59th Japan Record Awards

{{Short description|2017 Japanese music awards ceremony}}

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| date = 30 December 2017

| location = New National Theatre Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

| network = TBS

| host = Yūki Amami, Shinichiro Azumi

| ratings = 14.4%

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| previous = 58th

| main = Japan Record Awards

| next = 60th

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The 59th Japan Record Awards was held on 30 December 2017. The Tokyo Broadcasting System Television network televised the show live from the New National Theatre Tokyo in Tokyo. Radio broadcast was through TBS Radio. The broadcast ran from 18:30 (JST) to 22:00 (JST). Yūki Amami and Shinichiro Azumi hosted the ceremony for the second time.{{cite web |url=https://mdpr.jp/music/detail/1735597 |title=天海祐希、2年連続の抜擢「第59回輝く！日本レコード大賞」司会に決定＜コメント到着＞ |date=21 December 2017 |access-date=2 July 2018 |publisher=Model Press |language=ja}} The nominations and award winners were announced by TBS on 16 November 2017.{{cite web |url=http://www.tbs.co.jp/recordaward/index.html#nominate |title=第59回 輝く！日本レコード大賞 |access-date=2 July 2018 |publisher=Tokyo Broadcasting System Television |language=ja}}{{cite web |url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2017/11/15/kiji/20171115s00041000438000c.html |title=レコ大各賞発表　ＡＫＢ５年ぶり大賞狙う　乃木坂＆欅坂が初ノミネート |date=16 November 2017 |access-date=2 July 2018 |work=Sponichi Annex |publisher=Sports Nippon |language=ja}}

The 59th Japan Record Award went to idol group Nogizaka46 for their song "Influencer". This was the second consecutive win for an artist under the Sony Music Entertainment Japan label (after Kana Nishino in 2016).{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2103390/full/ |title=『レコ大』乃木坂46が初の大賞 キャプテン桜井「関わってくれたすべての皆さんのおかげ」 |date=30 December 2017 |access-date=2 July 2018 |work=Oricon News |publisher=Oricon |language=ja}} Tsubaki Factory won the Best New Artist Award.

The average audience rating for the second part (19:00 to 22:00) was 14.4%, down 0.1% from the previous year's broadcast.{{cite web |url=https://www.daily.co.jp/gossip/2018/01/02/0010864410.shtml |title=乃木坂が大賞受賞のレコ大は１４・４％ |date=2 January 2018 |access-date=2 July 2018 |work=Daily Sports |publisher=Daily Sports |language=ja}}