Nikkei Entertainment has released its “Talent Power Ranking” list for 2017. We now have the top 30 list for musical acts. Arashi tops the list for the sixth year in a row. TOKIO is #2, rising from last year’s #3. Southern All Stars rounds out the top 3, rising from last year’s #6. Find out the rest of the top 30 after the jump!
1. Arashi: 45.9 (Last year: #1 with 46.3)
2. TOKIO: 41.6 (Last year: #3 with 41.0)
3. Southern All Stars: 39.3 (Last year: #6 with 36.2)
4. Utada Hikaru: 39.2 (Last year: n/a)
5. Kuwata Keisuke: 37.6 (Last year: #5 with 38.0)
6. Ikimonogakari: 36.9 (Last year: #8 with 33.5)
7. Masaharu Fukuyama: 34.9 (Last year: #4 with 39.8)
8. Mr.Children: 34.1 (Last year: #9 with 33.5)
9. Piko-Taro: 34.0 (Last year: n/a)
10. Yuzu: 33.8 (Last year: #7 with 34.3)
10. Namie Amuro: 33.8 (Last year: #15 with 29.7)
12. DAIGO: 33.6 (Last year: n/a)
13. V6: 33.1 (Last year: #17 with 29.5)
14. KinKi Kids: 32.7 (Last year: #13 with 30.4)
15. Perfume: 31.8 (Last year: #18 with 29.2)
16. DREAMS COME TRUE: 31.8 (Last year: #20 with 28.2)
17. Sakurai Kazutoshi: 31.8 (Last year: #12 with 31.0)
18. Yoshida Miwa: 30.8 (Last year: #19 with 28.7)
19. Ken Hirai: 30.6 (Last year: #27 with 25.8)
20. Yumi Matsutoya: 30.1 (Last year: #10 with 31.6)
20. Kanjani8: 30.1 (Last year: #14 with 30.0)
22. B’z: 29.2 (Last year: #20 with 28.2)
23. Nishino Kana: 28.7 (Last year: #25 with 26.7)
24. Golden Bomber: 27.9 (Last year: #11 with 31.4)
25. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu: 27.8 (Last year: #16 with 29.6)
26. NEWS: 27.5 (Last year: #52 with 21.2)
27. Sashihara Rino: 27.5 (Last year: #50 with 20.2)
28. Takeuchi Mariya: 27.4 (Last year: #26 with 26.6)
29. Makihara Noriyuki: 27.4 (Last year: #33 with 25.1)
30. Inaba Koshi: 27.2 (Last year: #24 with 27.0)
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Note: It’s quite odd that Hoshino Gen is not on this list, seeing as how his music career came before his acting career. If he was counted as a musician, he would be #3 on this list. Going back to a discussion that was had before in regards to previous versions of this list and idols, it’s odd that TOKIO is even on this list seeing as how most of their fame comes from television as opposed to music. If they’re counted as musicians because everything else came later, then why isn’t the same being done for Gen?
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