hikaru - Hatsukoi

Best Composition

Manabu Marutani (Little Glee Monster - Sekai wa Anata ni Waraikakete Iru)

Best Lyrics

Goro Matsui (Hiroshi Takeshima - Koi Machi Counter and Keisuke Yamauchi - Sarase Fuyu no Arashi)

Best Music Arrangement

Shingo Kubota of Jazzin' park (Leo Ieiri - Moshi Kimi wo Yurusetara)

Music Project Of The Year

JUJU - I
Akiko Wada with BOYS AND MEN Kenkyuusei - Ai wo Ganbatte
Yukino Ichikawa & Ken Yokoyama of Crazy Ken Band - Ame ni Nurete Futari
Yoichi Sugawara - Utai Tsudzukete 60 Nen
Aya Shimazu - SINGER5
Sukima Switch - Sukima no Hanataba ~Love Song Selection~
Tatsuro Yamashita - Doo Wop Nuggets Vol 1, 2 & 3
Kitajima Kyodai (Takeshi Kitayama & Hiroshi Oe) - Brother
Kiyoshi Maekawa - Kiyoshi Maekawa Dai Jiten

Japan Composer's Association Recommend

Jyunretsu

Lifetime Achievement Award

Hiromi Sano
Kazuo Shirane
Akira Matsushima

Special Lifetime Achievement Award

Takayuki Inoue
Yuichiro Oda
Kiki Kirin
Hideki Saijo
Kenichiro Morioka