Every year popular magazine Nikkei Entertainment releases a series of Power Rankings which arrange musical artists and other celebrities according to varying different criteria such as familiarity or interest.  Keeping with tradition, the magazine’s December issue contains its yearly survey on concert attendance in Japan, ranking acts based on the overall amount of people whom attended their performances over the course of the past year.

The 2015 ranking was topped by long-running pop/rock band Mr.Children, whose “REFLECTION” Arena Tour and “Mikan” Stadium Tour brought in a combined 1,119,000 concertgoers (according to overall venue capacity) over the course of 36 different dates.  Second and third place went to popular idol group Arashi (1,035,000 attendees from 21 dates) and dance/vocal unit Sandaime J Soul Brothers (1,002,000 attendees from 21 dates) respectively.

Read on below for a look at the year’s complete Concert Mobilization ranking, which includes the Top 50 acts as ranked by their concert attendance during 2015.

-’Nikkei Entertainment’ Concert Mobilization Power Ranking 2015-

1. Mr.Children – 1,119,000 attendees – 36 concerts
2. Arashi – 1,035,000 attendees – 21 concerts
3. Sandaime J Soul Brothers – 1,002,000 attendees – 21 concerts
4. EXILE – 988,000 attendees – 20 concerts
5. Kanjani8 – 923,000 attendees – 38 concerts
6. Tohoshinki – 786,000 attendees – 16 concerts
7. Kis-My-Ft2 – 730,000 attendees – 22 concerts
8. BIGBANG – 708,000 attendees – 14 concerts
9. Southern All Stars – 643,000 attendees – 23 concerts
10. B’z – 626,000 attendees – 41 concerts
11. 2PM – 455,000 attendees – 30 concerts
12. EXO – 445,000 attendees – 13 Concerts
13. DREAMS COME TRUE – 432,000 attendees – 9 concerts
14. Yuzu – 426,000 attendees – 31 concerts
15. Amuro Namie – 425,000 attendees – 34 concerts
16. Kobukuro – 374,000 attendees – 24 concerts
17. Fukuyama Masaharu – 370,000 attendees – 18 concerts
18. Hamasaki Ayumi – 358,000 attendees – 43 concerts
19. UVERworld – 344,000 attendees – 51 concerts
20. Ketsumeishi – 337,000 attendees – 28 concerts
21. Momoiro Clover Z – 322,000 attendees – 30 concerts
22. Nogizaka46 – 316,000 attendees – 41 concerts
23. Ikimonogakari – 311,000 attendees – 26 concerts
24. Hey! Say! JUMP – 309,000 attendees – 22 concerts
25. ONE OK ROCK – 308,000 attendees – 24 concerts
26. SUPER JUNIOR – 288,000 attendees – 21 concerts
27. NEWS – 281,000 attendees – 16 concerts
28. Johnny’s WEST – 273,000 attendees – 23 concerts
29. AAA – 270,000 attendees – 21 concerts
30. One Direction – 258,000 attendees – 6 concerts
31. GLAY – 256,000 attendees – 23 concerts
32. Koda Kumi – 244,000 attendees – 16 concerts
33. Golden Bomber – 241,000 attendees – 29 concerts
34. Paul McCartney – 234,000 attendees – 5 concerts
35. AKB48 – 234,000 attendees – 271 concerts
36. Nishino Kana – 223,000 attendees – 18 concerts
37. Acid Black Cherry – 223,000 attendees – 38 concerts
38. KinKi Kids – 220,000 attendees – 4 concerts
39. Mizuki Nana – 217,000 attendees – 16 concerts
40. Shonan no Kaze – 207,000 attendees – 37 concerts
41. HKT48 – 202,000 attendees – 314 concerts
42. V6 – 202,000 attendees – 15 concerts
43. SKE48 – 200,000 attendees – 263 concerts
44. Hikawa Kiyoshi – 199,000 attendees – 104 concerts
45. Sexy Zone – 195,000 attendees – 13 concerts
46. NMB48 – 186,000 attendees – 198 concerts
47. CNBLUE – 181,000 attendees – 18 concerts
48. THE ALFEE – 178,000 attendees – 54 concerts
49. Domoto Koichi – 176,000 attendees – 12 concerts
50. YUKI – 171,000 attendees – 39 concerts

(via ent.nikkeibp.co.jp)