Winners of 25th Japan Gold Disc Award 2011

The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) announced the winners of “The 25th Japan Gold Disc Award” on January 5th, 2011. Arashi received the “Artist of the Year” and five other awards including “Album of the Year” for “Boku no Miteiru Fukei.” Although they received an unprecedented 10 awards last year, this time they managed to win a total of 6. Arashi sold approximately 1.46 million albums and 3.46 million singles in 2010. However, idol group AKB48 still had the top selling single of the year.



In international category, Lady Gaga won the “Artist of the Year” and Linkin Park’s “A Thousand Suns” was chosen to be the “Album of the Year.” RIAJ launched the Japan Gold Disc Award in 1987 to honor outstanding artists/works that contributed to the recording industry.

See the complete list of the winners below.

Domestic music:

Artist of the Year:
Arashi

New Artist of the Year:
SNSD

The Best 5 New Artists:
WEAVER
Kie Kitano
KG
SNSD
miwa

The Best Enka/Kayokyoku Artist:
Fuyumi Sakamoto

Album of the Year:
"Boku no Miteiru Fuukei" - Arashi

The Best 5 Albums:
"Boku no Miteiru Fuukei" - Arashi
"FANTASY" - EXILE
"BEST SELECTION 2010" - TVXQ
"to LOVE" - Kana Nishino
"FUNKY MONKEY BABYS BEST" - FUNKY MONKEY BABYS

Classic Album of the Year:
"My Favorite Chopin" - Nobuyuki Tsujii

Jazz Album of the Year:
"Larry Carlton & Tak Matsumoto LIVE 2010 TAKE YOUR PICK at BLUE NOTE TOKYO" - Larry Carlton & Tak Matsumoto

Instrumental Album of the Year:
"image 10 emotional & relaxing" - Various Artists

Soundtrack Album of the Year:
"Karigurashi no Arrietty" Soundtrack - Cecile Corbel

Animation Album of the Year:
"One Piece Memorial Best" - Various Artists

Traditional Japanese Music Album of the Year:
"46th Columbia Zenkoku Ginei Concours: Kadaigin 'Ume'" - Nippon Columbia Ginei Ongakukai

Concept Album of the Year:
"VOCALIST 4" - Hideaki Tokunaga
"Request" - JUJU

Single of the Year:
"Beginner" - AKB48

The Best 5 Singles:
"Troublemaker" - Arashi
"Monster" - Arashi
"Beginner" - AKB48
"Heavy Rotation" - AKB48
"Ponytail to Chou-chou" - AKB48

Song of the Year by Download:
"Aitakute Aitakute" - Kana Nishino

The Best 5 Songs by Download:
"Motto Tsuyoku" - EXILE
"Ring a Ding Dong" - Kaela Kimura
"Aitakute Aitakute" - Kana Nishino
"if" - Kana Nishino
"Best Friend" - Kana Nishino

The Best Music Videos:
"ARASHI Anniversary Tour 5x10" - Arashi
"EXH SPECIAL EXILE ATSUSHI PREMIUM LIVE SOLO" - EXILE ATSUSHI
"TOHOSHINKI VIDEO CLIP COLLECTION -THE ONE-" - TVXQ

Special Award:
"Toilet no Kamisama" - Kana Uemura
"VOCALIST" series - Hideaki Tokunaga

Foreign music:

Artist of the Year:
Lady Gaga

New Artist of the Year:
KARA

The Best 3 New Artists:
Orianthi
KARA
KE$HA

Album of the Year:
"A Thousand Suns" - Linkin Park

Song of the Year by Download:
"Tick Tock" - KE$HA

The Best Music Videos:
"Ladies & Gentlemen" - The Rolling Stones

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Source: The Japan Gold Disc Award, Tokyograph