Ayu ranked 42 in HMV Japan's Top 100 Jpop Artists
 

That's great~ I know it's difficult to be just ranked in there but yeh, still, I wish Ayu would've been higher ranked, say in the 20's or something. ^^;;

boo~ >.<

ummmm...why 40's.... who was rank 1:curse

Yea.. why is it 40th rank!? it should be no 1... maybe it is going upward

Calm down everyone I think some of you have a too high expectation for ayu... -_- Those artists ranked within top 20 were from 1970's-1980's and their popularities and impacts were a lot more impressive during that time than the 1990's and recent ones.

yep, gotta love the 80's... guess that goes for all countries ^_^ Still Ayu is the best now :)

hikki still made it to 24 tho...
and shiina was higher than ayu as well

Shena Ringo deserves her hgher rank as her music still remains is one of its kind. Hikki, I don't know, well she still holds the record for best selling Jpop album of all time. But if you want quantity, Ayu's could easily bury Hikki with all her stuff.

i guess is something like....music station count down... last time ayumi got in 4 or 3 place while hikki got around 14

Well, I think it goes by different standards. Perhaps they judge by CD sales or survey on their popularity. Still, it's cheers for Ayu for getting in!

i guess itz their impact on society...those artists high up like momoe yamaguchi and sakamoto kyu are one of a kind, with huge impact in the society years after their resignation or death...i guess ayu just isn't at that point that

hikki and shiina ringo have their own uniqueness in the jpop industry, especially, consider the impact she has on the whole jpop industry that suddenly everyone is interested in R&B after the release of her first album....

She should be first....

haha..this year wasnt exactly "spectacular" ..:shrug
at least she's in teh top 50 right? :laugh

i guess this isn't a yearly thing....look at how the top artists are from the 80's and 70's...i guess they are lookin at a period overall :)

In the first half of the 90s
15. Flippers Guitar
19. Blue Hearts
28. Kazumasa Oda
37. Toshinobu Kubota
40. X Japan
43. Cornelius
45. Dreams Come True
60. Tatsuya Ishii
70. Tomoyasu Hotei
71. Tokyo Ska Paradaise Orchestra
72. Lisa Ono
73. Blankey Jet City
79. Kenji Ozawa
83. Fishmans
84. Noriyuki Makihara
89. Original Love
90. Luna Sea
100. Begin

In the second half of the 90s
12. Keisuke Kuwata
21. Tetsuya Komuro
27. Mr Children
29. Spitz
30. B'z
31. Pizzicato Five
36. Ringo Shiina
51. Misia
53. Namie Amuro
58. L'Arc�`en�`Ciel
62. Chage & Aska
63. Dragon Ash
64. Hi-standard
65. Glay
69. Smap
77. Michelle Gun Elephant
78. Denki Groove
81. Yellow Monkey
96. Judy And Mary
97. Zeebra
98. Crazy Ken Band
99. Ua

In 2000 and afterwards
24. Hikaru Utada
42. Ayumi Hamasaki :P
74. quruli
85. Ken Hirai
87. Rip Slyme
95. Mondo Grosso

This is time which they mainly played an active part.
Utada is most younger in 100
Ayu is the second youngest in 100.
This ranking shows the influence has given to Japanese music.
So this doesn't always show popularity and sells power.
Supposing we consider the influence to overseas,
a different result will be brought.

hm...slightly dissapointed...but still happy:)

Thx for the info.. Who's no.1 though?

alright! the pizzicato five are in there. they rule. i soooo wish ayu was ranked higher. that sucks. shiina ringo and hikki are awesome.

Thanks For The list ^^....Well..Ayu Doesn't seem That bad..the Second Singer that came From the years 2000....Well Congrats To Ayu!!:D:P