Japan's Award Shows are stupid! - Best New Artist went to a band that exists since 2010

Really!?!?!... I'm just wondering how could an award show fuck that up!?

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These were the nominated people as Best New Artist:

Mochizuka Ruka

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Taeko

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INI

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And of cause Macaroni Empitsu ...

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Mochizuka Ruka lost to that!? I'm sorry, that song and mv is just soooo good how did that not win??????????

Taeko and Ini had very good songs as well but Mochizuka absolutely takes the cake for me

uh I can't make sense of this. did they get their big break in 2021

is this their first award there? only if they got really famous this year otherwise there's no explanation

maybe because they only signed to a major label in 2020.

I've heard you are kind of considered a rookie until you make it big and are considered a top group. Time actually performing isn't material but success is the key to rookie vs non rookie. So rookie is non successful not new.