The 52nd Japan Record Awards (第52回日本レコード大賞) took place at the New National Theater in Tokyo on December 30, 2010. The ceremony was televised in Japan on TBS.^[1][2]

Presenters

• Masaaki Sakai
• Norika Fujiwara
• TBS commentators
  • Shinichirō Azumi
  • Sylwia Kato
  • Erina Masuda

Radio

• Masao Mukai (TBS commentator)

Winners and winning works

Grand Prix

• Exile — "I Wish For You"

Best Singer Award

• Masahiko Kondō

Best New Artist Award

• S/mileage "Yume Miru 15"

Best Album Award

• Ikimonogakari — Hajimari no Uta

New Artist Award

The artists who are awarded the New Artist Award are nominated for the Best New Artist Award.

• S/mileage "Yume Miru 15"
• Iconiq "Change Myself"
• Madoka Kikuchi "Hito Koi Sansa" (人恋さんさ)
• Girls' Generation "Gee"
• S/mileage "Yume Miru 15"

Excellence Album Award

• Kazuyoshi Saito "ARE YOU READY?"
• Nakamuranaka "Shounen Shoujo"
• Ikimonogakari "Hajimarinouta"
• Nishino Kana "to LOVE"
• JUJU "JUJU"

Best Composer Award

• FUNKY MONKEY BABYS/Yuka Kawamura "Atohitotsu"

Best Arranger Award

• Jin Namamura "Futatsu no Kuchibiru"

Best Songwriter Award

• Uemura Kana "Toile no Kamisama"

Encouragement Award by Japan Composer's Association

• Sakura Maya

Special Award

• Sakamoto Fuyumi "Mata Kimi Ni Koi Shiteru"

Music Culture Award

• Kayama Yuzo

Special Achievement Award

• Ishii Yoshiko
• Eguchi Hiroshi
• Tani Kei
• Hoshino Tetsuro
• Yoshioka Osamu

Excellent Work Award

• EXILE "I Wish For You"
• AAA "Aitai Riyuu"
• Ikimonogakari "Arigatou"
• BIG BANG "Tell Me Goodbye"
• Uemura Kana "Toile no Kamisama"
• Hikawa Kiyoshi "Nijiiro no Bayon"
• w-inds "New World"
• AKB48 "Beginner"
• Mizumori Kaori "Matsushima Kikou"
• GIRLS NEXT DOOR "Ready to be a lady"