As is tradition, Japanese Entertainment magazine Only★Star have released their yearly Favorite Artist feature to the public. The results for this ranking are based on a survey that the Oricon-owned publication runs each year, which polls 20,000 Japanese citizens of various different age groups in order to gain at the very least a respectable idea of the public’s opinion. While likely not totally accurate, it’s still a very interesting statistic to consider, particularly when compared to the results for previous years.
While there has been a fair amount of flux in the rankings compared to how they stood in 2013, Arashi have stood strong and remained at #1 for the 5th year in a row, making them the first artist to achieve this feat in the magazine’s history. Following them are popular rock band Mr.Children at #2 and veteran hard rock duo B’z at #3, both of whom have risen up in the poll as compared to last year.
Check out the rest of this year’s Top 20 artists below!
-’Only★Star’ Favorite Artist Ranking 2014-
- Arashi (-)
- Mr.Children (↑1)
- B’z (↑4)
- Ikimonogakari (↓2)
- Utada Hikaru (↑1)
- aiko (↑11)
- Yuzu (↓2)
- BUMP OF CHICKEN (↑12)
- SMAP (↑14)
- Kanjani∞ (↑14)
- DREAMS COME TRUE (↑14)
- Amuro Namie (↓1)
- Southern All Stars (↓5)
- TOKIO (Out of Top 50 Last Year)
- Perfume (-)
- AKB48 (↑5)
- GReeeeN (↑9)
- Fukuyama Masaharu (↓14)
- Spitz (↓7)
- Porno Graffitti (↓7)
(via musicman-net)
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