hhm... maybe i should post my new list since there's been almost 10 months since i posted last time in this thread.

1. Namie Amuro
2. Seo In-Young
3. Jolin Tsai
4. Morning Musume
5. Ai Otsuka

i guess it's time for an update...

OLD ORDER
01. 浜崎あゆみ (Hamasaki Ayumi)
02. KAT-TUN
03. L'Arc～en～Ciel
04. globe
05. 宇多田ヒカル (Utada Hikaru)

NEW ORDER
01. KAT-TUN
02. 浜崎あゆみ (Hamasaki Ayumi)
03. L'Arc～en～Ciel
04. capsule
05. 安室奈美恵 (Amuro Namie)

KT overtakes Ayu first time since '06. i love globe, but i don't see them releasing anytime soon. and Namie's on fire. sorry Hikki. :P

1. Ayumi Hamasaki
2. Koda Kumi
3. Utada Hikaru
4. Sound Horizon
5. Shikata Akiko

1.Ayumi Hamasaki
2.Jolin Tsai
3.Namie amuro
4.Koda kumi
5.2ne1

3,4, and 5 are subject to change frequently lol but 1 and 2 are always.. well 1 and 2 lol

1. Chihara Minori
2. Nana Mizuki
3. Aya Hirano
4. Ai Maeda
5. Wada Kouji/Miyazaki Ayumi

:heart

I don't have a top 5, but here's my favorites
1. Ayumi Hamasaki
2. KOTOKO

I listen to others (e.g. L'Arc～en～Ciel), but Ayumi Hamasaki and KOTOKO are the only Asian artists I listen to continuously. Beyond them, I'm mostly into Rock artists like Green Day, The Beatles, AC/DC, System of a Down, Queen, Bob Dylan, Metallica and Elvis Presley.

1. ayumi hamasaki
2. namie amuro
3. Brown Eyed Girls
4. Utada Hikaru
5. 2PM

imposddible question. do v-kei bands count

Ayumi Hamasaki
Utada Hikaru
Eiko Shimamiya
~no one else is that important to me after that in jpop so:
MUCC
Ayabie
Nightmare

oh thats six . . .oh well.

My list is:

1. Ayu
2. ayaka
3. Utada Hikaru
4. Perfume
5. Ai Otsuka

:D

01. Ayu
02. Arashi / Tohoshinki (sorry, i can't choose) :laugh
03. SNSD
04. SHINee
05. 2PM

1. Ayu
2. TVXQ
3. Koda Kumi
4. Rina Aiuchi (her old works and 2 latest singles are :heart)
5. Mika Nakashima (even if her singles after latest album were meh...)

my favorite artists usually change every month as i grow tired of some, discover new ones or re-discover the ones i've grown tired of. xDD

but in no particular order, the artists who i'll never abandon:
-Koda Kumi
-Ayumi Hamasaki
-Ai Otsuka
-Jay Chou
-Namie Amuro

and artists who i'm attatched to but at times i forget about them:
-Utada Hikaru
-Masaharu Fukuyama
-GACKT
-Leah Dizon
-BoA

it's more than 5 but i really can't choose.

Currently
01. Miliyah Kato
02. DBSK
03. SCANDAL
04. Ayumi Hamasaki
05. Ivy / L'Arc~en~Ciel

All time favorites
01. L'Arc~en~Ciel
02. Ayumi Hamasaki
03. Miliyah Kato
04. DBSK
05. Koda Kumi

an An Cafe fan.
finally someone ^__~
very cool

1. Ayu
2. Ami Suzuki
3. Maki Goto
4. OLIVIA

bumping this way up

1) BREAKERZ

2) DAIGO☆STARDUST ; wow what a shocker . I never thought I get onboard to try DAIGO's solo material & actually liking it just as much as my BREAKERZ guys :heart

but DAIGO , save the horrible/scary/cringy/laughable outfits for someone else & that goes for the blue coloured contacts too that you had X___X

3) NEVER LAND ; :heart all the way ! I got onboard their music way too late , 3 years + since their spilt up :( but their legacy lives on ... sorta

BREAKERZ's guitarist AKIHIDE is still around :laugh & NEVER LAND was his pet project & his singing voice's actually really nice & soothing *___*

4) Matsushita Yuya

5) ayumi

time for an update~

1. Ayu
2. Rainie
3. alan
4. Aoyama Thelma
5. Jyongri

1- Ayumi Haamsaki
2 - WheeSung
3 - Utada Hikaru/Kokia (I think they are both great =X so I can't choose who's better =X)
4 - Brown Eyed Girls
5 - Tohoshinki/ Big Bang (can't choose between then sorry -_-)