19th Japan Record Awards
The 19th Annual Japan Record Awards took place at the Imperial Garden Theater in Chiyoda, Tokyo, on December 31, 1977, starting at 7:00PM JST. The primary ceremonies were televised in Japan on TBS.
Winners
Japan Record Award
- Kenji Sawada – "Katte ni Shiyagare"
Best Vocalist
- Aki Yashiro for "Ai No Shuuchakueki"
- Awarded again after last year, second-best vocalist award.
Best New Artist
- Kentaro Shimizu for "Shitsuren Restaurant"
Singing Award
- Momoe Yamaguchi – "Cosmos"
- Hiromi Iwasaki – "Shisūki"
- Sayuri Ishikawa – "Tsugaru Kaikyō Fuyugeshiki"
Popular Award
- Pink Lady – "Wanted (Shimei Tehai)"
- *Awarded again after last year's Newcomer award.
Newcomer Award
- Karyūdo – Azusa No. 2
- Ikue Sakakibara – Al Pacino + Alain Delon < You
- Mizue Takada – Glass-zaka
- Yosuke Tagawa – ''Lui-Lui''
Shinpei Nakayama Award (Composition Award)
- Hiromi Iwasaki – "Shisūki" / Sayuri Ishikawa – "Tsugaru Kaikyō Fuyugeshiki"
Arrangement Award
- Kenji Sawada – "Katte ni Shiyagare" / Akira Fuse – "Ryoshū ~Igaruganite~"
Yaso Saijō Award (Lyricist Award)
- Masashi Sada – "Ame Yadori" / Momoe Yamaguchi – "Cosmos"
Special Award
- Minoru Obata
- Akira Kobayashi
- Frank Nagai
- *Awarded again after 2 years, 2nd special award.
- Hachiro Kasuga
- *Awarded again after 9 years, 2nd special award.