Yūki Amami and Shinichiro Azumi hosted the ceremony for the second time.

[2] The nominations and award winners were announced by TBS on 16 November 2017.

[3][4] The 59th Japan Record Award went to idol group Nogizaka46 for their song "Influencer".

This was the second consecutive win for an artist under the Sony Music Entertainment Japan label (after Kana Nishino in 2016).

[5] The average audience rating for the second part (19:00 to 22:00) was 14.4%, down 0.1% from the previous year's broadcast.