59th Japan Record Awards
The 59th Japan Record Awards was held on 30 December 2017. The TBS Television network televised the show live from the New National Theatre Tokyo in Tokyo. Radio broadcast was through TBS Radio. The broadcast ran from 18:30 to 22:00. Yūki Amami and Shinichiro Azumi hosted the ceremony for the second time. The nominations and award winners were announced by TBS on 16 November 2017.
The 59th Japan Record Award went to idol group Nogizaka46 for their song "Influencer". This was the second consecutive win for an artist under the Sony Music Entertainment Japan label. Tsubaki Factory won the Best New Artist Award.
The average audience rating for the second part was 14.4%, down 0.1% from the previous year's broadcast.Presenters
- Yūki Amami
- Shinichiro Azumi
Progress announcers
- Ai Etō
- Yumi Furuya
- Kengo Komada
Nominees and winners
- "Influencer"
- * Artist: Nogizaka46
- * Lyrics: Yasushi Akimoto
- * Composition: Shinya Sumida
- * Arranger: Apazzi
- * Producer: Yasushi Akimoto
- * Management company: Nogizaka46 LLC
- * Record Company: Sony Music Entertainment Japan
Excellent works Award
Also the Grand Prix nominations
Also the Best New Artist nominations
Awarded by the Japan Composer's Association
