“The 15th CD Shop Awards 2023” has released its nominee list for 2022! Twenty five albums were picked for this year’s awards. The albums were chosen by CD shop staff from across Japan to highlight releases that caught their discerning ears.
In March, the awards will be given out. There will be two main awards. The first will be the “red” award, which goes a to “god-level” album that can be listened to again and again. The second will be the “blue” award, which goes to an album by a new artist that is highly recommended to customers.
Check out the nominated albums below!
Red Award
Aimyon – Hitomi e Ochiru yo Record
Ado – Uta no Uta ONE PIECE FILM RED」
Ado – Kyogen
Utada Hikaru – BAD Mode
ELLEGARDEN – The End of Yesterday
Oda Kazumasa – early summer 2022
Original Love – MUSIC, DANCE & LOVE
Creepy Nuts – Ensemble Play
Sakamoto Shintaro – Monogatari no You ni
SUPER BEAVER – Tokyo
Nishina – 1999
Fujii Kaze – LOVE ALL SERVE ALL
Mrs. GREEN APPLE – Unity
Yamashita Tatsuro – SOFTLY
Yuuri – Ichi
Blue Award
ego apartment – EGO APARTMENT
Kroi – telegraph
Hockrockb – Pencil Rocket
Saucy Dog – Sunny Bottle
Chilli Beans. – Chilli Beans.
Deep Sea Diving Club – Let’s Go! DSDC!
Hitsuji Bungaku – our hope
BE:FIRST – BE:1
Marcy – Memory
Wanuka – Aonisai
