Complete list of 22nd Gold Disc Award 2008 winners

[Ayumiko]

The 22nd Japan Gold Disc Awards, which are based on sales, were presented on Tuesday in Tokyo. This time, EXILE ended Kumi Koda's streak as Artist of the Year, fueled by the success of the Album of the Year, "EXILE LOVE."

GReeeeN was named New Artist of the Year, and their "Aiuta" won Chaku-Uta Song of the Year. Hikaru Utada picked up Single of the Year with "Flavor of Life."

Full List of Winners

Artist of the Year
EXILE

New Artist of the Year
GReeeeN

Best 10 New Artists
GReeeeN
Hey! Say! JUMP
INFINITY16
KEN-U
Leah Dizon
Satomi Takasugi
Sotte Bosse
SoulJa
SS501
Yui Aragaki

Best Enka Artist
Akina Nakamori
Kiyoshi Hikawa

Single of the Year
Hikaru Utada, "Flavor of Life"

Best 10 Singles
Arashi, "Love so sweet"
Ayaka x Kobukuro, "WINDING ROAD"
Hey! Say! JUMP, "Ultra Music Power"
Hikaru Utada, "Flavor of Life"
KAT-TUN, "Keep the faith"
KAT-TUN, "Yorokobi no Uta"
Keisuke Kuwata, "Ashita Hareru Kana"
Kobukuro, "Tsubomi"
Mr.Children, "Tabidachi no Uta"
NEWS, "weeeek"

Single of the Year (Special Award)
Masafumi Akikawa, "Sen no Kaze ni Natte"

Chaku-Uta Song of the Year
GReeeeN, "Aiuta"

Best 5 Chaku-Uta Songs
Ayaka x Kobukuro, "WINDING ROAD"
EXILE, "Lovers Again"
GReeeeN, "Aiuta"
Hikaru Utada, "Flavor of Life -Ballad Version-"
Kobukuro, "Tsubomi"

Chaku-Uta Full Song of the Year
GReeeeN, "Aiuta"

Best 5 Chaku-Uta Full Songs
EXILE, "Lovers Again"
GReeeeN, "Aiuta"
Hikaru Utada, "Flavor of Life"
Hikaru Utada, "Flavor of Life -Ballad Version-"
Kobukuro, "Tsubomi"

PC Download Song of the Year
Hikaru Utada, "Flavor of Life"

Best 5 PC Download Songs
EXILE, "Lovers Again"
GReeeeN, "Aiuta"
Hikaru Utada, "Beautiful World"
Hikaru Utada, "Flavor of Life"
Monkey Majik, "Sora wa Maru de"

Album of the Year
EXILE, "EXILE LOVE"

Best 10 Albums
Ai Otsuka, "Ai am BEST"
Ayumi Hamasaki, "A BEST 2 -BLACK-"
Ayumi Hamasaki, "A BEST 2 -WHITE-"
EXILE, "EXILE EVOLUTION"
EXILE, "EXILE LOVE"
Hideaki Tokunaga, "VOCALIST 3"
Ketsumeishi, "Ketsu no Police 5"
Kobukuro, "5296"
Mr.Children, "HOME"
Various Artists, "R35 Sweet J-Ballads"

Classical Album of the Year
Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra, "Buraban! Koshien"

Jazz Album of the Year
Saori Yano, "Saori Yano BEST"

Instrumental Album of the Year
Various Artists, "Dreams"

Soundtrack Album of the Year
"Dreamgirls: Deluxe Edition"

Animation Album of the Year
Various Artists, "One Piece Super Best"

Traditional Album of the Year
Hideki Togi, "Out of Border"

Compilation Album of the Year
Hideaki Tokunaga, "VOCALIST 3"

Best Music Video
EXILE, "EXILE LIVE TOUR 2007 EXILE EVOLUTION"
Kanjani8, "47"
KAT-TUN, "Live of KAT－TUN Real Face"



Foreign Artists

Artist of the Year
Avril Lavigne

New Artist of the Year
The Fratellis

Best 3 New Artists
Che'Nelle
Sean Kingston
The Fratellis

Single of the Year
Park Yong-Ha, "Eien"

