Oricon’s favourite artist ranking for 2012

[KarenPang]

Oricon’s print magazine ‘Only Star‘ recently conducted a survey asking 20,000 people on who their favorite artist was.

Coming in first place for Oricon’s 9th “Favorite Artist Ranking” was none other than ARASHI. This marks the group’s third consecutive year to top the ranking. Aside from music, ARASHI has been active in dramas, varieties, and CMs. They will also be hosting the upcoming ‘NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen‘ for the third year in a row.

01. ARASHI
02. Ikimonogakari
03. Mr.Children
04. Fukuyama Masaharu
05. Yuzu
06. B’z
07. Southern All-Stars
08. Utada Hikaru
09. Kobukuro
10. Porno Graffiti
11. Spitz
12. aiko
13. AKB48
14. Perfume
15. YUI
16. Amuro Namie
17. DREAMS COME TRUE
18. Kuwata Keisuke
19. BUMP OF CHICKEN
20. EXILE

http://www.tokyohive.com/2012/11/ori...king-for-2012/

[TeamAyu2004]

its so surprising seeing Utada up there when she hasnt done anything in a while.
Love my retired queen

[NintendoHTF1242]

Utada; does nothing this year, reaches #8.

Ayu; does a lot this year, not in the top 20.

lol

[YuriChan]

At least B'z is still up there! But, I kind of wish that Namie, YUI, and Porno Graffitti were ranked a little higher. :\ I also wish that Koda Kumi was ranked...

[Delicious n Bold]

Utada: yawns and make headlines. Gotta love her.
I still don't understand why YUI is so popular...

[TeamAyu2004]

Because she is amazing!

[Mirrorcle Monster]

Oricon and its manipulated polls LOL not sayin this because of ayu (who wouldnt be in the top 20 anyway) but nobody actually believes that Spitz, Yuzu ir aiko are gonna rank higher than AKB48

[emi♡]

their lists always have the same people tbh lol

[KarenPang]

Almost in every poll that has been conducted , bias will set in so it's no big deal really

Even though I don't see a lot of my fave artistes being singled out in this poll , it doesn't mean I'm going to cry me a river

There's more to life than just a poll being done for the sake of doing

[Chibi-Chan]

Originally Posted by Mirrorcle Monster

Oricon and its manipulated polls LOL not sayin this because of ayu (who wouldnt be in the top 20 anyway) but nobody actually believes that Spitz, Yuzu ir aiko are gonna rank higher than AKB48

I feel the same way!

[inthezone]

Yeah the best selling group this year is AKB48 so they should be on the list.

[TeamAyu2004]

I wonder if its actually a poll or a list and they tell people to pick 1 to 20?
lol

[Delicious n Bold]

Originally Posted by あゆちゃん♡

I'm really tired of AKB48, this band is so useless and it has nothing special too. I hope this group gets disbanded soon!

If this was ATRL, you'd be deader than Ami Suzuki's career XD
They'd report you all the way to the moon.

[inthezone]

Originally Posted by あゆちゃん♡

I'm really tired of AKB48, this band is so useless and it has nothing special too. I hope this group gets disbanded soon!

I agree and I don't care if it's rude.

[tinka69]

Originally Posted by NintendoHTF1242

Utada; does nothing this year, reaches #8.

Ayu; does a lot this year, not in the top 20.

lol

Haha, this.

And as for the rest of the list:
AKB48
Spitz
Yuzu
Aiko.....




WTF?!

[brener]

Originally Posted by NintendoHTF1242

Utada; does nothing this year, reaches #8.

Ayu; does a lot this year, not in the top 20.

lol

yup... unbelievable.... im effin tired about this japanese market crap, people there rly dont have a good taste for the thing... dont get why :x

[YuriChan]

^To be honest, B'z isn't bad. ^^;; They've released some pretty good music.