It came true as we accumulated it.
Awarded "Artist of the Year" for the fourth time
The 40th Japan Gold Disc Awards
Editorial Department March 11, 2014 13: 05
Snow Man
Snow Man won the "Artist of the Year" award in the Japanese music category of the "40th Japan Gold Disc Awards" announced on March 11. This award is one of the most prestigious awards given to the artist who has the highest total net sales of works and songs during the period. Composition, Music Theory
Snow Man showed overwhelming success in this award, winning the following seven titles.
Artist of the Year (Japanese Music)
Album of the Year: THE BEST 2020-2025
Best 5 Albums (Japanese Music): Otoko Chishin
Best 5 Albums (Japanese Music): The Best 2020-2025
Best 5 Singles: "SERIOUS"
Music Video of the Year: Snow Man Dome Tour 2024 RAYS
Best 3 music videos: Snow Man Dome Tour 2024 RAYS
Especially in the album category, not only were two works selected for the best five albums, but they also won the album of the year, which is the top of it, and proved their tremendous support in package works.
Teru Iwamoto (leader), Tatsuya Fukasawa, Raul, Shota Watanabe, Koji Mukai, Ryohei Abe, Ren Meguro, Ryota Miyadate, Daisuke Sakuma are a 9-member idol group. They debuted with "D.D. / Imitation Rain" on January 22, 2020. Snow Man's first best album "THE BEST 2020-2025" achieved the first million sales in Oricon history. Furthermore, cumulative sales exceeded 1.6 million copies. 5th Album "Otokochishin" achieved 4 consecutive albums in the first week and recorded 6 consecutive million sales. 6 consecutive cumulative million sales from the 1st album are the first ever.
About the 40th Japan Gold Disc Awards
The Japan Gold Disc Awards are based on the objective criteria of "net sales of CDs, videos, etc. (total shipments minus the number of returns), sales of music distribution, and streaming playback performance (* 1)."
The 40th Japan Gold Disc Awards will award each award based on the sales performance of the fiscal year (January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025). The debut period of the New Artist Award is from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025.
(* 1) The number of streaming views is calculated by the Association based on data provided by NIQ / GfK Japan.
[Aggregate target music streaming service]
Amazon Music Prime, Amazon Music Unlimited, Apple Music, au Smart Pass Premium music, AWA, KKBOX, LINE MUSIC, Rakuten Music, Spotify, YouTube Music, YouTube Music Premium (as of the end of December 2025) * Music Video is not eligible.
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One from the camera roll:
Snow Manの快挙は、単なる人気だけでなく長年の積み重ねと確かな実力を反映しています。私も彼らのデビュー当初からのファンとして、グループの成長を間近で感じてきました。特に、『THE BEST 2020 - 2025』は、彼らの多様な音楽スタイルを凝縮したベストアルバムで、初日のミリオン達成は単なる偶然ではなくファンの厚い支持の証です。 また、連続的にミリ オンセールスを達成している『音故知新』は、ファンだけでなく音楽業界関係者からも高く評価されており、彼らの音楽的完成度の高さと努力の賜物だと感じています。楽曲のバリエーションとパフォーマンスの完成度は、ライブ映像『Snow Man Dome Tour 2024 RAYS』でも存分に発揮されていて、その映像作品も大賞を獲得したことで、彼らの総合的な実力の強さを物語っています。 日本ゴールドディスク大賞の評価基準が、CD売上だけでなくストリーミングなど多様なデータを含めていることからも、Snow Manの幅広い支持層と音楽の浸透力が証明されていると言えます。私自身、音楽ストリーミングサービスで彼らの楽曲をよく聴く一人として、この結果に深く共感しています。 今後もSnow Manが音楽シーンでどのような挑戦を続けていくのか、とても楽しみです。彼らの積み重ねてきた努力が、こうして大きな形となって叶った瞬間をファンとして共に喜びたいと思います。