First time in 3 Years, Ayu doesn't win grand prize at Gold Disc Awards, Hikki wins
 

Ayu has been the reigning queen at the Gold Disc Awards for the past 3 years, but this year Utada Hikaru took home the big prize of the best artist of the year award. nmskalmn asked me to post this info for you guys.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/hochi/geino...0030312_10.htm
http://www.sanspo.com/geino/top/gt20...003031301.html
http://www.sponichi.com/ente/200303/13/ente109382.html
http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainm.../03/13/04.html

http://www.riaj.or.jp/e/golddisc/main_golddisc.html
"Japan Gold Disc Award, launched in 1987, honoring the artists and their works which had made exceptional contribution based on objectively active sales in development of the music recording industry every year, is a music award intended to let music fans recognize the achievement."

Yay for Hikki!!!Sorda' sad that Ayu did not win though...

Thats life, Sometimes we win, sometimes we lose. Ayu just have to accept it. Congtrats to Hikki.:) :) :)

wow. UGH i don't like hikki that much. I find none of ehr songs that special.

Congrats to Hikki.... Ayu Gambatte for next year....:wave

yup... some said it's life is like a wheel ^^ omedetou, hikki...

hMmmm...... so sad to hear that.....

sad..
i don't really like Hikki too...
but anyway...
try again for the following year..

kinda sad that ayu didnt win the priza

That's great news WOHO GO HIKKI!!

GO GO GO keep up the good work Hikki

so finally it worked for Hikki when she had somewhat abandoned r&b for Jpop.

that's bad........

booooooo!!!!!!! hikki!!!! damn you
Ayu deserves it more!! hikki songs have nothing special like shinji said

Although Deep River didn't blow me away, I thought several of the songs from it (Traveling, Sakura Drops, Hikari) were some of Hikki's best work to date. She definitely deserved the award. Ayu did an awesome job with her work (Free & Easy, H, Voyage), too, but apparently it just wasn't destined to be. Thanks for the info.

Most of us are pretty biased on this issue, haha, but I honestly think I Am was much much much better than Deep River. Deep River was good, but not good enough for 4 million copies, in my opinion. But it seems that many people disagree with me since she did sell so many copies! I forget how many copies I Am sold, but it was nowhere near 4 million. I think it was the second best selling album though. 2nd place isn't bad.

But I'm still shocked that Hikki has sold more overall. Ayu has release so much stuff last year! TONS of stuff! haha

so sad that ayu didn't win.. kinda shocked
ayu seemed to have put more effort this year that utada..w/all the cms and singles out, i think ayu should have won

but next year ayu wil win!

Don't you think ayu is overexposing herself? I mean, It's cool for us to see all those CMs, TV shows, and have lots of stuff released by her. But I'm afraid that could have also negative influence over her image. Some people may be just getting sick of Ayu and her thousand of stuff to sell. Plus, what wataru said about Ayu mainly becoming a commercial idol (which I don't blame her) may be getting some people sick of her also. While hikki, she hasn't even half the number of singles Ayu released, Hikki doesn't appear on TV shows or CMs as much as Ayu does, and her latest songs haven't all been the best stuff to listen if compared to Ayu's but she's got the throne now....Odd ne?