THE JASRAC AWARDS 2019
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Gold Award Work Title Hero RYOSUKE IMAI Lyricist International Award SUNNY BOY Work Title DRAGON BALL Z BGM (TV) RYOSUKE IMAI Composer Lyricist － SUNNY BOY Composer SHUNSUKE KIKUCHI Music Publisher NHK PUBLISHING INC Music Publisher FUJIPACIFIC MUSIC INC
Silver Award Work Title UFO Foreign Work Award Lyricist YU AKU Work Title Y M C A Composer SHUNICHI TOKURA Lyricist HENRI BELOLO Music Publisher NIPPON TELEVISION MUSIC CORPORATION Composer JACQUES MORALI Sub Author VICTOR EDWARD WILLIS Bronze Award (English) Work Title Ito Sub Author RYUJI AMAGAI Lyricist MIYUKI NAKAJIMA (Japanese) Composer MIYUKI NAKAJIMA Original Publisher SCORPIO MUSIC Music Publisher YAMAHA MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT Sub Publisher FUJIPACIFIC MUSIC INC HOLDINGS INC
THE JASRAC AWARDS 2019 What is the JASRAC Awards? The JASRAC Awards are bestowed annually based on the amount of royalties earned during the previous fiscal year, and this marks its 37th year. The Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards are presented to the three domestic works that earned the largest amounts, while the Foreign Work Award is conferred on the foreign work that distributed the largest amount of royalties. The International Award goes to the work that earned the largest amount of royalties from foreign copyright societies.
This yearʼs JASRAC Awards The work "Hero" written and composed by RYOSUKE IMAI and SUNNY BOY has received this yearʼs Gold Award. The work performed by NAMIE AMURO became a hit as the theme song for national broadcaster NHKʼs 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics and Paralympic Games broadcasts, and it is now mainly used in interactive transmissions and broadcasts. In addition, NAMIE AMURO retired in 2018 and the DVD/Blu-Ray of her final tour became a smash hit. The Silver Award work "UFO", written by YU AKU and SHUNICHI TOKURA is known as PINK LADYʼs hit song. After receiving the Bronze Award last year, it was continuously used in commercial advertisements for mobile phones presented by UQ Communications Inc. The Bronze Award work “ I t o ”, which received the Gold Award in 2017, was used widely including karaoke, concerts and interactive transmissions. “DRAGON BALL Z BGM (TV)” composed by SHUNSUKE KIKUCHI has received the International THE JASRAC AWARDS 2019 Award for the fourth time and for two consecutive years. It remains popular in many part of the world including Mexico, USA, and UK. The work “Y M C A”, which was released in the USA in 1978, has achieved the Foreign Work Award for the first time. The work is covered by many artists in Japan, including HIDEKI SAIJO, and was used in commercial advertisements for Softbank Corp.
Top 10 Domestic Works Rank Work Title (Artist) Lyricist Composer Music Publisher Hero RYOSUKE IMAI RYOSUKE IMAI 1 NHK PUBLISHING INC (NAMIE AMURO) SUNNY BOY SUNNY BOY UFO NIPPON TELEVISION MUSIC 2 YU AKU SHUNICHI TOKURA (PINK LADY) CORPORATION ITO YAMAHA MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT 3 MIYUKI NAKAJIMA MIYUKI NAKAJIMA (MIYUKI NAKAJIMA) HOLDINGS INC Lemon 4 KENSHI YONEZU KENSHI YONEZU NICHION INC (KENSHI YONEZU)
