Hi-STANDARD and kurayamisaka win CD Shop Awards; RADWIMPS tribute receives Special Award
Hi-STANDARD's album "Screaming Newborn Baby" and kurayamisaka's album "kurayamisaka yori ai wo komete" have been selected as the Grand Prix winners at the 18th CD Shop Awards 2026, an music award chosen by the All Japan CD Shop Clerks Union.
The winning works for this installment of the CD Shop Awards were determined by the votes of 202 CD shop clerks from across the country, chosen from new Japanese music released between Dec. 1, 2024, and Nov. 30, 2025. The "Red Award" was given to "wonderful works that one wants to listen to over and over again = #GodAlbums (works that have the potential to become standards)," while the "Blue Award" was given to "excellent albums by newcomers; works that are 'truly recommended to customers' and are expected to break through nationwide starting from the shop floor thanks to the award."
Hi-STANDARD's "Screaming Newborn Baby" won the Grand Prix in the Red category, and kurayamisaka's "kurayamisaka yori ai wo komete" won the Grand Prix in the Blue category. Hi-STANDARD submitted a video message for the occasion, in which Ken Yokoyama (G, Vo) said, "It is a great honor because everyone working at the shops chose us. I think the voices from the field are something special." Akihiro Namba (Vo, B) added, "This event has given us courage." Additionally, Shotaro Shimizu (Vo, G) of kurayamisaka expressed his joy, saying, "I was quite surprised even at the nomination stage, but hearing we won the Grand Prix was a true honor. All the members in our LINE group reacted like, 'You've got to be kidding, right?'"
In other categories, the RADWIMPS tribute album "Dear Jubilee - RADWIMPS TRIBUTE" received the Special Award, Yuto Tatsumi's "Unmei no Natsu" won the Kayo-kyoku Award, and Niko n's "fragile Report" was selected for the Package Design Award. In selecting the Grand Prix, works by artists who have previously won the Grand Prix twice are ineligible for voting; Gen Hoshino and Kaze Fujii were excluded from the selection as "Hall of Fame" inductees.
18th CD Shop Awards 2025 Winners
Grand Prix
Red
- Hi-STANDARD「Screaming Newborn Baby」
Blue
- kurayamisaka「kurayamisaka yori ai wo komete」
Award Nominees
Red
- Ichiko Aoba 「Luminescent Creatures」
- Creepy Nuts「LEGION」
- Southern All Stars「THANK YOU SO MUCH」
- TOMOO「DEAR MYSTERIES」
- Hi-STANDARD「Screaming Newborn Baby」
- Perfume「Nebula Romance Part 2」
- B'z「FYOP」
- Yumi Matsutoya 「Wormhole / Yumi AraI」
- RADWIMPS「Anew」
- Ryokuoushoku Shakai「Channel U」
- ONE OK ROCK「DETOX」
Blue
- kurayamisaka「kurayamisaka yori ai wo komete」
- Chappo「a one & a two」
- jo0ji「Aeka」
- Mikiko Suzuki Band 「Abara」
- tuki.「15」
- NEE「Saiseikanou」
- Niko n「fragile Report」
- Hammer Head Shark「27℃」
- Paledusk「PALEDUSK」
- Bodo Club 「Bodo Yugi」
- muque「DOPE!」
Hall of Fame
- Gen Hoshino
- Kaze Fujii
Special Award
- Various Artists「Dear Jubilee - RADWIMPS TRIBUTE」
Category Awards
Western Music Award
- sombr「I Barely Know Her」
Classical Award
- Hayato Kodama「Reverberate」
Jazz Award
- Shutaro Matsui 「FRAGMENTS - CONCERT HALL LIVE 2025」
Kayo-kyoku Award
- Yuto Tatsumi 「Unmei no Natsu」
Package Design Award
- Niko n「fragile Report」
Regional Block Awards
Hokkaido Block Award
- Lunch Break 「Nice ni Koishite」
Tohoku Block Award
- Iginari Tohoku San 「Love Sensation」
Kanto Block Award
- KiNGONS「FOURTH」
Koshinetsu Block Award
- Shukatsu Club 「Major na Ongaku」
Tokai Block Award
- May Forth「Pilgrims」
Hokuriku Block Award
- Angie Motel 「Kotoba no Chizu」
Kansai Block Award
- Viewtrade「RE POP!!」
Chugoku/Shikoku Block Award
- HEP BURN「Fuyu」
Kyushu Block Award
- CULENASM「a beautiful days」
Okinawa Block Award
- Deluxe x Deluxe "Choju Giga"
Source: Music Natalie
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