Ayu Queen of Ballads
 

Ayu was chosen as the Queen of Ballads by Oricon Style readers!! The King was Hirai Ken, here's the ranking:




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Translation:

1. Ayu
3. Mika Nakashima
4. Utada Hikaru
8. Hitoto You
9. Ai Otsuka
10. Kou SHibasaki

Ken is definetly the king of ballads, he is kind of the king of J-pop itself. At least if bands don't cout as "king" material.

Congratulations Ayu! No surprise, she's made so many extremely beautiful and emotional ballads, both musically and lyrically. She has made so many types of ballads also, from the rock-like memorial address to the one and only dance ballad "M".

yay Ayu won! :) I just love her ballads *listening to Teddy Bear*
thx for the info gakkun

Good. Ayumi deserves this title for her ballads.

woohoo!
i'm glad ayu took first and mika took third!
wow...even kou shibasaki is on there!

thanks for the info!

yay~~! that's good!

im glad Ayu won, she deserves it, i relli like her ballads!!

*is listening to Dearest* Well, DUH! XD *congrats Ayu!*

Oh! Great for Ayu. She has been losing a lot lately in polls.

AWESOM<E! she is the QUEEN of ballads!

Ayu really deserves this one. She really does.
I adore her ballads and to be honest im not that much of a ballads fan. so go ayu. ^___^

Go Ayu! She deserves it, but I think Otsuka Ai derserves a higher spot... Her ballads are REALLY good. ^_^

Congrats Ayu! I'm really happy for her. Yay also for ELT, Hikki, aiko, Mika and of course, Ai. I expected B'z to be higher, their ballads really rock. Ken Hirai and CHEMISTRY really deserve their ranking. They sing some of the most touching and emotional ballads ever.

Good news. I think Mr. Children deserves to be #1 on the guys side though, Hirai and that one insanely overrated song he released last year. :rolleyes

Every Little Thing deserve a better place than 7... :no

But i'm really happy to see Ayu topping the chart and Mika at 3rd place!!!
They really deserve it. =)

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!! :D

wow..she deserve to win it
i'm happy to hear that

Congrats to Ayu! I am also not a huge ballad fan in general, but I have to say that I love about 75% of Ayu's ballads. It's usually the combination of power, lyrics, and composition/instrumentation.

Yay Ayu deserves it :D CHEMISTRY should have been number one, I like Hirai Ken but I think CHEMISTRY is much more deserving...

Yay congrats indeed. Ayu's ballads are definetly the best and they are what got me into her as well.

ELT has had some PHENOMENAL ballads, but not in a while - so i can see the #7 ranking

But for the males i would have put ORANGE RANGE at the top - they only really have that one ballad a year - but hana and kizuna were amazing songs ...

definetely nice choices.

I'm quite shocked! Haha, I thought MISIA would get it because Ayu's against STRONG competitors! But yup, I'm happy for Ayu that she won the poll!

congrats to her

Yay for Ayu and Ken!

Go ELT, MISIA, Mika & SAS.

Woo HooO ~~
go ayu

Great for Ayu! But i thought Hikki would have won. ken deserves it too! Congrats Ayu and Ken!

Yeaaaaah :D I'm extremely happy since she's definately queen of ballads. Her ballads have always been beautiful.

COngrats!!!! to Ayu

thanks for news!Go Ayu!^o^

That´s good to hear! ^^
Thanks for the info!

I agree, I love ELT ballads :yes Good for Ayu and her wonderful ballads :D

I'm sooooooo happy to hear it! congrats to ayu!

That's good news, Ayu deserves it!

AYU is best!!

nice to hear that! i think 70% of all ayu's songs are ballads-typical, isn't it?

Ballads didn't get me into Ayu.

Eurobeat did.

evolution (Time Is Pop Mix). ^_^

That's good news, she definitely deserves it.

Ya go Ayu! She does make the best ballads... I don't know of anyone who is close to her in the running

Congrats to Ayu!

awesome, ayu indeed has some good ballads!

That's great!

Congrats to Ayu~~

I thought that maybe Mika Nakashima would've grabbed the top spot cause all she sings are ballads!

I agree that with Ayu's lyrics.. she is the queen of ballads.. I'm happy to see Mika Nakashima up there also :)

yay for ayu
go AYU

She has the greatest ballads, that's a fact. :love

thanks for the news! i am glad ayu is number 1

She deserved it! I love her ballads!

Oh congrats! Ayu makes really nice ballads, its awesome to see her in #1. And its also a good thing that Nakashima Mika is in #2 because she makes awesome songs as well XD

Yeah true but personally I prefer Ayu's ballads. Btw gaara, Mika is at #3. MISIA is at #2 :)

Of course she'd win this!
She releases tons of ballads...and they all rock.
She has always been the queen of Ballads, and not only in Japan ;D

oh!!!That's good.Ayu Queen of Ballads.I love Ayu.Go Ayu:love

YES!! I can see my favorite artistes on the charts!

Wow she beat MISIA? Good for ayu! :) But I don't see how Ai Otsuka qualifies as a good ballad singer. Ken Hirai is definitely the king ~ :D

It's such a big privelege! I'd love to be the king of ballads. o_o

Ballads are my favourite type of Ayu music. <3

Actually I expected Ai to score more since lately she's extremely popular among the Japanese audience.

On the contrary, i think stuff like "Planetarium" and "daisuki da yo" were really good!

I'm glad for ayu! she deserves it.

Yup, i dunno Ai very much, but she can do great cheesy songs and some incredibly touching ballads... (i d/l Shabondama with subtitles, what a sad song!!! :()

I'm really happy for Ayu, she totally deserves the #1 spot!! ^^

Ayumi deserves that so much, I love her ballads.

Yeah I like Ai's ballads... but I honestly would exchange them for Ayu's ballads any day.

oh i never saw this thread before....

anyway.. i think ayu deserves the to be number one do does Hirai ken, he has incredible ballads and i'm happy to see ai cause she might not be well know for her ballads but they are extremly good.

mika is there too she should be 2! xD

no doubt.... thx!

that's great, her ballads are always amazing, she deserves this...