5 DRAGON QUEST OVERTURE ― KOICHI SUGIYAMA SUGIYAMA KOBO CO LTD
NEVER END 6 TETSUYA KOMURO TETSUYA KOMURO AVEX MUSIC PUBLISHING INC (NAMIE AMURO)
7 DAYBREAK ― MASASHI KUSANO TV ASAHI MUSIC CO LTD
HIMAWARINO YAKUSOKU 8 MOTOHIRO HATA MOTOHIRO HATA TV ASAHI MUSIC CO LTD (MOTOHIRO HATA) THE JASRAC AWARDS 2019 ZANKOKUNA TENSHINO TEEZE 9 NEKO OIKAWA HIDETOSHI SATO TV TOKYO MUSIC INC (YOKO TAKAHASHI) CAN YOU CELEBRATE? 10 TETSUYA KOMURO TETSUYA KOMURO FUJIPACIFIC MUSIC INC (NAMIE AMURO)
Top 10 Works used in Interactive Transmissions Rank Work Title (Artist) Lyricist Composer Music Publisher Lemon 1 KENSHI YONEZU KENSHI YONEZU NICHION INC (KENSHI YONEZU) UCHIAGE HANABI 2 KENSHI YONEZU KENSHI YONEZU TOHO MUSIC CORPORATION (DAOKO×KENSHI YONEZU) KOI 3 GEN HOSHINO GEN HOSHINO NICHION INC (GEN HOSHINO) PEACE SIGN 4 KENSHI YONEZU KENSHI YONEZU YOMIURI TV ENTERPRISE (KENSHI YONEZU) SUGAR SONG TO BITTER STEP 5 TOMOYA TABUCHI TOMOYA TABUCHI TOYʼS FACTORY (UNISON SQUARE GARDEN) KOISURU HITOMI 6 MACO YUSUKE MOCHIDA UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC (MACO) ITO YAMAHA MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT 7 MIYUKI NAKAJIMA MIYUKI NAKAJIMA (MIYUKI NAKAJIMA) HOLDINGS INC GARASUO WARE! JUNYA MAESAKO 8 YASUSHI AKIMOTO SONY MUSIC PUBLISHING (JAPAN) INC (KEYAKIZAKA 46) Yasutaka.Ishio HIMAWARINO YAKUSOKU 9 MOTOHIRO HATA MOTOHIRO HATA TV ASAHI MUSIC CO LTD (MOTOHIRO HATA) THE JASRAC AWARDS 2019 SAYONARA EREJII NIPPON TELEVISION MUSIC 10 HYUUI ISHIZAKI HYUUI ISHIZAKI (MASAKI SUDA) CORPORATION
Top 10 Works used in Karaoke Rank Work Title (Artist) Lyricist Composer Music Publisher Lemon 1 KENSHI YONEZU KENSHI YONEZU NICHION INC (KENSHI YONEZU) ITO YAMAHA MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT 2 MIYUKI NAKAJIMA MIYUKI NAKAJIMA (MIYUKI NAKAJIMA) HOLDINGS INC HANAMIZUKI NIPPON TELEVISION MUSIC 3 YO HITOTO TATSURO MASHIKO (YO HITOTO) CORPORATION KANADE TAKUYA OHASHI TAKUYA OHASHI 4 AUGUSTA PUBLISHING (SUKIMA SWITCH) SHINTARO TOKITA SHINTARO TOKITA CHIISANA KOINO UTA HIGH WAVE CO LTD MUSIC PUBLISHING 5 KIYOSAKU UEZU MONGOL800 (MONGOL800) DIV ZANKOKUNA TENSHINO TEEZE 6 NEKO OIKAWA HIDETOSHI SATO TV TOKYO MUSIC INC (YOKO TAKAHASHI) HIMAWARINO YAKUSOKU 7 MOTOHIRO HATA MOTOHIRO HATA TV ASAHI MUSIC CO LTD (MOTOHIRO HATA) SAYONARA EREJII NIPPON TELEVISION MUSIC 8 HYUUI ISHIZAKI HYUUI ISHIZAKI (MASAKI SUDA) CORPORATION 366 NICHI 9 IZUMI NAKASONE IZUMI NAKASONE TV ASAHI MUSIC CO LTD (HY) EIKOUNO KAKEHASHI 10 YUJIN KITAGAWA YUJIN KITAGAWA NHK PUBLISHING INC (YUZU)
THE JASRAC AWARDS 2019
Top 10 Works with Foreign Income Rank Work Title (Artist) Lyricist Composer Music Publisher
1 DRAGON BALL Z BGM (TV) ― SHUNSUKE KIKUCHI FUJIPACIFIC MUSIC INC
2 POKEMON BGM ― SHINJI MIYAZAKI TV TOKYO MUSIC INC
COLUMBIA SONGS INC (for Japan) 3 UFO ROBO GRANDIZER BGM ― SHUNSUKE KIKUCHI FUJIPACIFIC MUSIC INC (outside japan) HITOMI SHIRATORI 4 TEARS YOSHIKI JAPAN MUSIC AGENCY CO LTD YOSHIKI
5 NARUTO BGM ― YASUHARU TAKANASHI TV TOKYO MUSIC INC
6 SAILOR MOON BGM ― TAKANORI ARISAWA TV ASAHI MUSIC CO LTD
