Chart-topping Japanese boy band Exile was named artist of the year and shared top pop artist honors with four other acts at the second annual Billboard Japan Music Awards, sponsored by Daiwa House. The awards were presented Feb. 6 at the Tokyo Midtown complex in Roppongi, central Tokyo (see Backbeat, page 53).
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