[b:7n49d9f6]20.000 Music Fans Select Their Favorite Artist Ranking.[/b:7n49d9f6]
That’s the title of the recently published issue by weekly magazine Only★Star. One can find music bands and solo artists in this Top 20, and surely you don’t have to be a genious to guess the winner:
[u:7n49d9f6][b:7n49d9f6][size=200:7n49d9f6]Top 20[/size:7n49d9f6][/b:7n49d9f6][/u:7n49d9f6]
[b:7n49d9f6]1.- Arashi[/b:7n49d9f6]
2.- Ikimonogakari
3.- Mr. Children
4.- Utada Hikaru
5.- aiko
6.- Fukuyama Masaharu
7.- B’z
8.- Kobukuro
9.- Southern All-Stars
10.- Yuzu
11.- AKB48
12.- YUI
13.- DREAMS COME TRUE
14.- Spitz
15.- Porno Graffitti
16.- Kuwata Keisuke
17.- BUMP OF CHICKEN
18.- Amuro Namie
19.- GReeeeN
20.- Perfume
[size=200:7n49d9f6][b:7n49d9f6][u:7n49d9f6]Favorite Among Teenagers [/u:7n49d9f6][/b:7n49d9f6][/size:7n49d9f6]
[b:7n49d9f6]1.- Arashi[/b:7n49d9f6]
2.- Ikimonogakari
3.- YUI
4.- AKB48
5.- BUMP OF CHICKEN
[b:7n49d9f6][u:7n49d9f6][size=200:7n49d9f6] Favorite among people in their 20s[/size:7n49d9f6][/u:7n49d9f6][/b:7n49d9f6]
[b:7n49d9f6]1.- Arashi[/b:7n49d9f6]
2.- Mr. Children
3.- Ikimonogakari
4.-Utada Hikaru
5.- AKB48
[b:7n49d9f6][u:7n49d9f6][size=200:7n49d9f6]Favorite among people in their 30s[/size:7n49d9f6][/u:7n49d9f6][/b:7n49d9f6]
1.- Mr. Children
2.- Arashi
3.- B’z
4.- Ikimonogakari
5.- Utada Hikaru
[b:7n49d9f6][u:7n49d9f6][size=200:7n49d9f6]Favorite among people in their 40s[/size:7n49d9f6][/u:7n49d9f6][/b:7n49d9f6]
1.- Southern All-Stars
2.- Ikimonogakari
3.- Fukuyama Masaharu
4.- Kuwata Keisuke
5.- Arashi
In previous years, the ‘winners’ were:
2010: Arashi
2009: Mr. Children
2008: Utada Hikaru
2007: Utada Hikaru
2006: aiko
2005: aiko
2004: Utada Hikaru
More details HERE: http://www.tokyohive.com/tag/20000-musi … t-ranking/
Any thoughts & comments?
I personally thought Arashi’s empire went further back in the past.