Billboard JAPAN has released its list of nominees for the BJMA's (Billboard JAPAN Music Awards). �The award show will be held on February 6, 2011 at Tokyo Midtown Hall, Billboard Live TOKYO. �Below is a peek at a few of the categories and the nominees.

< Top Pop Artists 2010 >
Artists who have made no.1 in the Hot 100 charts. This includes single sales, album sales, and air play.

Aiko
Owl City
Adam Lambert
Amuro Namie
Arashi
Ikimono Gakari
Inaba Koshi
HY
AKB48
EXILE
NYC
Orianthi
GIRL NEXT DOOR
KAT-TUN
Katou Miliyah
Kanjani ?
Kimura Kaela
GReeeN
Kururi
Kururi to Yuumin
Kuwata Keisuke
Ke$ha
Sid
Shimizu Shota
Justin Bieber
SMAP
Team Dragon from AKB48
Tokyo Jihen
Tohoshinki
Tokunaga Hideaki
DREAMS COME TRUE
Nishino Kana
NEWS
Hamasaki Ayumi
Hara Yuuko
BUMP OF CHICKEN
FUNKY MONKEY BABYS
Fukuyama Masaharu
Hey!Say!JUMP
BENI
Houkagou Tea Time
Mizuki Nana
MONKEY MAJIK
Yazawa Eikichi
Yamashita Tomohisa
YUI
Yuusuke
YUKI
universe
LANDS
Rake
JUNSU/JEJUNG/YUCHUN
Shoujo Jidai
Domoto Koichi

< Jaszz Artist of the Year 2010 >
These are the artists whose album has reached no.1 in the Jazz�category.

Ozone Makoto
Keni G
J.A.M
Takanaka Masayoshi
T-SQUARE
Terai Naoko
Terakubo Erena
Nikki Parrott
Nora Jones
Beegie Adair
Bill Evans
PE�Z

< Classic Artist of the Year 2010 >
These are the artists whose classic albums have charted at no.1 in the past year.

Simon Rattle, Berliner Philharmoniker Orchester
Tsuji Nobuyuki
Neal E. Boyd
Nodame Cantabile
Yundi Li
Yoshimatsu Takashi
Nishimoto Tomomi
Ozawa Seiji

< Independent Artist of the Year 2010 >
These are the Indies artists that have held the no.1 spot on the Indies chart for the past year.

�Ikeda Aya, Kudou Masayoshi�
VAMPS
HY
AK-69
Girls Dead Monster
GACKT
Kamiya Hiroshi + Ono Daisuke
Ken Yokoyama
Soutaiseiriron
DJ FUMI*YEAH!
DIR EN GREY
Noa
FACT
50TA
Fukuyama Jun
Mucc
Yazawa Eikichi
Lia
clear
Underworld

Nominees for New Artist of the Year 2010, have yet to be revealed. This category is for artists who debuted this year and charted in the Hot 100 Chart.

For those of you who don�t know, here is a list of �BJMA 2009 winners.

AFTER SCHOOL for K-Pop New Artist of the Year 2009
AI for Top Pop Artists 2009
akiko for Jazz Artist of the Year 2009
BoA US Billboard Publisher�s Award 2009
EXILE (HIRO) for Artist/Album of the Year and Top Pop Artists 2009
HY for Independent Artist of the Year 2009
Judith Hill US Billboard Publisher�s Award 2009
ROCK�A�TRENCH for Hot 100 Airplay of the Year 2009
VAMPS for Rising International Artist 2009
Tsuji Nobuyuki for Classical Album and Classical Artist of the Year 2009
REMIOROMEN for Top Pop Artists 2009

source: Billboard Japan