56th Japan Record Awards

{{Short description|2014 Japanese music awards ceremony}}

{{Infobox award

| name = 56th Japan Record Awards

| date = {{start date|2014|12|30}}

| venue = New National Theater, Tokyo

| network = TBS

| country = Japan

| hosts =

| previous = 55th

| main = Japan Record Awards

| next = 57th

}}

The {{nihongo|56th Japan Record Awards|第56回日本レコード大賞}} took place at the New National Theater in Tokyo on December 30, 2014. The ceremony was televised in Japan on TBS.{{cite news|url=http://natalie.mu/music/news/131692|title=レコ大候補にサザン、セカオワ、三代目JSBら＆特別栄誉賞に高倉健|publisher=Natalie|date=2014-11-20|access-date=2015-07-16}}{{cite news|url=http://natalie.mu/music/news/133657|title=レコ大会見でセカオワ、きゃりー、AAA、三代目、AKBら1年振り返る|publisher=Natalie|date=2014-12-12|access-date=2015-07-16}}{{cite news|url=http://natalie.mu/music/news/135191|title=三代目 J Soul Brothers初のレコ大受賞＆最優秀新人賞は西内まりや|publisher=Natalie|date=2014-12-30|access-date=2015-07-16}}