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

See also 
59th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen

External links
Official Website

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