The 66th Japan Record Awards will be broadcast live on December 30, featuring winners like NewJeans and LE SSERAFIM.
November/21/2024 12:20
The 66th Shining! Japan Record Awards will be broadcast live on TBS from 5:30 PM to 10 PM on December 30 (Monday). Prior to the broadcast, the list of award winners for the 66th Shining! Japan Record Awards was announced today (21st). NewJeans won the 'Excellence Award' for 'Supernatural', and ILLIT achieved the 'Rookie Award', the first for a K-POP girl group in 13 years. Additionally, TOMORROW X TOGETHER received the 'Special Award', and LE SSERAFIM was awarded the historic 'Special International Music Award', the first for a K-POP girl group. Photo=BIGHIT MUSIC. Furthermore, Omoinotake's 'Ikuboku Kōnen', the theme song for the TBS drama 'Eye Love You' starring Choi Jong-hyop and Nikaido Fumi, also won the 'Excellence Award'. The 'Japan Record Awards' is a music award ceremony organized by the Japan Composers Association, which started in 1959 and has the longest tradition in Japan. Photo=BELIFT LAB. ILLIT expressed their joy through their label BELIFT LAB, stating, 'Our goal this year was to win the 'Rookie Award', so we are very happy and grateful to achieve this dream in Japan. We will continue to grow through new music and performances.' LE SSERAFIM, who won their first award, expressed their gratitude through their label SOURCE MUSIC, saying, 'We are very honored to receive this prestigious award at the 'Japan Record Awards'. We thank all the FEARNOT (LE SSERAFIM's fan name) for their support. We will continue to work hard to show even more wonderful sides of LE SSERAFIM. Thank you again from the bottom of our hearts.' Photo=SOURCE MUSIC. ■ Program Overview: 'The 66th Shining! Japan Record Awards' December 30 (Monday) 5:30 PM - 10 PM. ■ List of Winners & Songs: [Excellence Award] Da-iCE 'I wonder', Omoinotake 'Ikuboku Kōnen', Yamauchi Keisuke 'Crimson Butterfly', NewJeans 'Supernatural', FRUITS ZIPPER 'NEW KAWAII', Creepy Nuts 'Bling-Bang-Bang-Born', BE:FIRST 'Masterplan', Junretsu 'Dreaming Fruit', Mrs. GREEN APPLE 'Lilac', JO1 'Love seeker'. [Best Vocal Award] milet. [Rookie Award] ILLIT, Umetani Kokona, Kochi no Kento, Koyama Yudai, ME:I. [Special Award] Creepy Nuts, GLAY, tuki., TOMORROW X TOGETHER, Number_i, Hamasaki Ayumi. [Special Album Award] Utada Hikaru 'SCIENCE FICTION'. [Special International Music Award] Atarashii Gakkou no Leaders, LE SSERAFIM. [Composition Award] Tokoro George (Shinham Leon 'I will give everything'). [Lyric Award] Koresawa (Chou Tokimeki♡Sendenbu 'Most Cute!'). [Arrangement Award] Hagita Mitsuo (Tatsumi Yuto 'Maze Maria'). [Planning Award] Ayumu Imazu 'Obsessed', Matsumoto Takahiro 'THE HIT PARADE II'. [Japan Composers Association Selection Award] Itsuki Hiroshi. [Japan Composers Association Classic Song Recognition] 'Ue o Muite Arukou' Singer: Sakamoto Kyuu, Composer: Nakamura Hachidai, Lyricist: Nagai Rokuro. [Lifetime Achievement Award] Elton Nagata, Matsushita Eiji. [Special Lifetime Achievement Award] Ozawa Seiji, Kida Taro, Sonoyama Mari, Tanigawa Shuntaro, Nakasono Miki, Nishida Toshiyuki, Majima Shigeki, Yashiro Aki, Yamakita Yukio (in alphabetical order). ■ Related Links: 'The 66th Shining! Japan Record Awards' program page.
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