Japan Record Award for Best Album
Japanese music award
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The Japan Record Award for Best Album ("最優秀アルバム賞") is awarded annually, but was suspended in 2006, 2007, 2020 to 2022. The top honor for albums was named the Album Grand Prix Award ("アルバム大賞") until 2001, when it was replaced by the Best Album award ("ベストアルバム賞"), and underwent another Japanese name change in 2008.
| Japan Record Award for Best Album | |
|---|---|
| Country | Japan |
| Presented by | Japan Composers' Association |
| First award | 1980 |
| Final award | 2019 |
1980s
| Year | Artist | Album | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi Yellow Magic Orchestra Tatsuro Yamashita |
Gyakuryū Solid State Survivor Moonglow |
[1] |
| 1981 | Off Course Yumi Matsutoya Eiichi Ohtaki |
We Are Mizu no Naka no Asia e A Long Vacation |
[2] |
| 1982 | Miyuki Nakajima Southern All Stars Yumi Matsutoya |
Kansuigyo Nude Man Pearl Pierce |
[3] |
| 1983 | Southern All Stars Seiko Matsuda Yumi Matsutoya |
Kirei Utopia Reincarnation |
[4] |
| 1984 | Mariko Takahashi | Triad | [5] |
| 1985 | Yōsui Inoue | 9.5 Karat | [6] |
| 1986 | Seiko Matsuda | Supreme | [7] |
| 1987 | Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi | License | [8] |
| 1988 | Kyosuke Himuro | Flowers for Algernon | [9] |
| 1989 | Anri | Circuit of Rainbow | [10] |
1990s
| Year | Artist | Album | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Gye Eun-Suk (Kayōkyoku/Enka) Unicorn (Pop/Rock) |
Mayonaka no Shower (Kayōkyoku/Enka) Kedamono no Arashi (Pop/Rock) |
[11] |
| 1991 | Takao Horiuchi (Kayōkyoku/Enka) Tatsuro Yamashita (Pop/Rock) |
Gents (Kayōkyoku/Enka) Artisan (Pop/Rock) |
[12] |
| 1992 | Fuyumi Sakamoto (Kayōkyoku/Enka) Southern All Stars (Pop/Rock) |
Otokobore (Kayōkyoku/Enka) Yo ni Manyō no Hana ga Sakunari (Pop/Rock) |
[13] |
| 1993 | Mariya Takeuchi | Quiet Life | [14] |
| 1994 | Keisuke Kuwata | Kodoku no Taiyō | [15] |
| 1995 | Eiichi Arai | Kiyokawa no Michi: 48-ban | [16] |
| 1996 | Globe | Globe | [17] |
| 1997 | Glay | Beloved | [18] |
| 1998 | Every Little Thing | Time to Destination | [19] |
| 1999 | Hikaru Utada | First Love | [20] |
2000s
| Year | Artist | Album | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Ayumi Hamasaki | Duty | [21] |
| 2001 | Gospellers | Love Notes | [22] |
| 2002 | Chitose Hajime | Hummingbird (ハミングバード) | [23] |
| 2003 | Mika Nakashima | Love | [24] |
| 2004 | Hiroshi Itsuki | Onna no Ehon (おんなの絵本) | [25] |
| 2005 | Ketsumeishi | Ketsunopolis4 (ケツノポリス4) | [26] |
| 2006 | — | — | |
| 2007 | |||
| 2008 | Namie Amuro | Best Fiction | [27] |
| 2009 | GReeeeN | Shio, Koshō (塩、コショウ "Salt & Pepper") | [28] |
2010s
| Year | Artist | Album | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Ikimonogakari | Hajimari no Uta (ハジマリノウタ First Song) | [29] |
| 2011 | Kazumasa Oda | Domo (どーも) | [30] |
| 2012 | Kana Nishino | Love Place | [31] |
| 2013 | Yuzu | Land | [32] |
| 2014 | Mariya Takeuchi | Trad | [33] |
| 2015 | Southern All Stars | Budou (葡萄, Grape) | [34] |
| 2016 | Hikaru Utada | Fantôme | [35] |
| 2017 | Suchmos | The Kids | [36] |
| 2018 | Kenshi Yonezu | Bootleg | [37] |
| 2019 | The Yellow Monkey | 9999 | [38] |