Japan Music Awards
Following their massive tour in 2008, B'z returned to the studio to record new material. Their first release of the year was a Double A-side single, "Ichibu to Zenbu/Dive", released on August 5, 2009 that features drummer Chad Smith. The non full-track ringtone downloads ("Chaku Uta") of "Ichibu to Zenbu" began on July 13, 2009, and the full-track ringtone downloads ("Chaku Uta Full") of the song also began on August 26, 2009. For its strong download sales in August and September on Recochoku, the song served the "Monthly Recochoku Award, Best Song Award Grand Prix" for "Chaku Uta" and "Chaku Uta Full" each for two consecutive months. On October 13, 2009, KDDI also announced that "Ichibu to Zenbu" was awarded the "Utatomo Award" of September 2009 for the sales on "Utatomo" via au's LISMO. The second release was the single "My Lonely Town", with the physical CD of the single was released on October 14, 2009. Both singles are featured in the band's next studio album, entitled "Magic", released on November 18, 2009. On December 10, 2009, it was announced that their single "Ichibu to Zenbu/Dive" won the "Hot 100 of the Year" award at the Billboard Japan Music Awards.