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38th JASRAC Awards
This year’s JASRAC Awards…
KENSHI YONEZU(Composer/Author)
Gold Award “Lemon”
The work "Lemon" written and composed by KENSHI YONEZU has received this year’s Gold Award. The work was written as the theme song for a TV drama “Unnatural” (broadcasted from Jan. to Mar. 2018) and the music video released online in February 2018 on video sharing services became popular. It was the No.1 on the amount of royalties earned for the second straight year in both categories for interactive transmissions and karaoke as it became a long hit on music online services and gained popularity from karaoke users. This is its first Gold Award since last year's 4th place for domestic works.
KOICHI SUGIYAMA (Composer)
Silver Award “DRAGON QUEST OVERTURE”
The Silver Award work "DRAGON QUEST OVERTURE", composed by KOICHI SUGIYAMA was continuously used in commercial advertisements for the popular game software "Dragon Quest", and was also used in interactive transmissions and public performances, after receiving the Bronze Award in 2017 and the Silver Award last year.
MIYUKI NAKAJIMA (Composer/Author)
Bronze Award “ITO（Threads）”
The Bronze Award work "ITO（Threads）" was continuously used widely including karaoke as a standard number, TV commercials, interactive transmissions and pubic performances at wedding halls, after receiving the Gold Award in 2017 and the Bronze Award last year.
YASUHARU TAKANASHI (Composer)
International Award “NARUTO SHIPPUDEN BACKGROUND MUSIC”
The work“NARUTO SHIPPUDEN BACKGROUND MUSIC” composed by TAKANASHI YASUHARU has received the International Award for the third time since 2013 and 2014. The TV animation was popular in many countries, and it was mainly used for broadcasting in the United States, which accounted for about 80% of the distribution from foreign societies, as well as Germany, France, and Brazil.
MAURO FARINA and DONATELLA CIRELLI
(Composer/Author)
CLAUDIO ACCATINO
(Composer)
GIULIANO CRIVELLENTE and ANNA MARIA GIOCO
(Composer)
The work“U.S.A.”, which became popular due to the dance and vocal group “DA PUMP” cover, has received the Foreign Work Award for the first time. After being released in Italy in 1992, it was covered by “DA PUMP” in 2018 and the unique choreography drew attention. In addition to hits from music online services, the number of times that the music video was played on video sharing services exceeded 100 million. The work was also used in karaoke by wide range of generations
| Domestic Works | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Work Title | Writers | Music Publishers | |
| Gold Award | Lemon | KENSHI YONEZU | NICHION INC |
| Silver Award | DRAGON QUEST OVERTURE | KOICHI SUGIYAMA | SUGIYAMA KOBO CO LTD |
| Bronze Award | ITO(Threads) | MIYUKI NAKAJIMA | YAMAHA MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS INC |
| International Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Work Title | Writers | Music Publishers | |
| International Award | NARUTO SHIPPUDEN BACKGROUND MUSIC |
YASUHARU TAKANASHI | TV TOKYO MUSIC INC |
| Foreign Works | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Work Title | Writers | Music Publishers | |||||||
| Foreign Works Award | U.S.A. | DONATELLA CIRELLI SEVERINO LOMBARDONI CLAUDIO ACCATINO ANNA MARIA GIOCO |
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- What is JASRAC Awards?
- JASRAC annually presents the JASRAC Awards to the copyright holders whose musical works represent a large share of the royalty distribution. The JASRAC Awards are bestowed based on the amount of royalties earned during a one-year period from April to March. The names of the recipients are as shown in the table above. The Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards are presented for the three domestic works that earned the three largest totals, while the Foreign Work Award is conferred on the foreign musical work that earned the largest total royalties, and the International Award goes to the work that earned the largest amount of royalties from foreign copyright societies.
