Yahoo!Japan held a public survey asking their readers who was the definite female solo artist that represents the Heisei era (January 1989 – May 2019). Who is the queen!
The survey proved to be extremely popular, as it received a massive 158,000 votes. Yahoo! Japan provided 8 female artists to choose from, with the 9th being “Other/ I don’t know”. The voting was very one sided for two artists, you can probably guess who they are, absolutely dominating the poll numbers as they battled it out for number 1.
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After 19 days of voting Ayumi Hamasaki, came out on top receiving almost half of the votes (49.8% to be exact). The voting period was between March 12th – the 31st. She received an impressive 78.7k votes in total. Ayu’s win shouldn’t come as a surprise, as her influence transcended the typical singer. She remains the highest selling solo female singer in Japanese history.
Namie Amuro took second place with a respectable 64.2k, receiving 40.6% of the votes. Trailing behind in third place is Utada Hikaru with 6.3k votes. The entire ranking is as follows:
- Ayumi Hamasaki (78.7k)
- Namie Amuro (64.2k)
- Utada Hikaru (6.3k)
- Other/ I don’t know (2.6k)
- Kana Nishino (1.9k)
- aiko (1.8k)
- MISIA (1.09k)
- Shiina Ringo (844)
- AIMYON (406)
Do you agree with this ranking?
(via yahoo)
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