NexTone Award | |
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Awarded for | Artist, songwriters, and music publishers who have generated the highest revenue in royalties during a fiscal year |
Country | Japan |
Presented by | NexTone |
First award | 2017 |
Website | nex-tone |
The NexTone Award is a Japanese music awards established in 2017 by the copyright collective NexTone. The awards are given to artists, songwriters and composers whose songs generated the highest revenue in royalties during a fiscal year.
Only artists represented by NexTone are eligible for an award. Similar to the JASRAC Awards the three most successful songs in royalties are awarded Gold, Silver or Bronze Medals depending on the royalties amassed. Until 2023, next to the Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals, a Special Award was given. Since 2024, the most successful Japanese work overseas and the most-successful song on YouTube by views are awarded as well. [1]
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. | ||||||
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Song | Writer(s) | Artist | Song | Writer(s) | Artist | Song | Writer(s) | Artist | ||
2017 | "Nagisa" | Masamune Kusano | Spitz | "J.S.B Dream" | STY | Sandaime J Soul Brothers | "Umi no Koe" | Makoto Shinohara Masaru Shimabukuro | Kenta Kiritani | [2] |
2018 | "Zenzenzense" | Yōjirō Noda | Radwimps | "Stargazer" | Masamune Kusano | Spitz | "Still Alive" | Tomoyasu Hotei Yukinojo Mori | Tomoyasu Hotei | [3] |
2019 | "In Two" | Kenichi Anraku Sorano Ryo Ito Adam Kapit | Namie Amuro | "Chiisana Koi no Uta" | Mongol800 | Mongol800 | "Loser" | Kenshi Yonezu | Kenshi Yonezu | [4] |
2020 | "Kanade" | Takuya Ōhashi Shintarō Tokita | Sukima Switch | "Zenzenzense" | Yōjirō Noda | Radwimps | "Anata ni" | Mongol800 | Mongol800 | [5] |
2021 | "Marigold" | Aimyon | Aimyon | "Paprika" | Keshi Yonezu | Foorin | "Machigai Sagashi" | Kenshi Yonezu | Masaki Suda | [6] |
2022 | "Kōsui" | 8s | Eito | "Usseewa" | Syudou | Ado | "Neko" | Aimyon | Dish// | [7] |
2023 | "Usseewa" | Syudou | Ado | "Odo" | Deco*27 Giga TeddyLoid | Ado | "Goodbye Sengen" | Chinozo | Chinozo | [8] |
2024 | "New Genesis" | Yasutaka Nakata | Ado | "Habit" | Fukase Nakajin | Sekai no Owari | "I'm Invincible" | Motoki Ohmori | Ado | [9] |
2025 | "Kaijū no Hanauta" | Vaundy | Vaundy | "Hitorinbo Envy" | Koyori | Koyori | "Que Sera Sera" | Motoki Ohmori | Mrs. Green Apple | [10] |
Year | Special | International | YouTube | Special Merit | Ref. | ||
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Song | Writer(s) | Artist | |||||
2017 | TYMS Project | — | — | — | — | — | [2] |
2018 | BanG Dream! Project Your Name Project | [3] | |||||
2019 | Mongol800 | [4] | |||||
2020 | Official Hige Dandism | [5] | |||||
2021 | Eikichi Yazawa | [6] | |||||
2022 | Hololive Production | [7] | |||||
2023 | Vaundy | [8] | |||||
2024 | Hoshimachi Suisei | Atlus Sound Team [A] | "Surges" | Orangestar | Orangestar featuring Kase and Loin | Ryūichi Sakamoto | [9] |
2025 | BSMG | Suzume Project | "Hai Yorokonde" | Kocchi no Kento GRP | Kocchi no Kento | — | [10] |