This year's JASRAC Awards…

Gold Award "DRIED FLOWERS"
The Gold Award goes to "DRIED FLOWERS" written and composed by YUURI. Following last year's Bronze Award, the song has received its second JASRAC Award. After its digital-only release in October 2020, the song gained significant popularity on social media through YUURI's appearance on the YouTube channel "THE FIRST TAKE." It surpassed an unprecedented milestone as the first song in Japan by a solo artist to reach 800 million streams. Illustrating its popularity, the song has ranked fourth in the amount distributed by JASRAC for interactive transmissions, while securing the top position in the amount distributed for karaoke for two consecutive years. These remarkable accomplishments have earned the song the distinguished Gold Award.

Silver Award "Into The Night"
"Into The Night," written and composed by Ayase, has won the Silver Award. "Into The Night" was released on YouTube in November 2019 as the debut song of YOASOBI, a group creating music based on novels. The song went viral on social media and other media, becoming popular in combination with its view of the world of "Thanatos no Yuwaku" (Temptation of Thanatos), the novel on which the song was based. It is also the first song to in Japan to achieve 900 million streams. The song has ranked first in the amount distributed by JASRAC for interactive transmissions and has become a long-running hit, resulting in the Silver Award.

Bronze Award "Zankyosanka"
"Zankyosanka," written by aimerrhythm and composed by TOBINAI MASAHIRO has been awarded the Bronze Award. "Zankyosanka" was released as the opening theme song for TV animation "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Entertainment District Arc" which was broadcast from December 2021. The song matched this popular animation's view of the world and characters, grabbing the hearts of many people. "Zankyosanka" also achieved more than 300 million streams and has ranked sixth in the amount distributed by JASRAC for interactive transmissions. The song was also used in multiple games, making it a Bronze Award winner.

International Award "NARUTO SHIPPUDEN BACKGROUND MUSIC"
The background music for TV Tokyo's TV animation "NARUTO SHIPPUDEN," composed by TAKANASHI YASUHARU, has been awarded the International Award for four consecutive years. This is the sixth time that "NARUTO SHIPPUDEN BACKGROUND MUSIC" has received the International Award. The music is popular all over the world, receiving distributions from 35 countries in the world such as the United States, France, and Germany. In addition to broadcasts, the use of the background music through online transmissions significantly increased, proving its growing popularity and making the work an International Award winner for the sixth time.

Foreign Work Award "Butter"
"Butter," performed by Korean group BTS, has won the Foreign Work Award. The song was written and composed by seven persons including BTS member RM, JENNA ANDREWS, and ROB GRIMALDI. It was released digitally in May 2021 and became a huge worldwide hit following the group's previous release "Dynamite." The music video broke numerous records, including the number of concurrent accesses and the most viewers for a premiere on YouTube, which was certified in the Guinness World Records. The song gained great popularity in Japan, shown by figures such as first in the amount distributed by JASRAC for interactive transmissions of foreign works, leading to the Foreign Work Award.

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

Domestic Works
	Work Title	Writers	Music Publishers
Gold Award	DRIED FLOWERS	YUURI	LEVIEPLUS
Silver Award	Into The Night	Ayase	SONY MUSIC PUBLISHING (JAPAN) INC.
Bronze Award	Zankyosanka	aimerrhythm TOBINAI MASAHIRO	SONY MUSIC PUBLISHING (JAPAN) INC.

International Award
	Work Title	Writers	Music Publishers
International Award	NARUTO SHIPPUDEN BACKGROUND MUSIC	TAKANASHI YASUHARU	TV TOKYO MUSIC INC

Foreign Works
	Work Title	Writers	Music Publishers
Foreign Works Award	Butter	JENNA ANDREWS ROB GRIMALDI STEPHEN KIRK RM ALEX BILOWITZ SEBASTIAN GARCIA RON PERRY	O.P.： WC MUSIC CORP SIXTEEN SOUND MUSIC MASTER SUITE SONGS OF TWENTYSEVEN MUSIC SONY/ATV BALLAD SINGING RIVER ENTERTAINMENT HYBE CO., LTD. 27MUSICPUB POMANDER ALEXANDER SONY/ATV TUNES LLC FEELWRITEMUSIC SONY/ATV SONGS LLC S.P.： WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC JAPAN KK SONY MUSIC PUBLISHING (JAPAN) INC. YAMAHA MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS INC

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