Entertainment magazine ORI★STAR recently conducted their fifth annual survey where the publication asked 20,000 music fans for their favorite artist of the year. With her numerous drama theme song tie-ups this year, Utada Hikaru claimed the top spot for the second year in a row. Celebrating their 10th anniversary this year, Kobukuro manage to also maintain the number two position for the second year in a row. Making her comeback with her number-one single
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BEST FICTION, Amuro Namie leapt from last year's #21 to seventh place this year. Celebrating their 30th anniversary, Southern All-Stars rose from last year's #11 to the sixth place, and B'z jumped from number ten to number eight this year with their 20th anniversary best albums.
The top 20 favorite artists of the year are listed below, with the number in parenthesis indicating their placements from last year.
Favorite Artist of the Year as Voted by 20,00 Music Fans
01 Utada Hikaru (#1)
02 Kobukuro (#2)
03 aiko (#4)
04 Mr.Children (#3)
05 DREAMS COME TRUE (#5)
06 Souther All-Stars (#11)
07 Amuro Namie (#21)
08 B'z (#10)
09 SPITZ (#7)
10 Arashi (#15)
11 Fukuyama Masaharu (#9)
12 Shibasaki Kou (#14)
13 EXILE (#29)
14 Porno Graffitti (#8)
15 ayaka (#6)
16 YUI (#13)
17 Hirai Ken (#22)
18 YUKI (Unranked)
19 Kuwata Keisuke (Unranked)
20 Yuzu (#30)
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Utada Hikaru Claims Favorite Artist of 2008
Eh.
However, I can still see how some of them can have a lot of fans..... But Kobukuro--and at number two..heck no.
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