[Grantith]

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."