It is sponsored by All-Japan CD Shop Employees Union and awarded based on votes by CD shop employees from all over Japan, with the goal of bringing awareness to underappreciated, high quality Japanese records.

[1] It is referred to as a "music edition of Japan Booksellers' Award".

The first edition included Grand Prix and Runner-Up awards.

In the end, each voter pick three albums out of top 20 and results are finalized to determine the winner.

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