Tuesday, March 29, 2005
Ayumi's "dearest" song of e year 2002
Hamasaki's 'Dearest' song of the year
2002.01.01
Pop superstar Ayumi Hamasaki has been awarded the top prize at the 43rd Japan Record Awards.
Arguably the most popular performing artist in Japan at the moment, the diminutive diva picked up the prize for her top-selling ballad "Dearest."
It was the first time for the 23-year-old performer to win the award, the most prestigious in the Japanese popular music industry.
Also emerging winners were w-inds, a band awarded the Best New Talent.
The Japan Record Awards are presented by the Japan Composers Association. They were awarded on Monday night in Tokyo. (Mainichi Shimbun, Jan. 1, 2002)
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