59th Japan Record Awards
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. The nominations and award winners were announced by TBS on 16 November 2017.
| 59th Japan Record Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | 30 December 2017 |
| Location | New National Theatre Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan |
| Hosted by | Yūki Amami, Shinichiro Azumi |
| Website | http://www.tbs.co.jp/recordaward/ |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | TBS |
| Viewership | 14.4% |
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). 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.