Chaku-Uta Song of the Year
Avril Lavigne, "Girlfriend"

Chaku-Uta Full Song of the Year
Avril Lavigne, "Girlfriend"

PC Download Song of the Year
Ne-Yo, "Because of You"

Album of the Year
Avril Lavigne, "The Best Damn Thing"

Best 3 Albums
Avril Lavigne, "The Best Damn Thing"
Linkin Park, "Minutes to Midnight"
Ne-Yo, "Because of You"

Classical Album of the Year
Various Artists, "Aura: Beautiful Inspiration"

Jazz Album of the Year
Norah Jones, "Not Too Late"

Compilation Album of the Year
Various Artists, "Dancehall Lovers Best"

Best Music Video
Il Divo, "Live at the Greek Theatre"

Best Asian Artist
Park Yong-Ha

http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-2695
http://www.golddisc.jp/award/22/index.html

[kotora]

Best Music Video
EXILE, "EXILE LIVE TOUR 2007 EXILE EVOLUTION"

^^^^^
THIS IS NOT A MUSIC VIDEO THO.

[Beauty4123]

no kuuu... i bet the scandal killed her chance of getting at least one award, lol.

[polka-dot-jewel]

Good list! It sucks Ayu couldn't be up there more but, hey, at least she's up there! =D

[Luv ~Venus~]

You don't actually believe that do you Beauty? Yeah, I would have at least thought she would have won for BUT and Ai no Uta since it was claimed to her most popular songs of last year.

Yay for Hikki! She won a lot of awards this year. It's been a long time since she racked up that many awards. I just she had won for Kiss&Cry. Why doesn't anyone like that song? Usually she'd win something for her R&B songs. Oh, well! Yay, Hikki!!!

Yay for Avril and Ne-yo! It was such a great year for them. Both albums were awesome especially Because of You!<~ I'm totally in love with that album.

[Beauty4123]

i was just kidding, lol, but it's strange that kuu didn't get at least one award. it just looks fishy.

[milky_way]

Ugh, Japan sure loves them some Avril DDD:

[Luv ~Venus~]

^YOU DON'T LIKE THE ALL-MIGHTY AVRIL, MILKY? YOU SHALL BE DESTROYED!

nah, I'm jokin' of course! Still, why no luv for her? <~That question wasn't directed towards you. Her albums are GUUD! Ugh, I worship her first album <~ I forgot the name tho.

@Beauty: Yea. It's suspicious. Hmm...WE SHOULD PROTEST GDA!

[milky_way]

I liked her second album, but after 'Girlfiriend,' my fandom for her died.

[Neo Daydream]

Yay Arashi, NEWS, Ayu, and Utada! ^^

[summersnow]

congrats Ayu, KAT-TUN and Hikki!!!

[ayu_fan929]

Originally Posted by Luv ~Venus~

You don't actually believe that do you Beauty? Yeah, I would have at least thought she would have won for BUT and Ai no Uta since it was claimed to her most popular songs of last year.

Well this award is entirely based on sales so it wouldn't have gotten award.

Thinking about it, I don't think she would've gotten an award even without the incident since she didn't release anything big last year...

[DeepRiver]

Yeah Hikki !!!

[KuroixShiroi_Namida]

Thanks for the list. Go ayu, ai, hikki ;D!

[Jwiz]

ahh that's the list i wanted to see...ayu should work extra hard on her new singles, which fail to hit 200k and above since Blue Bird..

And why Black Cherry is not in the top 10 albums?

[AyuGAME]

congrats to all winner

[Kobayashiwoof]

McKumi got nothing :O awww

Congrats on the others though :O

[KarenPang]

thanks for the news . I bet EXILE's popularity's gonna shoot up the roof after this .

[KarenPang]

Oh I forgot to add , I'm surprised to see Che'Nelle on the list . I mean is she that really popular in Japan ? Hmm...

[TITANIC]

congratz to all artist..
sadly no play