20th Japan Record Awards

The 20th Annual Japan Record Awards took place at the Imperial Garden Theater in Chiyoda, Tokyo, on 31 December 1978, starting at 7:00PM JST. The primary ceremonies were televised in Japan on TBS.

The audience rating was 42.9%.輝く！80年代のスタート、それは日本レコード大賞受難の始まり？ Re:minder. 1 January 2021.

Winners Japan Record Award Pink Lady – "UFO" Lyrics: Yū Aku Music and arrangement: Shunichi Tokura Record Company: JVC Victor

Best Vocalist Kenji Sawada

Best New Artist Machiko Watanabe

Gold Award Naoko Ken – "Kamome wa Kamome" Goro Noguchi – "Good Luck" Junko Sakurada – "Shiawase Shibai" Hiromi Iwasaki – "Cinderella Honeymoon" Junko Ohashi – "Tasogare My Love" Aki Yashiro – "Kokyō e..." Hideki Saijo – "Blue Sky Blue" Momoe Yamaguchi – "Playback Part 2" Pink Lady – "UFO" Kenji Sawada – "Love (Dakishimetai)"

Newcomer Award Mako Ishino – "Shitsuren Kinenbi" Muneyuki Satō – "Aoba Jōkoi Uta" Teppei Shibuya – "Deep" Rie Nakahara – "Kamome ga Tonda hi" Masanori Sera & Twist – "Hikigane" (Declined)

Shinpei Nakayama Award (Composition Award) Mayo Shōno – "Tonde Istanbul" / Rie Nakahara – "Tokyo Lullaby" Composer: Kyōhei Tsutsumi

Arrangement Award Circus – "Mr. Summertime" Arrangement: Norio Maeda

Yaso Saijō Award (Lyrics Award) Tokiko Kato – "Kono Sora wo Tobetara" / Junko Sakurada – "Shiawase Shibai" Lyrics: Miyuki Nakajima

Special Award Noriko Awaya Masato Fujita Teichiku Records

20th Japan Record Awards

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