31st Japan Record Awards
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The 31st Annual Japan Record Awards took place at the Nippon Budokan
in Chiyoda, Tokyo
, December 31, 1989, starting at 7:00PM JST. The primary ceremonies were televised in Japan on TBS.
Nippon Budokan
The , often shortened to simply Budokan, is an indoor arena in central Tokyo, Japan.This is the location where many "Live at the Budokan" albums were recorded...
in Chiyoda, Tokyo
Chiyoda, Tokyo
is one of the 23 special wards in central Tokyo, Japan. In English, it is called Chiyoda ward. As of October 2007, the ward has an estimated population of 45,543 and a population density of 3,912 people per km², making it by far the least populated of the special wards...
, December 31, 1989, starting at 7:00PM JST. The primary ceremonies were televised in Japan on TBS.
Award winners
- Japan Record Award:
- Wink for "Samishii NettaigyoSamishii Nettaigyois Wink's fifth single. Released on July 5, 1989, with a CD catalog number H10R-31001, and cassette tape catalog number X09R-3001, the single reached #1 on the Oricon weekly charts...
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- Wink for "Samishii Nettaigyo
- Best Vocalist:
- Sayuri IshikawaSayuri Ishikawa, is a Japanese enka singer. She is a popular contestant on the annual NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen broadcast, having appeared 32 times since 1977. Ishikawa made her name performing the classic "Tsugarukaikyo-Fuyugeshiki"...
- Sayuri Ishikawa
- Best New Artist:
- Marcia
- Best Album:
- AnriAnri, real name , is a Japanese singer and singer-songwriter, born in Yamato, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. She has written much of her own music as well as singing songs written by others such as her debut release Oribia o Kikinagara, by Amii Ozaki...
for "Circuit of Rainbow"
- Anri
- Special Honor Singer Prize:
- Hibari MisoraHibari Misorawas an award-winning Japanese enka singer and actress. and was the first woman in Japan to receive the People's Honour Award, which was awarded posthumously for her notable contributions to the music industry. Misora recorded 1,200 songs, and sold 68 million records. After she died, consumer demand...
- Hibari Misora