19th Japan Record Awards

19th Japan Record Awards
Date31 December 1977
VenueImperial Garden Theater, Tokyo
Hosted byKeizo Takahashi, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Hiroshi Kume
Television/radio coverage
NetworkTBS

The 19th Annual Japan Record Awards took place at the Imperial Garden Theater in Chiyoda, Tokyo, on 31 December 1977, starting at 7:00PM JST. The primary ceremonies were televised in Japan on TBS.

The audience rating was 50.8%.[1][2][3]

Winners

Japan Record Award

Best Vocalist

  • Aki Yashiro for "Ai No Shuuchakueki"
  • Awarded again after last year, second-best vocalist award.

Best New Artist

  • Kentaro Shimizu for "Shitsuren Restaurant"

Singing Award

Newcomer Award

[[Al Pacino + Alain Delon < You]]
Ikue Sakakibara, awarded newcomer award.
Lui-Lui
Yosuke Tagawa, awarded newcomer award.

Shinpei Nakayama Award (Composition Award)

  • Hiromi Iwasaki – "Shisūki" / Sayuri Ishikawa – "Tsugaru Kaikyō Fuyugeshiki"
  • Composer: Takashi Miki

Arrangement Award

  • Arrangement: Motoki Funayama

Yaso Saijō Award (Lyricist Award)

  • Masashi Sada – "Ame Yadori" / Momoe Yamaguchi – "Cosmos"
  • Lyrics: Masashi Sada

Special Award

Frank Nagai
Frank Nagai, awarded his 2nd special award, 6th time awarded in JRA.
Hachiro Kasuga
Hachiro Kasuga, awarded his 2nd special award after 9 years.

Nominations

Best 10 JRA Nominations

SongSingerAwardVotes
Ai No ShuuchakuekiAki YashiroBest VocalistN/A
Ai No MemoryShigeru MatsuzakiN/A
Kaze No EkiGoro Noguchi
Katte Ni ShiyagareKenji SawadaJapan Record Award42
Kimagure VenusJunko SakuradaN/AN/A
CosmosMomoe YamaguchiVocalist Award2
ShishuukiHiromi Iwasaki2
Tsugaru Kaikyō FuyugeshikiSayuri Ishikawa3
Hoshi No SunaRumiko KoyanagiN/AN/A
Button Wo HazuseHideki Saijo

Best New Artist

SongSingerVotes
Azusa No. 2Karyūdo7
Al Pacino + Alain Delon < YouIkue Sakakibara0
Shitsuren RestaurantKentaro Shimizu30
Glass-zakaMizue Takada12
Lui-LuiYosuke Tagawa0

See also

References