CD Shop Awards
Sponsored byAll-Japan CD Shop Clerks Union
CountryJapan
First awarded2009
Websitehttp://www.cdshop-kumiai.jp/ Edit this on Wikidata

The CD Shop Awards (CDショップ大賞, Shīdī Shoppu Taishō) is an annual set of music awards presented in Japan. It is sponsored by All-Japan CD Shop Employees Union and awarded based on votes by CD shop employees from all over Japan, with the goal of bringing awareness to underappreciated, high quality Japanese records.[1] It is referred to as a "music edition of Japan Booksellers' Award".[2][3]

History

The CD Shop Awards was started in 2008, inspired by the Japan Booksellers' Award.

The first edition included Grand Prix and Runner-Up awards. Starting from the second edition, regional award and western music award were added. The fourth edition introduced the Newcomer Award, Maestro Award, and Live Performance Award awards. Sixth edition featured new categories, such as Classical Award, Jazz Award, and Enka Award.[4]

In 2019, two categories for the Grand Prix award were added: "red" – overall best record, and "blue" – great record by an up-and-coming artist.[5]

Voting

All CD shop employees (including part-time employees) can vote via online poll, SMS, or fax. In the first round, voters select three albums. After that, top 20 albums make its way into second round. In the end, each voter pick three albums out of top 20 and results are finalized to determine the winner.

Winners

Japanese music

Grand Prix

No. Year Artist Title
1st 2009 Sōtaisei Riron Shifon Shugi (シフォン主義)[6]
2nd 2010 The Bawdies This Is My Story[6]
3rd 2011 Andymori Fanfare to Nekkyō (ファンファーレと熱狂)[6]
4th 2012 Momoiro Clover Z Battle and Romance[6]
5th 2013 Man with a Mission Mash Up the World[6]
6th 2014 Maximum the Hormone Yoshū Fukushū (予襲復讐)[6]
7th 2015 Babymetal Babymetal[7]
8th 2016 Gen Hoshino Yellow Dancer[8]
9th 2017 Hikaru Utada Fantôme[9]
10th 2018 Yonezu Kenshi Bootleg
11th 2019 Gen Hoshino (red) Pop Virus
Orisaka Yuta (blue) Heisei
12th 2020 Official Hige Dandism (red) Traveler
Kaneko Ayano (blue) Sansan
13th 2021 Yonezu Kenshi (red) Stray Sheep
Fujii Kaze (blue) Help Ever Hurt Never
14th 2022 Official Hige Dandism (red) Editorial
WurtS (blue) Once Upon A Revival
15th 2023 Fujii Kaze (red) Love All Serve All
Hitsujibungaku (blue) Our Hope

Runner-up

No. Year Artist Title
1st 2009 Ohashi Trio This Is Music
Perfume Game
2nd 2010 Ryujin Kiyoshi Philosophy
Superfly Box Emotions
3rd 2011 Shinsei Kamattechan Tomodachi o Koroshite made. (友だちを殺してまで。)
Sekai no Owari Earth
Motohiro Hata Documentary
4th 2012 Gen Hoshino Episode
5th 2013 Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Pamyu Pamyu Revolution
6th 2014 N/A
7th 2015
8th 2016 Wednesday Campanella Cinema Jack
9th 2017 Aimer daydream
10th 2018 Typhoon Club Early Typhoon Club
PUNPEE MODERN TIMES

Best Newcomer Award

Awarded from the sixth CD Shop Awards.

No. Year Artist Title
6th 2014 Kana-Boon Doppel
Boku ga CD o Dashitara (僕がCDを出したら)

Western music

No. Year Artist Title
2nd 2010 Grand Prix Lady Gaga The Fame
Sub-Grand Prix Diane Birch Bible Belt
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
3rd 2011 The Drums The Drums
Maroon 5 Hands All Over
Vampire Weekend Contra
4th 2012 Foster the People Torches
5th 2013 Muse The 2nd Law
6th 2014 Paul McCartney New
7th 2015 Pharrell Williams Girl

References

  1. ^ "全日本Cdショップ店員組合".
  2. ^ "第一回CDショップ大賞受賞の「相対性理論」って?". Tokyo Walker. 2009-05-12. Archived from the original on 2012-01-21. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
  3. ^ "第2回CDショップ大賞発表 その課題と次の一手とは?". Nikkei Entertainment!. 14 (5). Nikkei Business Publications: 51. March 2010.
  4. ^ "全日本Cdショップ店員組合".
  5. ^ "全日本Cdショップ店員組合".
  6. ^ a b c d e f Musicman-Net (2014-07-18). "「第7回CDショップ大賞2015」一次ノミネート作品発表" [1st-stage nominees announced for "7th CD Shop Awards 2015"]. Gadget Tsūshin (getnews.jp) (in Japanese). Tokyo Sangyo Shimbunsha. Archived from the original on 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
  7. ^ "CDショップ大賞2015 BABYMETALが受賞". レコシン (in Japanese). レコード新聞社. 2015-03-09. Retrieved 2015-03-25.
  8. ^ "» 第8回 全日本CDショップ店員組合" (in Japanese). 全日本CDショップ店員組合. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
  9. ^ "» 第9回 全日本CDショップ店員組合" (in Japanese). 全日本CDショップ店員組合. Archived from the original on 2016-11-24. Retrieved 2017-06-29.

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