Sadly, Ayu was dethroned from the top 10 by a bunch of idols. WHY!?? I think male Ayu fans got a little lazy, or the male idol fans just went insane... I've concluded that this year should be taken off the record, haha. So wonky...
Anyways, Ayu ranked at number
#19 apparently after a 10 year run in the top 6. I believe Ayu is also the second oldest female on the chart. Kaori Mochida is about 6 months older than Ayu...
Ranking for the top 20:
#1 - Mochida Kaori (Every Little Thing)
#2 - Kashiwagi Yuki (AKB48)
#3 - YUI
#4 - Takahashi Ai (MoMusu)
#5 - Tanaka Reina (MoMusu)
#6 - Maeda Atsuko (AKB48)
#7 - Mizuki Nana
#8 - Nocchi (Perfume)
#9 - A-chan (Perfume)
#10 - Yajima Maimi (C-ute)
#11 - Kiyoe Yoshioka (Ikimonogakari)
#12 - Nishino Kana
#13 - BoA
#14 - Kamei Eri (MoMusu)
#15 - Otsuka Ai
#16 - Kashiyuka (Perfume)
#17 - Kawashima Ai
#18 - Michishige Sayumi (MoMusu)
#19 - Ayumi Hamasaki
#20 - Ooshima Masako (AKB48)
Just because it's there, here's the male poll too.
#1 - Jaejoong
#2 - Akanishi Jin
#3 - Yoochun
#4 - Kamenashi Kazuya
#5 - Yamashita Tomohisa
#6 - Changmin
#7 - Junsu
#8 - Hikawa Kiyoshi
#9 - Domoto Koichi
#10 - Masuda Takahisa
Ayu's previous rankings:
Feb 2010 - #19
July 2009 - #6
Feb 2009 - #1 [!?!?!?! OH MY GOD]
Aug 2008 - #5
Feb 2008 - #5
July 2007 - #3
Feb 2007 - #3
July 2006 - ?
Feb 2006 - ?
July 2005 - #3
Feb 2005 - #2
July 2004 - #1
Feb 2004 - #3
July 2003 - #3
Feb 2003 - ?
July 2002 - #2
Feb 2002 - #2
July 2001 - #3
Feb 2001 - #1
July 2000 - #1
Feb 2000 - #1
Sep 1999 - #4
Jan 1999 - #3
Source for top 10:
http://www10.plala.or.jp/puusan/etc/sp2/koibito.htm