took place at the Nippon Budokan in Chiyoda, Tokyo, December 31, 1991, starting at 7:00PM JST. The primary ceremonies were broadcast in Japan by TBS/JNN/JRN.
The audience rating was 14.7%.NHK年鑑 Radio & Television Yearbook '92. 音楽年鑑. 44th volume: 1992 edition. Ongaku No Tomo Sha. p 40.
Award winners Pops and Rock Japan Record Award KAN for "Ai wa Katsu"
Best Vocalist Award Aska for "Hajimari wa itsumo ame"
Best New Artist Award Mi-Ke for "Omoide no Kujūkuri-hama"
Best Album Award Tatsuro Yamashita for "Artisan"
Gold disc Award (Nomination for the Japan Record Award) Tatsuro Yamashita for "Artisan" Kyōko Koizumi for "Anata ni aete yokatta" Chage and Aska for "Say Yes" Aska for "Hajimari wa itsumo ame" Kazumasa Oda for "Love Story wa Totsuzen ni"
New Artist Award (Nomination for the Best New Artist Award) Michiyo Nakajima for "Akai Hanataba" Noriyuki Makihara for "Donna toki mo" Mi-Ke for "Omoide no Kujūkuri-hama" Alisa Mizuki for "Densetsu no Shōjo"
Album Award Tatsuro Yamashita for "Artisan" Buck-Tick for "Kurutta Taiyou" Aska for "Scene II" X for "Jealousy" Yumi Matsutoya for "Tengoku no door" Eikichi Yazawa for "Don't Wanna Stop" Princess Princess for "Princess Princess" Yuko Hara for "Mother" B'z for "Risky" Dreams Come True for "Wonder 3"
Best Album / New Artist Award ORIGINAL LOVE for "LOVE!LOVE! & LOVE!"
Special Award Orquesta de la Luz
Composition Award ASKA for "SAY YES","Hajimari wa itsumo ame" （vo.:ASKA）
Arrangement Award Takeshi Kobayashi for "Anata ni aete yokatta" （vo.:Kyōko Koizumi）
Lyrics Award Kyōko Koizumi for "Anata ni aete yokatta" （vo.:Kyōko Koizumi）
Planning Award HIS(Haruomi Hosono, Kiyoshiro Imawano, Fuyumi Sakamoto) for "Nihon no hito" KRYZLER & KOMPANY The Nolans sang Japanese Idol & Pops Fumiaki Miyamoto for "Ao no kaori"
Best Foreign Artist Mariah Carey
Enka and Kayōkyoku Japan Record Award Saburo Kitajima for "Kita no daichi"
Best Vocalist Fuyumi Sakamoto for "Hinokuni no onna"
Best New Artist Jun Karaki for "Yasegaman"
Best Album Award Takao Horiuchi for "GENTS"
Gold disc Award (Nomination for the Japan Record Award) Kaori Kozai for "Haguresō" Saburo Kitajima for "Kita no daichi" Kye Eun-Sook for "Kanashimi no hōmonsya"
New Artist Award (Nomination for the Best New Artist Award) Jun Karaki for "Yasegaman" Shijimi to Sazae for "Monomane Omoide no Kujūkuri-hama"
Album Award Mitsuko Nakanura for "Shiawase zake" Takao Horiuchi for "GENTS" Hitoshi Ueki for "Sūdara-Densetsu"
Composition Award Syōsuke Ichikawa for "Koi banka" （vo.:Natsuko Godai）
Arrangement Award Eiji Kawamura for "Kanashimi no hōmonsya" （vo.:Kye Eun-Sook）
Lyrics Award Takashi Taka for "Hinokuni no onna" （vo.:Fuyumi Sakamoto）
Planning Award Miyako Otsuki for "Hashi-monogatari Jissyō" Jirō Sugita for "Love Letter" (composed by Tadashi Yoshida)
Achievement Award Peggy Hayama (Introducing foreign songs)
Lifetime Achievement Award Hachiro Kasuga
Special Award Linda Yamamoto International Friendship FoundationInternational Friendship Foundation and producer Hiroshi Itsuki
Hibari Misora Award Ayako Fuji for "Amayo zake"
See also Japan Composer's Association Enka Kayōkyoku Hibari Misora
References Japan Composer's Association 33rd Japan Record Awards