Japan Gold Disc Awards

The Japan Gold Disc Awards (日本ゴールドディスク大賞) for Music sales in the Recording Industry Association of Japan, is major music awards held annually in Japan also released as a CD.

List of the Artists of the Year

th	Year	Japan Domestic	International
1	1987	Akina Nakamori	Madonna
2	1988	Rebecca	The Beatles
3	1989	Boøwy	Bon Jovi
4	1990	Southern All Stars	Madonna
5	1991	Yumi Matsutoya	Madonna
6	1992	Chage and Aska	Guns n' Roses
7	1993	Chage and Aska	Madonna
8	1994	Wands	The Beatles
9	1995	TRF	Mariah Carey
10	1996	TRF	Mariah Carey
11	1997	Namie Amuro	Me & My
12	1998	Glay	Celine Dion
13	1999	B'z	Celine Dion
14	2000	Hikaru Utada	Celine Dion
15	2001	Ayumi Hamasaki	The Beatles
16	2002	Ayumi Hamasaki	Backstreet Boys
17	2003	Hikaru Utada	Avril Lavigne
18	2004	Ayumi Hamasaki	Twelve Girls Band
19	2005	Orange Range	Queen
20	2006	Kumi Koda	O-Zone
21	2007	Kumi Koda	Daniel Powter
22	2008	Exile	Avril Lavigne
23	2009	Exile	Madonna
24	2010	Arashi	The Beatles
25	2011	Arashi	Lady Gaga
26	2012	AKB48	Lady Gaga
27	2013	AKB48	Che'Nelle
28	2014	AKB48	One Direction
29	2015	Arashi	One Direction
30	2016	Arashi	The Beatles

• See Award Winners of 2000
• See Award Winners of 2001
• See Award Winners of 2002
• See Award Winners of 2003
• See Award Winners of 2004
• See Award Winners of 2005
• See Award Winners of 2006
• See Award Winners of 2007
• See Award Winners of 2008
• See Award Winners of 2009
• See Award Winners of 2010
• See Award Winners of 2011
• See Award Winners of 2012
• See Award Winners of 2013
• See Award Winners of 2014
• See Award Winners of 2015
• See Award Winners of 2016

External links

• Official site