Every year, Nikkei Entertainment releases a ranking based on concert attendance in Japan, ranking acts based on the overall amount of people who attended their shows over the course of the year. This ranking is based on seating capacity for venues, not necessarily tickets sold.
Sandaime J Soul Brothers topped the ranking this year with 1,803,000 attendees at 37 concerts. They were followed by Big Bang with 1,022,000 attendees at 20 concerts. Third place went to Kanjani8 with 990,000 attendees at 20 concerts.
Check out the rest of the ranking below!
1. Sandaime J Soul Brothers / 1,803,000 attendees / 37 concerts
2. Big Bang / 1,022,000 attendees / 20 concerts
3. Kanjani8 / 990,000 attendees / 20 concerts
4. Arashi / 844,000 attendees / 18 concerts
5. Hey! Say! JUMP / 829,000 attendees / 37 concerts
6. Mr.Children / 784,000 attendees / 30 concerts
7. Tohoshinki / 571,000 attendees / 11 concerts
8. SHINee / 5439,000 attendees / 29 concerts
9. AAA / 506,000 attendees / 18 concerts
10. Kuwata Keisuke / 488,000 attendees / 20 concerts
11. Nogizaka46 / 467,000 attendees / 38 concerts
12. iKON / 463,000 attendees / 33 concerts
13. Johnny’s WEST / 406,000 attendees / 31 concerts
14. EXILE THE SECOND / 387,000 attendees / 34 concerts
15. NEWS / 383,000 attendees / 26 concerts
16. Kis-My-Ft2 / 380,000 attendees / 31 concerts
17. GENERATIONS / 377,000 attendees / 29 concerts
18. GLAY / 350,000 attendees / 43 concerts
19. Yuzu / 341,000 attendees / 22 concerts
20. ONE OK ROCK / 340,000 attendees / 32 concerts
21. UVERworld / 337,000 attendees / 61 concerts
22. KinKi Kids / 335,000 attendees / 7 concerts
23. Kobukuro / 333,000 attendees / 31 concerts
24. Ketsumeishi / 330,000 attendees / 29 concerts
25. back number / 322,000 attendees / 31 concerts
26. Bodan Shonen Dan / 309,000 attendees / 15 concerts
27. Momoiro Clover Z / 281,000 attendees / 33 concerts
28. V6 / 280,000 attendees / 21 concerts
29. Hoshino Gen / 279,000 attendees / 22 concerts
30. D-LITE / 273,000 attendees / 43 concerts
31. Sexy Zone / 273,000 attendees / 18 concerts
32. RADWIMPS / 272,000 attendees / 21 concerts
33. Spitz / 269,000 attendees / 24 concerts
34. G-DRAGON / 259,000 attendees / 5 concerts
35. SEKAI NO OWARI / 238,000 attendees / 9 concerts
36. DREAMS COME TRUE / 221,000 attendees / 16 concerts
37. Nishino Kana / 220,000 attendees / 4 concerts
38. Hikawa Kiyoshi / 209,000 attendees / 104 concerts
39. B’z / 206,000 attendees / 19 concerts
40. Ayumi Hamasaki / 205,000 attendees / 43 concerts
41. Fukada Kohei / 202,000 attendees / 136 concerts
42. CNBLUE / 202,000 attendees / 20 concerts
43. Yazawa Eikichi / 187,000 attendees / 26 concerts
44. Yumi Matsutoya / 186,000 attendees / 76 concerts
45. BUMP OF CHICKEN / 183,000 attendees / 21 concerts
46. Nana Mizuki / 183,000 attendees / 15 concerts
47. THE ALFEE / 180,000 attendees / 52 concerts
48. Paul McCartney / 179,000 attendees / 4 concerts
49. Morning Musume. ’17 / 174,000 attendees / 72 concerts
50. THE YELLOW MONKEY / 163,000 attendees / 11 concerts
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