The nominees for the '15th CD Shop Awards 2023' have been announced.

The nominated works that were announced include original albums released between January 1 to December 31 of 2022. At this time, 25 works were selected by sales clerks nationwide.

The red award will be presented to the album that can be considered a "good album that you want to listen to over and over again." Meanwhile, the blue award will be presented to an album by a new artist that is "highly recommended to customers and is likely to make a break after receiving this award."

The winners will be announced later in early March. This year's award ceremony will be held with an audience for the first time in three years. Check out the nominees below!

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[15th CD Shop Awards 2023]

Red Award:

・Aimyon - "Hitomi e Ochiru yo Record"
・Ado - "Uta no Uta: ONE PIECE FILM RED"
・Ado - "Kyogen"
・Utada Hikaru "BAD Mode"
・ELLEGARDEN - "The End of Yesterday"
・Oda Kazumasa - "early summer 2022"
・Original Love - "MUSIC, DANCE & LOVE"
・Creepy Nuts - "Ensemble Play"
・Sakamoto Shintaro - "Monogatari no You ni"
・SUPER BEAVER - "Tokyo"
・Nishina - "1999"
・Fujii Kaze - "LOVE ALL SERVE ALL"
・Mrs. GREEN APPLE - "Unity"
・Yamashita Tatsuro - "SOFTLY"
・Yuuri - "Ichi"

Blue Award:

・ego apartment - "EGO APARTMENT"
・Kroi - "telegraph"
・hockrockb - "Pencil Rocket"
・Saucy Dog - "Sunny Bottle"
・Chilli Beans. - "Chilli Beans."
・Deep Sea Diving Club - "Let's Go! DSDC!"
・Hitsuji Bungaku - "our hope"
・BE:FIRST - "BE:1"
・Marcy - "Memory"
・Wanuka - "Ao Nisai"