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{{short description|Award}}
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{{Infobox award
| name        = Japan Gold Disc Award
| image       = 
| imagesize   = 
| caption     = Japan Gold Disc Awards presented in 2010
| awarded_for = 
| presenter   = [[Recording Industry Association of Japan]]
| country     = {{flag|Japan}}
| year        = 1987
| website     = {{Official website|http://www.jacompa.or.jp/}}
}}
The {{nihongo|'''Japan Gold Disc Award'''|日本ゴールドディスク大賞|Nihon Gōrudo Disuku Taishō}} is an award presented by the [[Recording Industry Association of Japan|Record music Industry Association of Japan]] in the field of music. The Japan Gold Disc Awards have multiple Grand Prix categories, including: Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year (download and streaming), single of the year, and more.  

==Categories==
*Artist of the Year
*New Artist of the Year
*Best Enka/Kayokyoku Artist
*Best Enka/Kayokyoku New Artist
*Single of the Year
*Song of the Year by Download
*Song of the Year by Streaming
*Album of the Year
*Enka/Kayokyoku Album of the Year
*Classic Album of the Year
*Jazz Album of the Year
*Instrumental Album of the Year
*Soundtrack Album of the Year
*Animation Album of the Year
*Traditional Japanese Music Album of the Year
*Concept Album of the Year
*Music Video of the Year
*Special Award
*Best Asian Artist

==List of the Artists of the Year==
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
!{{abbr|No.|Number}}
!Year
!Japan 
!International
|-
|1||1987||[[Akina Nakamori]]||[[Madonna]]
|-
|2||1988||[[Rebecca (band)|Rebecca]]||[[The Beatles]]
|-
|3||1989||[[Boøwy]]||[[Bon Jovi]]
|-
|4||1990||[[Southern All Stars]]|| rowspan="2" |Madonna
|-
|5||1991||[[Yumi Matsutoya]]
|-
|6||1992|| rowspan="2" |[[Chage and Aska]]||[[Guns N' Roses]]
|-
|7||1993||Madonna
|-
|8||1994||[[Wands (band)|Wands]]||The Beatles
|-
|9||1995|| rowspan="2" |[[TRF (band)|TRF]]|| rowspan="2" |[[Mariah Carey]]
|-
|10||1996
|-
|11||1997||[[Namie Amuro]]||[[Me & My]]
|-
|12||1998||[[Glay]]|| rowspan="3" |[[Celine Dion]]
|-
|13||1999||[[B'z]]
|-
|14||2000||[[Hikaru Utada]]
|-
|15||2001|| rowspan="2" |[[Ayumi Hamasaki]]||The Beatles
|-
|16||2002||[[Backstreet Boys]]
|-
|17||2003||Hikaru Utada||[[Avril Lavigne]]
|-
|18||2004||Ayumi Hamasaki||[[Twelve Girls Band]]
|-
|19||2005||[[Orange Range]]||[[Queen (band)|Queen]]
|-
|20||2006||[[Kumi Koda]]||[[O-Zone]]
|-
|21||2007||Kumi Koda||[[Daniel Powter]]
|-
|22||2008|| rowspan="2" |[[Exile (Japanese band)|Exile]]||Avril Lavigne
|-
|23||2009||Madonna
|-
|24||2010|| rowspan="2" |[[Arashi]]||The Beatles
|-
|25||2011|| rowspan="2" |[[Lady Gaga]]
|-
|26||2012|| rowspan="3" |[[AKB48]]
|-
|27||2013||[[Che'Nelle]]
|-
|28||2014|| rowspan="2" |[[One Direction]]
|-
|29||2015|| rowspan="3" |Arashi
|-
|30||2016||The Beatles
|-
|31||2017||[[Ariana Grande]]
|-
|32||2018|| rowspan="2" |Namie Amuro||The Beatles
|-
|33||2019||rowspan="3" |Queen
|-
|34||2020||rowspan="2" |Arashi
|-
|35||2021
|-
|36||2022|| rowspan="3" |[[Snow Man]]|| rowspan="3" |The Beatles
|-
|37||2023
|-
|38||2024
|-
|39||2025||[[Mrs. Green Apple]]||[[Taylor Swift]]
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.golddisc.jp/ Official website]
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{{Japanese Music Award Shows}}
{{Japan Gold Disc Award for Artist of the Year}}

[[Category:Japanese music awards]]
[[Category:Awards established in 1987]]
[[Category:1987 establishments in Japan]]
[[Category:Annual events in Japan]]
[[Category:Recurring events established in 1987]]

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