This year’s JASRAC Awards…

Gold Award “GURENGE”
The work “GURENGE” composed by KAYOKO KUSANO, written and sung by LiSA, has received this year’s Gold Award. "GURENGE" was written as the theme song for the TV animation "Demon Slayer" (aired from April to September 2019) and was released in July 2019. Since then, it has gained popularity through music distribution services, recording more than 200 million times streamed in October 2020. It was also supported by a wide range of generations in karaoke and won the Gold Award for the first time with the second highest distribution amount for interactive transmissions and the highest distribution amount for karaoke.

* The number of streaming is based on the information published by Billboard JAPAN.

Silver Award “Pretender”
The work “Pretender” written and composed by SATOSHI FUJIHARA, vocalist and pianist of Official HIGE DANdism, has received this year’s Silver Award. "Pretender" was used as the theme song for the movie "THE CONFIDENCEMAN JP: ROMANCE" released in May 2019. In November 2020, it was the first time in Japanese history to exceed 400 million times streamed and the music video was viewed more than 300 million times on YouTube. It won the Silver Award for the first time with the highest distribution amount for interactive transmissions and the second highest distribution amount for karaoke.

* The number of streaming is based on the information published by Billboard JAPAN.

Bronze Award “Lemon”
The work "Lemon" written and composed by KENSHI YONEZU has received this year’s Bronze Award. "Lemon", which won the Gold Award last year, has been used in a wide range of fields since its release in February 2018. In addition to being widely used for interactive transmissions and karaoke, the album “STRAY SHEEP” containing “Lemon” has sold more than 2 million copies reaching No.1 on the 2020 Oricon annual album chart, as well as winning 46 titles in the 2020 annual ranking and awards.

International Award “NARUTO SHIPPUDEN BACKGROUND MUSIC”
The work “NARUTO SHIPPUDEN BACKGROUND MUSIC” composed by YASUHARU TAKANASHI has received the International Award for the fourth time since 2013, 2014 and 2020. The TV animation "NARUTO SHIPPUDEN" has gained popularity worldwide and has been broadcasted widely in the United States, where it accounts for about 60% of the distribution from foreign societies, as well as in Germany, France, Brazil and other countries.

Foreign Work Award “DAYDREAM BELIEVER”
The work "DAYDREAM BELIEVER" written and composed by JOHN C. STEWART has received the Foreign Work Award for the third time (consecutive Awards received in 2017 and 2018). Released in 1967, the work became a hit with the singing of The Monkees and has since been covered by many artists in Japan. It won the Foreign Work Award for being broadcasted on TV as a commercial song for a major convenience store.

Domestic Works
	Work Title	Writers	Music Publishers
Gold Award	GURENGE	LiSA KAYOKO KUSANO	SONY MUSIC PUBLISHING (JAPAN) INC
Silver Award	Pretender	SATOSHI FUJIHARA	FUJIPACIFIC MUSIC INC
Bronze Award	Lemon	KENSHI YONEZU	NICHION 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	DAYDREAM BELIEVER	JOHN C. STEWART	O.P.： SCREEN GEMS EMI MUSIC INC S.P.： EMI MUSIC PUBLISHING JAPAN LTD FPM DIV

O.P.＝Original Publisher / S.P.=Sub Publisher