2005 Nihon record taisho nominees
 

あたらしい季節へ　Lead
十六夜の月　w-inds.
Eventful　鈴木亜美 - ami suzuki
ココロツタエ　夏川りみ - rimi natsukawa
五能線　水森かおり - kaori mizumori
桜　コブクロ - kobukuro
沙の川　原田悠里 - ?
Butterfly　倖田來未 - kumi koda
初恋列車　氷川きよし - kiyoshi hikawa
プラネタリウム　大塚愛 - ai otsuka

album of the year: ketsumeishi

source: http://www.tbs.co.jp/program/nihonre..._20051231.html

sorry for the incomplete translation... i wonder why lead and and w-inds keep on gettin nominated? in my opinion, the nominees aren't that great except for ai's planetarium and the enka/okinawa stuff... Where's glamorous sky? endless story? Kumi's other better songs? best songs this year in my opinion, aside from ayu's heaven :D

DAMN! I was hoping ayu would be nominated with HEAVEN for the taisho!!!! >,<

weird..i don't understand how they choose the nominees

Yay for Ami, Kuu and Ai! <3 I'm rooting for Ami =D

I'm rooting for Ai as usual. PLANETARIUM = love. Where is Ayu? It must be the 1st time she's not a nominee :o

rooting for PLANETARIUM, its such a good song. i cant believe w-inds, lead n butterfly even got nominated

Go Ami ^^ I do hope she wins!

Ami's great ... but EVENTFUL? I didn't even think it was that great of a song ... Ku's Butterfly kind of sealed her as a huge seller so I think it deserves it. But where's Ayu and her HEAVEN?! Maybe she declined to be on the show as well because she thinks other people deserve it haha.

Thanks for the list! :)

i think it's between kumi, ai, and kiyoshi hikawa... but I think kiyoshi hikawa's finally gonna win after being nominated for SOOOOO many times in the past! :D

Eventful is great. And yeah I was surprised to see no Ayu.

Wow, no Ayu...

thanks for sharing the info!

Mika should have been there for GLAMOROUS SKY, too.

I'm really surprised too. Perhaps it isn't a popularity vote, but what the judges deem as the best songs?