49th Japan Record Awards
The 49th Annual Japan Record Awards took place at the New National Theatre in Shibuya, Tokyo, on December 30, 2007, starting at 6:30PM JST. The primary ceremonies were televised in Japan on TBS.
Awards winners
- Japan Record Award: Tsubomi
- *Artist and Arranger: Kobukuro
- *Songwriter and Composer: Kentaro Kobuchi
- *Record companies: Warner Music Japan
- Best Vocal Performance: Exile
- Best New Artist: Cute
- Gold Awards:
- *ayaka
- *w-inds.
- *Exile
- *Ai Otsuka
- *Miyuki Kawanaka
- *Kumi Koda
- *Kobukuro
- *Kiyoshi Hikawa
- *BoA
- *Kaori Mizumori
- New Artist Awards:
- *Cute
- *Jyongri
- *Stephanie
- *Satomi Takasugi