HEAVEN will win ?
 

:luv2 :luv2 :luv2 :luv2 do u think HEAVEN will win at the JAPAN GOlden Disc ?
i hope she will win !! and perform this SONG !! :luv2 :luv2

omg i hope the SHINOBI movie will be great also ...
it will be so cool ...

A great movie with a great soundtrack :luv2 :luv2 :luv2

sure sure!!! i want Ayu to win as well :meditate

i love Ayu performances in Japan gold disc awards

:D:D:D let´s just hope and wait

All of us want her to win! I think the song is perfect especially the piano in the front part! :luv2
but I think it also depends on the sales.
so, just wait & see.

same~ HEAVEN is soo goood :D

I really really do hope so. This song really deserves to be a winner since the song is simply stunning and beautiful. Let's cross our fingers and hope she will win.

ITS STUNNING, IT MUST WIN!!!

I hope so too! I think she deserve it!

then how about Be My Last? :lech :D :mischief

Nah.. Heaven is much better.. for me ^^;

YEAH! me too! :D

ooh totally forgotten about that :innocent :innocent (1 hour ago Be My Last was the song that i heard again and again.. and again.. now... :P )

LOL, that's hilarious [H].

Just for the record, what songs won in the previous years? I think it's a worthy contestant, but if the song was arranged better, it'd probably win for sure =\.

In terms of sales, Hikki will definatly reign over HEAVEN <_<. Four dimensions and SAKURA have already secured the top-top sales though :P

You turn your back on Hikki! :shakehead Hahaha...

Hikki won't win the GD by just releasing one single. Chances are, Orange Range will win again :(

Wait does the winner depend on sales? Or is there a panel of judges? And if it is with judges, isn't it only judged by lyrics and not composition? Is there a site with the list of winners for each year? I'm really curious.

I think it was:

2001: Ayumi Hamasaki
2002: Ayumi Hamasaki
2003: Ayumi Hamasaki
2004: ORANGE RANGE

I know that Ayu won 3 times.

Didn't Ayu step back from her nomination last year? O_o" Because she said she got the nomination because of the trouble with Max Matsuura and they don't appreciate her music.
I thought she would disqualify herself from the whole contest in the future...o_O"
Maybe I didn't get that right o_o

I thought ayu refused or something the last time.. :\ Or she publicly stated: 'I don't want the award.'

:X

Zeo

She rejected participating the the Japan Record Awards last year, she was not nominated for Golden Disc

Golden Disc Wins:
It's:
2001: ayumi hamasaki
2002: ayumi hamasaki
2003: Hikaru Utada
2004: ayumi hamasaki
2005: ORANGE RANGE

Source: http://www.riaj.or.jp/e/issue/index.html

Japan Record Award Wins
2001: ayumi hamasaki
2002: ayumi hamasaki
2003: ayumi hamasaki
2004: Mr. Children (The original winner was Ken Hirai, who also rejected it, and then it fell onto ayumi hamasaki who also rejected it.)

Be My Last sounds like an album track to me, not a single. It would really suck if that sells more or wins more than Heaven. Be My Last shouldn't even be nominated for anything in my opinion.

Ken Hirai was the original winner for 2004's JRAW?!!! That's great news! I'm his biggest fan but i kind of feel sad that he didn't accept it. THey should make a rule that artists shouldn't reject the award for whatever reason. DO you know why he reject the award?

She will win.. she must win! :D Oh, it would be purrfect..

I really hope that Hamasaki wins both the Golden Disc and the Japan Record Awards! ^_^

i think ayu can win this year
heaven is really a great song

i thought she rejected all the awards all together since last year
i do hope so she win it!!!

Be mY Last is not enough powerful, but I'm not surprised if it wins cos its Utada's.. BUT PRAY THAT AYU WINS THIS ONE!!!

As much as I <3 Hikki, I thought "Be my Last" was a little repetative.
HEAVEN is the much better song. :)

I really hope so ^^, it's awesome song ^^, and it's much better than Hikki's Be My Last >>", hope that HEAVEN will have better sales.

Thank you for that explanation, I didn't know this either!

Oooh, thats interest yet kinda sad in a way :(

I'm glad she rejected it last year then :D But I think she actually deserved it for the years she won :o

I dont know.. But 2004.. what song did she win? 2003 by Hikki??? Maybe COLORS won that time??? >.< hmmm.....

Wow, I didnt know THIS could exist in anywhere on the world. Its shocking that the labels would do such a thing to boost sales! Well if Ayu wins it but rejects it, I'm always glad to take it for her sake :D!!!

dareka won that year... it was Hikki's only new song that year... and it sucked... -_-

no it didnt.. it was beautiful.. study the lyrics and watch the pv, and listen to it somewhere quiet and peaceful.. you'll understand why..

I agree Mad Cactuar...I think DAREKANO was great.

I have to concur with Deliruim's post, things like popularity are generally really fleeting and heavily biased but it seems particularly problematic in Japan. I wonder how often, if at all, this is brought up in the news. The labels are surprisingly powerful. I was surprised the first time I heard about that as well.

I hope heaven will win even though ayu might reject the award, because I think it's her best ballad in a long time. I don't think be my last is even close. The chorus ruins the song. HEAVEN is perfectly dramatic, emotional, and most important of all; it has a beautiful melody. Really BEAUTIFUL. :thud

i've heard Be my last...and i don't like it...Heaven way much better than be my last but i won't be surprise if it beats heaven..