The is an annual set of music awards presented in Japan. It is sponsored by All-Japan CD Shop Employees Union and awarded based on votes by CD shop employees from all over Japan, with the goal of bringing awareness to underappreciated, high quality Japanese records. It is referred to as a "music edition of Japan Booksellers' Award".
History The CD Shop Awards was started in 2008, inspired by the Japan Booksellers' Award.
The first edition included Grand Prix and Runner-Up awards. Starting from the second edition, regional award and western music award were added. The fourth edition introduced the Newcomer Award, Maestro Award, and Live Performance Award awards. Sixth edition featured new categories, such as Classical Award, Jazz Award, and Enka Award.
In 2019, two categories for the Grand Prix award were added: "red" – overall best record, and "blue" – great record by an up-and-coming artist.
Voting All CD shop employees (including part-time employees) can vote via online poll, SMS, or fax. In the first round, voters select three albums. After that, top 20 albums make its way into second round. In the end, each voter pick three albums out of top 20 and results are finalized to determine the winner.
Winners
Japanese music Grand Prix No. Year Artist Title Ref. 1st 2009 Sōtaisei Riron 2nd 2010 The Bawdies This Is My Story 3rd 2011 Andymori 4th 2012 Momoiro Clover Z Battle and Romance 5th 2013 Man with a Mission Mash Up the World 6th 2014 Maximum the Hormone 7th 2015 Babymetal Babymetal 8th 2016 Gen Hoshino Yellow Dancer 9th 2017 Hikaru Utada Fantôme 10th2018Yonezu KenshiBootleg 11th2019Gen Hoshino (red)Pop Virus Orisaka Yuta (blue)Heisei12th2020Official Hige Dandism (red)Traveler King Gnu (blue)Sansan13th2021Yonezu Kenshi (red)Stray Sheep Fujii Kaze (blue)Help Ever Hurt Never14th2022Official Hige Dandism (red)EditorialWurtS (blue)Once Upon A Revival15th2023Fujii Kaze (red)Love All Serve All Hitsujibungaku (blue)Our Hope 16th 2024 Mrs. Green Apple (red) Antenna Atarashii Gakko! (blue) 17th 2025 Satoko Shibata (red) Your Favorite Things Rikon Densetsu (blue)
Runner-up No. Year Artist Title 1st 2009 Ohashi Trio This Is Music Perfume Game 2nd 2010 Ryujin Kiyoshi Philosophy Superfly Box Emotions 3rd 2011 Shinsei Kamattechan Sekai no Owari Earth Motohiro Hata Documentary 4th 2012 Gen Hoshino Episode 5th 2013 Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Pamyu Pamyu Revolution6th2014N/A7th20158th2016Wednesday CampanellaCinema Jack9th2017Aimerdaydream10th2018Typhoon ClubEarly Typhoon ClubPUNPEEMODERN TIMES
Best Newcomer Award Awarded from the sixth CD Shop Awards. No. Year Artist Title 6th 2014 Kana-Boon Doppel
Western music No. Year Artist TitleSource 2nd 2010 Grand Prix Lady Gaga The Fame Sub-Grand Prix Diane Birch Bible Belt The Pains of Being Pure at Heart The Pains of Being Pure at Heart 3rd 2011 The Drums The Drums Maroon 5 Hands All Over Vampire Weekend Contra 4th 2012 Foster the People Torches 5th 2013 Muse The 2nd Law 6th 2014 Paul McCartney New 7th 2015 Pharrell Williams Girl 8th 2016 Adele 25 9th 2017 Bruno Mars 24k Magic 10th 2018 Ed Sheeran ÷ Divide 11th 2019 Tom Misch Geography 12th2020 Western Award Billie Eilish When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Special Award Tool Fear Inoculum 13th 2021 Beabadoobee Fake It Flowers 14th 2022 Måneskin Teatro d’ira – Vol. I 15th 2023 Harry Styles Harry's House 16th 2024 Olivia Rodrigo Guts 17th 2025 Charli XCX Brat
References
External links Official website of All-Japan CD Shop Clerks Union