The Japan Culture and Entertainment Industry Promotion Association (CEIPA) announced the winners of several categories during the Premiere Ceremony of its inaugural Music Awards Japan event on Wednesday.
YOASOBI’s “Idol” (from Oshi no Ko) won the Best Anime Song and Best Music Video award. Creepy Nuts’ “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born” (from Mashle: Magic and Muscles second season) won a total of seven awards: Top Japanese Song in Europe, Top Japanese Song in North America, Top Japanese Song in Latin America, Best Viral Song, Best Japanese Hip-Hop/Rap Song, Best Japanese Dance Pop Song, and Best Japanese Song. Creepy Nuts’ “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born” was also nominated for Best Anime Song along with Mrs. Green Apple’s “Lilac” (from Oblivion Battery) and “Dai Zero Kan” by 10-FEET (from The First Slam Dunk).
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Other winners announced include:
Best Japanese Song Artist
Mrs. Green Apple
Best J-Rock Artist
King Gnu
Best J-Rock Song
“SPECIALZ” by King Gnu
Best Japanese Dance Pop Artist
Atarashii Gakkō!
Best Dance Performance
“Otona Blue” by Atarashii Gakkō!
Best Japanese R&B/Contemporary Artist
Hikaru Utada
Best Japanese R&B/Contemporary Song
“Automatic” by Hikaru Utada
Best Japanese Alternative Artist
hitsujibungaku
Best Japanese Alternative Song
“more than words” by hitsujibungaku
Best Japanese Singer-Songwriter
Kaze Fujii
Best K-pop Song in Japan
“Ditto” by NewJeans
Best Cross-Border Collaboration Song
“Feelin’ Go(o)d” by Kaze Fujii and A.G. Cook
Best Instrumental Song
“aruarian dance” by Nujabes (Posthumous)
Best Vocaloid Culture Song
“Senbonzakura” by Kurousa P
Best Classical Album
Opus by Ryuichi Sakamoto (Posthumous)
Best Radio-Break Song
“Love is more Mellow” by Rikon Densetsu
Largest Live Audience Award
WEST.
Best Japanese Singer-Songwriter Song
“Kaiju no Hanauta” by Vaundy
Best Idol Culture Song
“Watashi no Ichiban Kawaii Tokoro” by FRUITS ZIPPER
Top Japanese Song in Asia
“Lemon” by Kenshi Yonezu
The Music Awards Japan’s Grand Ceremony will be held on Thursday, and will announce the winners of the major award categories: Song Of The Year, Artist Of The Year, New Artist Of The Year, Album Of The Year, Top Global Hit From Japan, and Best Song Asia. The Grand Ceremony will stream globally on YouTube (with a 30-minute delay), and will broadcast live on NHK on Thursday.
The Music Awards Japan is intended to honor the best musicians in Japan as well as international artists from all over Asia, and have over 60 total award categories, including honors for “Vocaloid culture,” anime, and “idol culture.”
An automated system selected entries based on an “objective metric tied to data” from Billboard Japan, Oricon, GfK/NIQ Japan, Luminate, and other sources, from which domestic voting members selected five nominees for each category. More than 5,000 music industry professionals from Japan and abroad voted for the winners.
The CEIPA is a collaboration amongst five music industry bodies from Japan.
Source: Music Awards Japan event
Disclosure: the organizers of Music Awards Japan provided accommodation for ANN’s correspondent at the event.
