19th Japan Record Awards
The 19th Annual Japan Record Awards took place at the Imperial Garden Theater in Chiyoda, Tokyo, on December 31, 1977, starting at 7:00PM JST. The primary ceremonies were televised in Japan on TBS.Winners
Japan Record Award
- Kenji Sawada – "Katte ni Shiyagare"
Best Vocalist
- Aki Yashiro
- Kentaro Shimizu
Singing Award
- Momoe Yamaguchi – "Cosmos"
- Hiromi Iwasaki – "Shisūki"
- Sayuri Ishikawa – "Tsugaru Kaikyō Fuyugeshiki"
- Pink Lady – "Wanted "
Newcomer Award
- Karyūdo – Azusa No. 2
- Ikue Sakakibara – Al Pacino + Alain Delon < You
- Mizue Takada – Glass-zaka
- Yosuke Tagawa – Lui-Lui
- Hiromi Iwasaki – "Shisūki" / Sayuri Ishikawa – "Tsugaru Kaikyō Fuyugeshiki"
Arrangement Award
- Kenji Sawada – "Katte ni Shiyagare" / Akira Fuse – "Ryoshū ~Igaruganite~"
Yaso Saijō Award (Lyrics Award)
- Masashi Sada – "Ama Yadori" / Momoe Yamaguchi – "Cosmos"
- Minoru Obata
- Akira Kobayashi
- Frank Nagai
- Hachiro Kasuga
