NexTone Award

The NexTone Award is a Japanese music awards established in 2017 by the copyright collective NexTone. The awards are given to artists, songwriters and composers whose songs generated the highest revenue in royalties during a fiscal year.

NexTone Award
Awarded for	Artist, songwriters, and music publishers who have generated the highest revenue in royalties during a fiscal year
Country	Japan
Presented by	NexTone
First award	2017
Website	nex-tone.co.jp/copyright/award.html

Only artists represented by NexTone are eligible for an award. Similar to the JASRAC Awards the three most successful songs in royalties are awarded Gold, Silver or Bronze Medals depending on the royalties amassed. Until 2023, next to the Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals, a Special Award was given. Since 2024, the most successful Japanese work overseas and the most-successful song on YouTube by views are awarded as well.^[1]

Winners

Main awards

List of main winners

Year	Gold			Silver			Bronze			Ref.
	Song	Writer(s)	Artist	Song	Writer(s)	Artist	Song	Writer(s)	Artist
2017	"Nagisa"	Masamune Kusano	Spitz	"J.S.B Dream"	STY	Sandaime J Soul Brothers	"Umi no Koe"	Makoto Shinohara Masaru Shimabukuro	Kenta Kiritani	[2]
2018	"Zenzenzense"	Yōjirō Noda	Radwimps	"Stargazer"	Masamune Kusano	Spitz	"Still Alive"	Tomoyasu Hotei Yukinojo Mori	Tomoyasu Hotei	[3]
2019	"In Two"	Kenichi Anraku Sorano Ryo Ito Adam Kapit	Namie Amuro	"Chiisana Koi no Uta"	Mongol800	Mongol800	"Loser"	Kenshi Yonezu	Kenshi Yonezu	[4]
2020	"Kanade"	Takuya Ōhashi Shintarō Tokita	Sukima Switch	"Zenzenzense"	Yōjirō Noda	Radwimps	"Anata ni"	Mongol800	Mongol800	[5]
2021	"Marigold"	Aimyon	Aimyon	"Paprika"	Keshi Yonezu	Foorin	"Machigai Sagashi"	Kenshi Yonezu	Masaki Suda	[6]
2022	"Kōsui"	8s	Eito	"Usseewa"	Syudou	Ado	"Neko"	Aimyon	Dish//	[7]
2023	"Usseewa"	Syudou	Ado	"Odo"	Deco*27 Giga TeddyLoid	Ado	"Goodbye Sengen"	Chinozo	Chinozo	[8]
2024	"New Genesis"	Yasutaka Nakata	Ado	"Habit"	Fukase Nakajin	Sekai no Owari	"I'm Invincible"	Motoki Ohmori	Ado	[9]
2025	"Kaijū no Hanauta"	Vaundy	Vaundy	"Hitorinbo Envy"	Koyori	Koyori	"Que Sera Sera"	Motoki Ohmori	Mrs. Green Apple	[10]

Other awards

List of other winners

Year	Special	International	YouTube			Special Merit	Ref.
			Song	Writer(s)	Artist
2017	TYMS Project	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	[2]
2018	BanG Dream! Project Your Name Project						[3]
2019	Mongol800						[4]
2020	Official Hige Dandism						[5]
2021	Eikichi Yazawa						[6]
2022	Hololive Production						[7]
2023	Vaundy						[8]
2024	Hoshimachi Suisei	Atlus Sound Team[A]	"Surges"	Orangestar	Orangestar featuring Kase and Loin	Ryūichi Sakamoto	[9]
2025	BSMG	Suzume Project	"Hai Yorokonde"	Kocchi no Kento GRP	Kocchi no Kento	—N/a	[10]

Notes

1. Consisting of Atsushi Kitajō and Ryōta Kozuka