50th Japan Record Awards

The 50th Annual Japan Record Awards took place at the New National Theatre in Shibuya, Tokyo, on December 30, 2008, starting at 6:30PM JST. The primary ceremonies were televised in Japan on TBS.

Performers

 * Wink
 * Kome Kome Club
 * Aki Yashiro
 * Shinichi Mori

Awards winners

 * Japan Record Award: - Ti Amo
 * Artist: Exile
 * Songwriter and Composer: Kiyoshi Matsuo
 * Composer and Arranger Jin Nakamura
 * Record companies: Avex Entertainment
 * Best Vocal Performance: Mitsuko Nakamura - Onna no Tabiji
 * Best New Artist: Jero - Umiyuki
 * Best album: Namie Amuro - Best Fiction

Japan Record Awards

 * Thelma Aoyama feat. SoulJa — "Soba ni Iru ne"
 * Junko Akimoto — "Ai no mama de" (愛のままで...)
 * W-inds. — "Ame Ato" (アメあと)
 * Exile — "Ti Amo"
 * Cute (°C-ute) — "Edo no Temari Uta II"
 * Kumi Koda — "Moon Crying"
 * Kazuyoshi Saito — "Ya Mujō" (やぁ 無情)
 * Nana Tanimura — "Jungle Dance"
 * Tohoshinki — "Dōshite Kimi o Suki ni Natte Shimattandarō?"
 * Kiyoshi Hikawa — "Genkai Funauta" (玄海船歌)
 * Kaori Mizumori — "Wajima Asaichi" (輪島朝市)
 * Mihimaru GT — "Girigiri Hero"

Best New Artist

 * Girl Next Door
 * Jero
 * Kimaguren
 * Mai Fukui
 * Kumiko Sakurai