As previously reported, Japanese entertainment magazine Only★Star have released their yearly Favorite Artist feature to the public. Arashi came out on top for the fifth year in a row. This is the first time this has ever happened. While their fans are surely reveling in this success, others have quite a different opinion on the group and other acts of their ilk. Check out what some netizens had to say about this list after the jump!
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匿名 2014/10/24(金) 14:09:57
Five years in a row is amazing
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匿名 2014/10/24(金) 14:10:32
Again? That’s enough of Arashi
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匿名 2014/10/24(金) 14:10:45
I understand that Arashi is popular but for them to be #1 in a ranking of “Best Artists Chosen by Music Fans” is unexpected.
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匿名 2014/10/24(金) 14:10:59
Are Johnny’s fans even music fans?
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匿名 2014/10/24(金) 14:10:59
Aren’t Johnny wotas group votes included?
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匿名 2014/10/24(金) 14:11:13
I like Arashi but they aren’t really artists…
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匿名 2014/10/24(金) 14:11:35
Don’t count lip synching idols as artists
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匿名 2014/10/24(金) 14:12:13
Idols, artists, and musicians are all different classifications
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匿名 2014/10/24(金) 14:13:23
AKB and the like are just play groups w
Why did they rank in? w
Why did they rank in? w
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匿名 2014/10/24(金) 14:14:17
People who voted for idol groups just like those groups and aren’t music fans
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匿名 2014/10/24(金) 14:15:00
Even though they don’t write their own songs and they lipsynch they’re called artists
They’re not artists just talento
They’re not artists just talento
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匿名 2014/10/24(金) 14:15:23
Huh? Where’s Exile?
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匿名 2014/10/24(金) 14:15:29
Someone please remember the songstress who didn’t even rank in
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匿名 2014/10/24(金) 14:18:59
Even though they ranked in last year they are out of the ranking…
I guess it’s because they keep pointlessly increasing the members and they keep putting them in dramas even though they can’t act and they have no idea what they’re doing…
I guess it’s because they keep pointlessly increasing the members and they keep putting them in dramas even though they can’t act and they have no idea what they’re doing…
1. Arashi
2. Mr. Children
3. B’z
4. Ikimonogatari
5. Utada Hikaru
6. aiko
7. Yuzu
8. Bump of Chicken
9. SMAP
10. Kanjani 8
11. DREAMS COME TRUE
12. Namie Amuro
13. Southern All Stars
14. TOKIO
15. Perfume
16. AKB48
17. GReeeeN
18. Fukuyama Masaharu
19. Spitz
20. Porno Graffiti