The Gold Disc Award for artist of the year went to Utada Hikaru (20) for the second time. As in 2000, she accepted her prize by video at the awards ceremony, held at the NHK Hall in Shibuya, Tokyo. She joins Chage & Aska, trf and Hamasaki Ayumi as the only double winners. The award is based on sales for the previous year. Utada’s album and singles sales reached well over 6 million copies. She won six awards in all, including three for singles, one for Best Rock and Pop Album and one for Music Video of the Year. The Album of the Year award went to Korean artist BoA.