Every year, Nikkei Entertainment magazine releases a series of rankings which arrange celebrities in various fields according to familiarity and interest. Later in the year, the magazine also releases a ranking based on concert attendance in Japan, ranking acts based on the overall amount of people whom attended their performances over the course of the year. This ranking is based on seating capacity for venues, not necessarily tickets sold.
Nikkei Entertainment made the decision to include fanmeet events in the totals this year, breaking with tradition.
That being said, Big Bang topped the ranking this year with 1,859,000 attendees at 60 concerts. They were followed by Arashi with 939,000 attendees at 32 concerts. Third place went to Kanjani8 with 875,000 attendees at 35 concerts.
Check out the rest of the ranking below!
Nikkei Entertainment Concert Mobilization Power Ranking 2016
1. Big Bang / 1,859,000 attendees / 60 concerts
2. Arashi / 939,000 attendees / 32 concerts
3. Kanjani8 / 875,000 attendees / 35 concerts
4. Momoiro Clover Z / 636,000 attendees / 21 concerts
5. Sandaime J Soul Brothers / 634,000 attendees / 13 concerts
6. Hey! Say! JUMP / 546,000 attendees / 36 concerts
7. Kis-My-Ft2 / 543,000 attendees / 11 concerts
8. EXILE ATSUSHI / 501,000 attendees / 12 concerts
9. AAA / 489,000 attendees / 30 concerts
10. Oda Kazumasa / 467,000 attendees / 49 concerts
11. EXO / 465,000 attendees / 20 concerts
12. Shinee / 458,000 attendees / 25 concerts
13. GENERATIONS / 444,000 attendees / 40 concerts
14. DREAMS COME TRUE / 422,000 attendees / 29 concerts
15. Perfume / 397,000 attendees / 20 concerts
16. Kobukuro / 358,000 attendees / 30 concerts
17. Himuro Kyosuke / 354,000 attendees / 7 concerts
18. BUMP OF CHICKEN / 349,000 attendees / 7 concerts
19. iKON / 341,000 attendees / 30 concerts
20. Kinki Kids / 339,000 attendees / 17 concerts
21. THE YELLOW MONKEY / 328,000 attendees / 41 concerts
22. SEKAI NO OWARI / 325,000 attendees / 27 concerts
23. Hamada Shogo / 315,000 attendees / 27 concerts
24. 2PM / 307,000 attendees / 17 concerts
25. NEWS / 301,000 attendees / 18 concerts
26. Nishino Kana / 294,000 attendees / 36 concerts
27. E-girls / 279,000 attendees / 21 concerts
28. Nogizaka46 / 259,000 attendees / 28 concerts
29. Namie Amuro / 257,000 attendees / 63 concerts
30. back number / 246,000 attendees / 50 concerts
31. ayaka / 246,000 attendees / 21 concerts
32. Naoto Inti Raymi / 240,000 attendees / 59 concerts
33. Fukada Kohei / 237,000 attendees / 158 concerts
34. Ayumi Hamasaki / 233,000 attendees / 36 concerts
35. Hikawa Kiyoshi / 227,000 attendees / 126 concerts
36. UVERworld / 203,000 attendees / 41 concerts
37. Bodan Shonen Dan / 201,000 attendees / 16 concerts
38. Sexy Zone / 198,000 attendees / 21 concerts
39. THE ALFEE / 189,000 attendees / 56 concerts
40. CNBLUE / 187,000 attendees / 18 concerts
41. Nana Mizuki / 186,000 attendees / 6 concerts
42. Golden Bomber / 171,000 attendees / 51 concerts
43. HKT48 / 161,000 attendees / 165 concerts
44. GLAY / 154,000 attendees / 47 concerts
45. EXILE THE SECOND / 147,000 attendees / 29 concerts
46. Seiko Matsuda / 147,000 attendees / 13 concerts
47. Morning Musume. ’16 / 144,000 attendees / 70 concerts
48. AKB48 / 141,000 attendees / 289 concerts
49. Superfly / 139,000 attendees / 11 concerts
50. Hata Motohiro / 138,000 attendees / 26 concerts
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