23rd Japan Gold Disc Awards

The Japan Gold Disc Award, launched in 1987, honoring the artists and their works which had made great contribution based on objective criteria with the actual sales in development of the music recording industry every year, is a music award intended to let music fans recognize the achievement.

Artist of the Year
EXILE

New Artist of the Year
Shuuchishin

Best 10 New Artists
Aladdin
GIRL NEXT DOOR
KIMAGUREN
Yuusaku Kiyama
Kusuo
JERO
Shouta Shimizu
Shuuchishin
flumpool
Lil'B

Best Enka Artists
JERO
Kiyoshi Hikawa

Best Enka Artist [special]
Junko Akimoto

Single of the Year
Arashi - Truth / Kaze no Mukou E

Best 10 Singles
Thelma Aoyama feat. SoulJa - Soba ni iru ne
Arashi - truth / Kaze no mukou e
Arashi - One Love
Arashi - Beautiful days
KAT-TUN - DON'T U EVER STOP
KAT-TUN - LIPS
GReeeeN - KISEKI
Southern All Stars - I AM YOUR SINGER
Mr.Children - HANABI
Mr.Children - GIFT

Chaku-uta song of the year
GReeeeN - KISEKI

Best 5 chaku-uta songs
Hikaru Utada - Prisoner of Love
EXILE - The Birthday ~Ti Amo~
GReeeeN - KISEKI
JUJU feat.Spontania - Sunao ni naretara
Fujimoto-Fujimaki & Nozomi Ohashi - Gake no ue no Ponyo

Chaku-uta Full song of the year
Thelma Aoyama feat. SoulJa - Soba ni iru ne

Best 5 Chaku-uta Full songs
Thelma Aoyama feat. SoulJa - Soba ni iru ne
Hikaru Utada - Prisoner of Love
EXILE - The Birthday ~Ti Amo~
GReeeeN - KISEKI
Fujimoto-Fujimaki & Nozomi Ohashi - Gake no ue no Ponyo

PC download song of the year
Thelma Aoyama feat. SoulJa - Soba ni iru ne

Best 5 PC download songs
Thelma Aoyama feat. SoulJa - Soba ni iru ne
Hikaru Utada - Prisoner of Love
KIMAGUREN - LIFE
GReeeeN - KISEKI
Superfly - Ai wo komete hanataba wo

Album of the year
EXILE - EXILE BALLAD BEST

Best 10 albums
Namie Amuro - BEST FICTION
Hikaru Utada - HEART STATION
EXILE - EXILE BALLAD BEST
EXILE - EXILE ENTERTAINMENT BEST
EXILE - EXILE CATCHY BEST
GReeeeN - Aa, domo. O hisashiburi desu.
Mariya Takeuchi - Expressions
Ayumi Hamasaki - A COMPLETE ~ALL SINGLES~
B'z - B'z The Best "ULTRA Pleasure"
Mr.Children - SUPERMARKET FANTASY
VA - R35 Sweet J-Ballads

Classic album of the year
V.A. - image7

Jazz album of the year
Chihiro yamanaka - After Hours

Instrumental album of the year
Joe Hisaishi - Piano Stories Best 88-08

Soundtrack album of the year
Joe Hisaishi - Gake no Ue no Ponyo Soundtrack

Animation album of the year
BLEACH - BLEACH BEST TUNES

Traditional Japanese Music album of the year
Hideki Togi - Every Little Life ~Ikitoshi ikeru mono e~

Special Product album of the year
Hexagon All Stars - WE LOVE Hexagon

Best Music Video
Arashi - ARASHI SUMMER TOUR 2007 FINAL Time ~Kotoba no chikara~
SOUTHERN ALL STARS - Manatsu no Kanshasai
SMAP - SMAP 2008 super.modern.artistic.performance tour

FOREIGN ARTISTS
Artist of the Year
Madonna

New Artist of the Year
Leona Lewis

Best 3 New Artists
Elliott Yamin
Flo Rida
Leona Lewis

Single of the Year
Caramell, "U-U-Uma Uma"

Chaku-Uta Song of the Year
Madonna, "Miles Away"

Chaku-Uta Full Song of the Year
Madonna, "Miles Away"

PC Download Song of the Year
Madonna, "Miles Away"

Album of the Year
Coldplay, "Viva La Vida"

Best 3 Albums
Coldplay, "Viva La Vida"
Madonna, "Hard Candy"
Ne-Yo, "Year of the Gentleman"

Classical Album of the Year
Sarah Brightman, "Winter Symphony"

Jazz Album of the Year
Hiromi, "Beyond Standard"

Compilation Album of the Year
Various Artists, "DJ KAORI'S RAGGA MIX"

Best Music Video
Various Artists, "DJ KAORI'S INMIX DVD"

Best Asian Artist
Lee Byung-hun


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