50th Japan Record Awards
# 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

## Nominees

### 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
