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| MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored by | The Japan Culture and Entertainment Industry Promotion Association (CEIPA) |
| Country | Japan |
| First awarded | 2025 |
The Music Awards Japan (MAJ) is the largest music award show in Japan, being broadcast to the global stage, presented by the Japan Culture and Entertainment Industry Promotion Association (CEIPA)[1], embodying the theme of "Connecting the world, illuminating the future of music".
The inaugural awards ceremony will be held on May 22, 2025,[2] at the historic ROHM Theater in Kyoto[3] and will be broadcast on NHK as well as streamed on YouTube for the rest of the world. The winners will be selected by more than 5,000 music industry professionals, including creators, executives, and journalists from around the world, ensuring a global perspective in recognizing excellence.[4]
The awards will be spread across more than 60 categories, which includes the six major ones such for Song of the Year, Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, New Artist of the Year, Top Global Hit From Japan and Best Song Asia. In addition, there will be 23 divisions in the Song category, seven in the International Song category, five in the Album category, twelve in the Artist category, and three in the “Alliance Category.” The Song category is described as a celebration of “a wide variety of music genres and cultures” in Japan, with “genre divisions honoring J-pop, rock, hip-hop, idol culture, anime and more, as well as special divisions for revival (resurgent hits), Vocaloid culture, and music videos, among others.” In addition, there are also set to be two awards that will be decided through inviting votes from general music listeners via Spotify. With the Album category, including Album of the Year, “projects from genres that add color to music culture awards will be recognized including jazz, classical music, movie music/original soundtracks albums, and video game soundtracks.” Meanwhile, in the Artist category, a prize — called the “MAJ Timeless Echo” — “for artists who have been active in the Japanese music industry for a long time and contributed to its enrichment.”
Host cities
[edit]| Edition | Date | Venue | City | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | May 22, 2025 | ROHM Theater | Kyoto |
Awards categories
[edit]Six Major Categories
[edit]- Song of the Year[5]
- Artist of the Year[6]
- Album of the Year[7]
- New Artist of the Year[8]
- Top Global Hit From Japan[9]
- Best Song Asia[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Japan Culture and Entertainment Industry Promotion Association". CEIPA (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-01-10.
- ^ "MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN | (@MAJ_official_X)".
- ^ "MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN｜CEIPA". www.ceipa.net. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
- ^ Entries will be automatically selected using an objective metric tied to data from Billboard Japan, Oricon, GfK/NIQ Japan, and other major sources. Domestic voting members will then narrow down the list to five nominees for each category. From these nominees, award winners will be determined through a rigorous selection process by both domestic and international voting members. Voting members will consist of thousands of music industry professionals from various fields, including artists, creators, managers, recording company employees, engineers, music video directors, concert promoters, music publishers, copyright collection societies / licensing agencies, music distribution companies, dealers, distributors, music critics, writers, media, overseas music award judges, overseas creators, overseas promoters, and overseas music distribution companies.
- ^ The Song of the Year highlights the “songs considered to be musically creative and artistic.” Its method of selection employs the use of “an original, MAJ-specific chart” created through the combination of “the weekly points of the top 100 tracks on the six metrics (radio airplay, CD sales, downloads, streaming, video views, and karaoke) comprising Billboard Japan’s Hot 100 song chart” and “the Top User Generated Songs chart.” Here, two months “will be considered a single period, and songs charting in each period will be nominated for Song of the Year,” with both “domestic and international songs” being are eligible for the category.
- ^ The Artist of the Year award is a celebration of acts deemed to be “musically creative” as well as “artistic.” Nominees will specifically “decided from artists with either songs or albums nominated for Song of the Year or Album of the Year,” with both “domestic and international artists” being eligible.
- ^ Much like Song of the Year, Album of the Year showcases the full-length releases “considered to be musically creative and artistic.” Its method of selection is also similar, making use of another “original, MAJ-specific chart” but this time, “combining the CD and downloads data comprising Billboard Japan’s Hot Albums chart, and GfK’s streaming data.” Here, two months will also be considered a single period, and albums charting in each period will be nominated for Album of the Year,” with “domestic and international albums” also being eligible for this category.
- ^ The New Artist of the Year award will shine a spotlight on up-and-coming and rising acts. The category’s nominees will be “decided from artists of songs extracted from those nominated for Song of the Year, according to Billboard Japan’s Heatseekers Songs rules.” This category notably includes certain rules of exclusion. First, artists who “have entered the top 20 on the Japan Hot 100 or top 10 of the Japan Hot Albums tallies in the last six months (26 weeks)” will be excluded. Second, artists who “have logged at least four months (17 weeks) in the last six months (26 weeks) on the Heatseekers Songs top 20” will also be excluded. Finally, groups and projects that include the aforementioned excluded artists will also be excluded from the New Artist of the Year category. However, “artists who perform under completely different names are not excluded.”
- ^ The Top Global Hit from Japan category “celebrates domestic songs that have become hits around the world.” Nominees will be “decided by selecting the top 5 songs from the global chart created by extracting Japan-based songs from the global viewing data (streaming, downloads, music videos) compiled by Luminate, excluding the number of views in Japan.” For this, “only the highest-ranking song will be considered for acts with multiple songs on the list,” with a total of “five songs by five acts” being nominated for the award. The tallying period for this category will specifically be from data compiled from February 2, 2024 (Friday) until January 30, 2025 (Thursday).
- ^ The Best Song Asia category highlights the “Asian songs that have become hits in Asia.” Nominees will be “decided from the top 3 songs from the 2024 year-end charts of Asian countries/regions excluding Japan.” For the first-ever MAJ, songs from a number of East and Southeast Asian countries will be considered for nominees, including the Philippines. Meanwhile, the other eligible countries are South Korea, China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.