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History

The CD Shop Awards was started in 2008, inspired by the

. The first edition included Grand Prix and Runner-Up awards. Starting from the second edition, regional award and western music award were added. The fourth edition introduced the Newcomer Award, Maestro Award, and Live Performance Award awards. Sixth edition featured new categories, such as Classical Award, Jazz Award, and

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Award. In 2019, two categories for the Grand Prix award were added: "red" – overall best record, and "blue" – great record by an up-and-coming artist.

Voting

All CD shop employees (including part-time employees) can vote via online poll,

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. In the first round, voters select three albums. After that, top 20 albums make its way into second round. In the end, each voter pick three albums out of top 20 and results are finalized to determine the winner.

Winners

Japanese music

Grand Prix

Runner-up

Best Newcomer Award

Awarded from the sixth CD Shop Awards.

Western music

References

External links

Official website of All-Japan CD Shop Clerks Union
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