The is an award presented by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) in the field of music. The Japan Gold Disc Awards have multiple Grand Prix categories, including: Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year (download and streaming), single of the year, and more.

The awards are determined based on sales of CDs, music videos, paid music distribution, etc., over a year. The grand prize is "Artist of the Year," awarded to the artist with the highest total net sales during the period. The first award ceremony was held at the Akasaka Prince Hotel in March 1987.

Ceremonies Year Date Venue 11987 Akasaka Prince Hotel 21988 31989 41990 51991 61992 NHK Hall 71993 81994 91995 101996 111997 121998 131999 142000 152001 March 17, 2001 162002 172003 March 12, 2003 NHK Hall 182004 March 10, 2004 192005 March 10, 2005 202006 March 9, 2006 212007 March 13, 2007 Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka 222008 March 4, 2008 Tokyo International Forum 232009 March 2, 2009 242010 February 24, 2010 Tokyo 252011 January 5, 2011 Nicofarre, Roppongi 262012 January 27, 2012 272013 January 7, 2013 282014 February 27, 2014 292015 March 2, 2015 302016 February 26, 2016 312017 February 26, 2017 322018 February 26, 2018 332019 February 25, 2019 342020 February 26, 2020 352021 March 15, 2021 362022 March 14, 2022 372023 March 10, 2023 382024 March 13, 2024 392025 March 12, 2025 402026 March 11, 2026

Criteria Winner criteria The awards are determined based on sales of CDs, music videos, paid music distribution, etc., over a year. The grand prize is "Artist of the Year," awarded to the artist with the highest total net sales during the period. From the 20th edition, video sales were included in the "Artist of the Year" award from the 22nd edition, and digital music sales were included.

Eligible period The eligible period was one year from January 21 of the previous year, from the 1st edition (1987) to the 13th edition (1999), but was extended by 11 days for the 14th edition (2000). Also, from the 15th edition (2001) to the 17th edition (2003), it was one year from February 1 of the previous year. Still, the 18th edition was changed to January 1 to December 31 of the previous year. Therefore, the winning works from the 17th award were not eligible for the 18th award, even if they were released during the eligible period (works released between January 1 and January 31, 2003, which overlapped the period of the 17th and 18th awards). The one-year eligible period was shortened to 10 months for the 25th edition (2011). For the 26th edition (2012) and 27th edition (2013), it was changed to one year (12 months) from November 1 of the year before. However, the 28th edition (2014) changed the period to 14 months. From the 29th edition (2015), the period was changed again to one year from January 1 of the previous year.

+ Year Eligible Period 1–13 1987–1999 January 21 of the previous year – January 20 of the ceremony year 14 2000 January 21, 1999 – January 31, 2000 15–17 2001–2003 February 1 of the previous year – January 31 of the ceremony year 18–24 2004–2010 January 1 – December 31 of the previous year 25 2011 January 1 – October 31, 2010 26 2012 November 1, 2010 – October 31, 2011 27 2013 November 1, 2011 – October 31, 2012 28 2014 November 1, 2012 – December 31, 2013 29– 2015–present January 1 – December 31 of the previous year

Categories Artist of the Year New Artist of the Year Best Enka/Kayokyoku Artist Best Enka/Kayokyoku New Artist Single of the Year Song of the Year by Download Song of the Year by Streaming Album of the Year Enka/Kayokyoku Album of the Year 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 Music Album of the Year Concept Album of the Year Music Video of the Year Special Award Best Asian Artist

Artists of the Year Year Japan International 11987Akina NakamoriMadonna 21988RebeccaThe Beatles 31989BoøwyBon Jovi 41990Southern All StarsMadonna 51991Yumi Matsutoya 61992Chage and AskaGuns N' Roses 71993Madonna 81994WandsThe Beatles 91995TRFMariah Carey 101996 111997Namie AmuroMe & My 121998GlayCeline Dion 131999B'z 142000Hikaru Utada 152001Ayumi HamasakiThe Beatles 162002Backstreet Boys 172003Hikaru UtadaAvril Lavigne 182004Ayumi HamasakiTwelve Girls Band 192005Orange RangeQueen 202006Kumi KodaO-Zone 212007Daniel Powter 222008ExileAvril Lavigne 232009Madonna 242010ArashiThe Beatles 252011Lady Gaga 262012AKB48 272013Che'Nelle 282014One Direction 292015Arashi 302016The Beatles 312017Ariana Grande 322018Namie AmuroThe Beatles 332019Queen 342020Arashi 352021 362022Snow ManThe Beatles 372023 382024 392025Mrs. Green AppleTaylor Swift 402026Snow ManThe Beatles

Broadcast The first event was not broadcast on television. The first broadcast live was in 1990 (4th edition) on Nippon Television's "Saturday Super Special".

The following year, in 1991, it began to be broadcast live on NHK General TV, and the year after that, in 1992, it was broadcast publicly at the NHK Hall. Later, it was also broadcast on Satellite TV 2 (BS2). BS2 began broadcasting live, and the broadcast on General TV was a re-edited recording. Also, from 2003, the broadcast on BS2 was changed to a live broadcast recording on the same day. Until then, NHK News 7 had replaced Satellite TV 1 (BS1) and was broadcast.

The 20th anniversary of the NHK's founding, the NHK Hall, was held in 2006, on Thursday, March 9, from 7:00 PM, and was broadcast live on Satellite Channel 2 (7:30 PM - 9:30 PM). A recording was also broadcast on General TV. Still, the original broadcast on Friday, March 17 was postponed to Thursday, March 23 ( 12:15 AM - 1:25 AM, March 24) due to the decision to broadcast a recording of the National Diet session (164th Diet, House of Representatives General Affairs Committee, FY2006 NHK Business Budget Deliberations) (11:00 PM - 4:00 AM, March 18), which has the highest legal priority.

In 2006 (the 21st edition), 2007 (the 22nd edition), 2009 (the 24th edition), and 2010 (the 25th edition), the award press conferences were held at hotels in Tokyo. There were no public audiences, live performances by artists, or television coverage. The press conferences were broadcast as news footage on the variety shows of various stations the following day.

The 2008 (23rd edition) event was held at Tokyo International Forum Hall C on March 2, 2009. It was broadcast live by Tokyo FM and on March 10 by Wowow.

The 2011 (26th edition) event was held at Nicofarre on January 27, 2012, and a digest of the event was broadcast on BS Sky PerfecTV! from 10:00 PM to 11:00 PM on March 2.

Press conferences have been abolished since 2012 (the 27th edition). Instead, the organizers have edited the winners' comments and broadcast them as videos. These have also not been held since 2014 (the 29th edition). References

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