21st Japan Record Awards

{{Short description|1979 Japanese music awards ceremony}}

{{Infobox award

| name = 21st Japan Record Awards

| date = December 31, 1979

| venue = Imperial Garden Theater, Tokyo

| host = Keizo Takahashi

| network = TBS

| previous = 20th

| main = Japan Record Awards

| next = 22nd

}}

The 21st Annual Japan Record Awards took place at the Imperial Garden Theater in Chiyoda, Tokyo, on December 31, 1979, starting at 7:00PM JST. The primary ceremonies were televised in Japan on TBS.

Award winners

=Japan Record Award=

Best Vocalist

Best New Artist

  • Tomoko Kuwae for "Watashi No Heart Wa Stopmotion"

See also

References

  • うわさ裏表 レコード大賞、ジュディ大逆転の舞台裏. サンデー毎日 (The Sunday Mainichi). (The Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd.). 9 March 1980. pp 176 & 177.
  • [https://www.daily.co.jp/gossip/2018/12/27/0011937237.shtml?pg=2 ジュディ・オング 人生懸けた覚悟と秀樹さんとの友情...79年レコ大秘話告白]. デイリースポーツ (Daily Sports). 27 December 2018.
  • レコ大の秀樹に感激! in [https://gendai.media/articles/-/60032?page=1&imp=0 1979年、みんなが見ていた「あのテレビ番組」のすごさを語ろう]. 現代ビジネス. 31 March 2019.
  • 〈芸能界最新情報!!〉 山口百恵、小林幸子か 〔紅白〕 〔レコード大賞〕〔新人賞〕 人選でわかる歌謡界の凋落. Shūkan Gendai. 1 November 1979. pp 182 to 186.