title: 50th Japan Record Awards
text: # 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
  