7 PEN PINEAPPLE APPLE PEN PIKOTARO PIKOTARO AVEX MUSIC PUBLISHING INC
8 CHIʼS SWEET HOME BGM ― META BOYS A STREET MUSIC INC
SHOGAKUKAN MUSIC&DIGITAL 9 YOKAI WATCH BGM ― KENICHIRO SAIGO ENTERTAINMENT CO LTD BATTLE WITHOUT HONOR OR 10 ― TOMOYASU HOTEI IRC2 CORPORATION HUMANITY
The JASRAC Awards 2019
Top 10 Foreign Works
Rank Work Title (Artist) Lyricist (Sub Author) Composer (Arranger) Original Publisher Sub Publisher
HENRI BELOLO Y M C A 1 （VICTOR EDWARD WILLIS） JACQUES MORALI SCORPIO MUSIC FUJIPACIFIC MUSIC INC （VILLAGE PEOPLE/HIDEKI SAIJO） （RYUJI AMAGAI）
DAYDREAM BELIEVER 2 JOHN C. STEWART JOHN C. STEWART SCREEN GEMS EMI MUSIC INC EMI MUSIC PUBLISHING JAPAN LTD FPM DIV （THE MONKEES）
BMG GOLD SONGS BMG PLATINUM SONGS SEAN MAXWELL DOUGLAS SEAN MAXWELL DOUGLAS FUJIPACIFIC MUSIC INC AIX PUBLISHING ALEXANDER IZQUIERDO ALEXANDER IZQUIERDO WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC JAPAN K K R8D SONGS JORDAN KENDALL JOHNSON JORDAN KENDALL JOHNSON YAMAHA MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS DIRTY WORK R8D MUSIC 3 STEFAN ADAM JOHNSON STEFAN ADAM JOHNSON INC （AUSTIN MAHONE） THE LONE PHARAOH MUSIC PUBLISHING MARCUS DURAND LOMAX MARCUS DURAND LOMAX SONY MUSIC PUBLISHING (JAPAN) INC EASTMAN POND PUBLISHING AUSTIN HARRIS MAHONE AUSTIN HARRIS MAHONE UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC SONY/ATV MUSIC PUBLISHING ALLEGRO(UK) TALAY RILEY TALAY RILEY SHINKO MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT CO LTD MONEY MACK MUSIC KOBALT MUSIC PUBLISHING LTD
FUJIPACIFIC MUSIC INC LITTLE BROWN JUG J E.WINNER (PD) 4 － EMI FEIST CATALOG INC YAMAHA MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS （GLENN MILLER） （WILLIAM J FINEGAN） INC
WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC JAPAN K K Emyli SONGS OF PULSE RECORDING BARTON FELICIA YAMAHA MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS FINALLY BARTON FELICIA BEN CHARLES MUSIC 5 BEN CHARLES INC （NAMIE AMURO） BEN CHARLES LAUNDROMAT MUSIC MATTHEW TISHLER NICHION INC MATTHEW TISHLER NIPPON TELEVISION MUSIC CORPORATION ALSTAR MUSIC LLC WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC JAPAN K K WAYNE BICKERTON SUGAR BABY LOVE WAYNE BICKERTON W B MUSIC CORP YAMAHA MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS 6 TONY WADDINGTON （THE RUBETTES） TONY WADDINGTON PENNY FARTHING MUSIC INC （MICHIO YAMAGAMI） SONY MUSIC PUBLISHING (JAPAN) INC
ANTHONY RICHARD BAKER EAT YOU UP ANTHONY RICHARD BAKER 7 ANGELINA FIORINA KYTE SKRATCH MUSIC PUBLISHING K K MUSIC SALES （YOKO OGINOME (DANCING HERO)) ANGELINA FIORINA KYTE （HITOSHI SHINOHARA）
ANDY RAZAF IN THE MOOD 8 （AKIRA NAGATA） JOSEPH C.GARLAND SHAPIRO BERNSTEIN AND CO INC SHINKO MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT CO LTD （GLENN MILLER） （KENJI SAZANAMI）
JUST YOU AND I Emyli JENNA MARY DONNELLY GALACTIC MUSIC 9 NICHION INC （NAMIE AMURO） MioFRANKY Kiyohito Komatsu NIPPON TELEVISION MUSIC CORPORATION
E Y.HARBURG FUJIPACIFIC MUSIC INC OVER THE RAINBOW 10 （TETSU MIZUSHIMA） HAROLD ARLEN EMI FEIST CATALOG INC YAMAHA MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS （JUDY GARLAND） （RUMIKO HOSHIKA） INC