Billboard JAPAN Music Awards Nominees

The list of nominees for the anual BJMAs (Billboard JAPAN Music Awards), which will take place at Tokyo Midtown Hall, Billboard Live TOKYO on February 6th 2011 have been released.

The first Billboard Japan Music Awards were held in 2009 and were broadcast live on the TV channel Next Fuji. The live event honors top Japanese artists based on the Billboard Japan charts and votes from music fans. The charts include the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, where nominees are based on purchase and airplay data.

The selections for the categories of pop, jazz and indies for the year 2010 are listed below:


Top Pop Artists 2010
Aiko
Owl City
Adam Lambert
Amuro Namie
Arashi
Ikimono Gakari
Inaba Koshi
HY
AKB48
EXILE
NYC
Orianthi
GIRL NEXT DOOR
KAT-TUN
Katou Miliyah
Kanjani ∞
Kimura Kaela
GReeeN
Kururi
Kururi to Yuumin
Kuwata Keisuke
Ke$ha
SID
Shimizu Shota
Justin Bieber
SMAP
Team Dragon from AKB48
Tokyo Jihen
Tohoshinki
Tokunaga Hideaki
DREAMS COME TRUE
Nishino Kana
NEWS
Hamasaki Ayumi
Hara Yuuko
BUMP OF CHICKEN
FUNKY MONKEY BABYS
Fukuyama Masaharu
Hey!Say!JUMP
BENI
Houkagou Tea Time
Mizuki Nana
MONKEY MAJIK
Yazawa Eikichi
Yamashita Tomohisa
YUI
Yuusuke
YUKI
universe
LANDS
Rake
JUNSU/JEJUNG/YUCHUN
Shoujo Jidai
Domoto Koichi

Jazz Artist of the Year 2010
Ozone Makoto
Keni G
J.A.M
Takanaka Masayoshi
T-SQUARE
Terai Naoko
Terakubo Erena
Nikki Parrott
Nora Jones
Beegie Adair
Bill Evans
PE’Z

Independent Artist of the Year 2010 (Indie artists)
“Ikeda Aya, Kudou Masayoshi”
VAMPS
HY
AK-69
Girls Dead Monster
GACKT
Kamiya Hiroshi + Ono Daisuke
Ken Yokoyama
Soutaiseiriron
DJ FUMI*YEAH!
DIR EN GREY
Noa
FACT
50TA
Fukuyama Jun
MUCC
Yazawa Eikichi
Lia
clear
Underworld