Sources: Music Voice, Nikkan Sports, The F1rst Times
NiziU's song "Take a Picture" was one of the 10 works this year selected for the "Excellent Work" award for the 63rd Japan Record Awards, which is considered to be Japan's equivalent to the Grammy awards. The 10 works that win the Excellent Work award are also the nominees for this year's Grand Prize, which selects the best song that represented the year in Japanese music. The live broadcast of the awards show where the Grand Prize will be announced will take place on the 30th of December 2021.
Other winners of this year's Excellent Work award (and hence, the fellow-nominees for the Grand Prize) are: AKB48 "Roots and Leaves Rumor", Awesome City Club "Forgetfulness", Pure "Because You Are By Your Side", Da-iCE "CITRUS", DA PUMP "Dream on the street", Nogizaka 46 "Sorry Fingers crossed", Kiyoshi Hikawa "Happy!", Daichi Miura "Backwards", and LiSA "Akeboshi".
The Grand Prize would be awarded to both the artist and the production team of the winning song. "Take a Picture" was performed by the nine members of NiziU, and composed by the producing team that included Ciara Muscat, J.Y. Park, Mayu Wakisaka, Sim Eunjee, Tim Tan, and Trippy.
NiziU debuted one year ago, on 2 December 2020. "Take a Picture" is their second single after debut, and has won over 123 crowns on various music distribution charts worldwide. Here's the music video and dance performance video of Take a Picture:
