:yes

she has some good songs yes

minor changes:

1. namie amuro
1. ayumi hamasaki
3. mika nakashima
4. alan
5. YUI

Erm, that's a tough one. Let's see....
1. Ayumi Hamasaki
2. Gackt
3. Pierrot/Kirito
4. Kaya
5. Miyavi

o.o Ayu's really the only girl I listen to on a regular basis! I never noticed that before. And her music is way different from the other stuff I listen to. Hmmm.

Mine:

1) Hamasaki Ayumi - Japan
2) Wonder Girls ( So Hee, Yoo Bin) - Korea
3) DBSK/Tohoshinki/TVXQ (JJ) - Korea
4) Siti Nurhaliza - Malaysia
5) Rain/Bi - Korea

K-Pop
1. Hwayobi
2. Lyn
3. Lee Ki Chan
4. Lexy
5. BoA

J-Pop
1. Mariko Ide
2. Namie Amuro
3. Anri
4. BoA
5. Misia

Hmmmm well these are my top 5 artists at the moment
which means that this list will probably change eventually:


1) Koda Kumi
2) Ayumi Hamasaki
3) Namie Amuro
4) alan
5) BoA

Honourable mentions: Meisa Kuroki, Utada Hikaru, Ai Otsuka, Miliyah Kato, Jolin Tsai, A-mei, hitomi, Leah Dizon, Lee Hyori, Tata Young

flumpool is officially in my top 5 , I L.O.V.E their music super big time now :heart alongside with the other JRock acts that I listened to

1. Ayu
2. Kumi
3. Namie
4. Ami
5. Hikki

1. Super Junior
2. DBSK
3. Koda Kumi
4. ayumi hamasaki
5. Jolin

Wow so hard to choose the 5th one !

1. Ayumi Hamasaki, easily

But for the rest, I don't know in which order, so for now:

Aya Kamiki
Hikaru Utada
Leehom Wang
BoA/Anna Tsuchiya/Alan (can't decide)

1) Koda Kumi
2) ayumi hamasaki
3) BoA
4) Nami Tamaki
5) ai otsuka

:yes

Uh...minor change again. Hikki release something soon and kick alan out of my number 1 spot :innocent

1.alan
2.Utada Hikaru
3.Ayumi Hamasaki
4.BoA (Koda Kumi fell off #4 oh no!)
5.Koda Kumi
6.Angela Aki (she fell out of top 5 =[)
7.Shoko Nakagawa (sneaking up slowly...)

1. Ayumi Hamasaki
2. Gackt
3. Hibari Misora
4. Ringo Shiina
5. RURUTIA

^ ROFL

1.Ayumi Hamasaki
2.Utada Hikaru
3.Koda Kumi
4.Namie Amuro
5.Ai Otsuka

Okay so today my list would be:

1. Ayumi Hamamsaki
2. sifow
3. Koda Kumi
4. LM.C
5. SuG

Others I really love:
Perfume, twenty4-7, Aira Mitsuki, Kana Nishino, capsule, Foxxi misQ and Shokotan.

1.Hikaru Utada
2.Clazziquai Project [tied 2nd with] J(제이)
3.Kumi Koda
4.DOUBLE
5.M-flo
~~~~~~
Next Contenders
-Crystal Kay
-Mr.Children
-L'arc~en~Ciel
-Mika Nakashima
-MISIA
-P.Graffitti (can't type out full name because of inappropriate language)

Not in order:

1. Ayumi Hamasaki
2. Koda Kumi
3. Perfume
4. EXILE
5. Hello! Project (not a group, but I can't just pick one :P)

So difficult to decide...

Female TOP 5:

ZARD
Amuro Namie
Alan
Aiuchi Rina
Matsuda Seiko

Male TOP 5

Hamada Shogo
Wesugi Show
DEEN
CHAGE&ASKA
Oda Tetsuro

Yeah, remember when I said you were my favorite new person? :laugh

Total awesomeness :yes

1. Ayu
2. Kuu
3. Ai Otsuka
4. KOTOKO
5. Utada Hikaru

1. Mai Fukui
2. Brown Eyed Girls
3. Ayumi
4. Ami
5. Ito Yuna

1. HYDE (I love HYDE, that's why I love L'Arc~en~Ciel and VAMPS)
2. Ayumi Hamasaki
3. Girugamesh
4. D'espairsRay
5. Kiyoharu

Currently:

Ayumi Hamsaki

Namie Amuro

Gackt

H!P

alan

_____

Shimatani hitomi, capsule, aya ueto, Bz

Hmm
1. Ayu
way down the list.
2. Rie Fu~ haha Gundam Seed days.
Even further down.
3-5. BoA/Namie/Hikki

1. Ayumi Hamasaki
2. TVXQ / DBSK / Tohoshinki
3. Gackt
4. Son Dam Bi
5. BoA

:D

ayumi hamasaki will always be the no.1. The ff. are in any order.

2. L'Arc-en-Ciel
3. GACKT
4. Kawamura Ryuichi
5. X Japan

the top 10 are in my sig.

1. Namie Amuro
2. Ayumi Hamasaki
3. Koda Kumi
4. Rurutia
5. Nana Mizuki

<3

1) ayumi (always number one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!always will be number 1!!!!!!!!!!)
2) eiko shimamiya (she doesn't get enough love, her voice is amazing and her songs are awesome)
3) rurutia (fantastic songs)
4) gackt
5) Megumi Hayashibara

awesome!!!! someone else with rurutia! ^_^

yay another fellow rurutia fan ^_^

my new 5top list:
1. X Japan
2. Dir en grey
3. LM.C/Miyavi
4. An Cafe
5. MUCC

hehe only jrock

I have to post my list here again. :3

1. Kumi Kuu/N.A.M.I.E
2. Utada Hikaru
3. Mai Kuraki
4. Ami Suzuki
5. ayumi hamasaki
6. Meisa Kuroki
7. Aira Mitsuki
8. MEG
9. BoA
10. sifow

Ayu got into my top5. :0 And yes, Namie and Kuu on #1. Namie's been so good. That woman really can sing, omg. :love

Bands' list is still the same. KAT-TUN is still very :love

oh you can say that again :laugh xD

Ayumi Hamasaki
Namie Amuro
Mika Nakashima
Kumi Koda
SPEED

SOME CHANGES.. again :D

1] Namie Amuro
2] Mika Nakashima
3] Ayumi Hamasaki
4] alan
5] BoA or YUI

yeah i don't think my top 3 will ever change again. mika nakashima's voice is just too awesome.. i had to give my number 2 spot to her.

1. Ayu
2. Namie Amuro
3. F.I.R.
4. Nanase Aikawa
5. Yuna Ito/ AYA/ Bonnie Pink/ Hitomi Shimatani

at least, i THINK that's how it goes! Ayu never moves from the number one spot, but sometimes the others switch around, clearly.

Changed up my list a bit now too

1.) Utada Hikaru
2.) Ayumi Hamasaki
3.) Ai Otsuka
4.) Koda Kumi
5.) Mika Nakashima

OTHER MENTIONS
Leah Dizon
Yuna Ito
Perfume
Aira Mitsuki
MiChi
Tohoshinki
alan

Mine...
 

Mine would have to be...

One|Lia
Two|Ayumi Hamasaki
Three|KOTOKO
Four|capsule
Five|m.o.v.e

1. alan (dun dun dun)
2. Utada Hikaru (I'm waiting for her to kick alan out and claim her spot back but her work is so amazing she's still in top 2)
3. BoA (Surprise! I'm starting to love a lot of her songs! I wouldve never known that her music was so good from her English album)
4. Ayumi Hamasaki (waiting for Ayu to break top 2 again :()
5. Koda Kumi (more ballads please)

1. Utada Hikaru (Of Course)
2. Perfume
3. Kanon Wakeshima
4. Yousei Teikoku
5. capsule

koda kumi
2ne1
lee hyori
tvxq
2pm

2ne1 has invaded my music library!

1. Utada Hikaru
2. Ayumi Hamasaki
3. Namie Amuro
4. Koda Kumi
5. Gackt

non Johnny's wise

1) Saito Kazuyoshi (THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU RYO NISHIKIDO for name dropping Saito's name during HEYx3 :heart :heart . I really am addicted to Saito's music right now)

2) Suga Shikao (I want to hear his renditions of KAT-TUN's Real Face & ARASHI's Aozora no Pedal since he wrote both songs & even composed Aozora no Pedal :heart)

3) Fukuyama Masaharu

4) ON / OFF

5) flumpool

KUMI KUU :heart
AYU :heart
2NE1
BoA
misono (wtf O.o)

1. Koda Kumi
2. Hamasaki Ayumi
3. CHISA (GND)
4. alan
5. Tsuchiya Anna/YUI/Nishino Kana

(GOD! It's a three-way tie! >.<)

Honorable Mentioned:
Leah Dizon
Gackt
misono
ON/OFF
Amuro Namie
BoA
AAA

1. alan
2. Utada hikaru
3. BoA
4. Perfume (DUN DUN DUN)
5. Ayumi Hamasaki
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
6. Koda Kumi

AHH..headache~

1. KinKi Kids
1. L'Arc~en~Ciel
1. Ayumi Hamasaki
4. Ken Hirai
5. Utada Hikaru

still have NEWS, Arashi, S.H.E, Grasshopper and many many!!! :doh

woah i didn't know that alan is your number one! :luv2 i thought hikki would be #1 XD

1. Ayumi Hamasaki
2. YUI
3. Kanon Wakeshima
4. Perfume
5. not sure.. guess I'll just put Yuna Ito

Hikki should be #1 :no I wish she would release soon. alan is more interesting atm. New list:

1. alan
2. Utada Hikaru
3. Perfume
4. Ayumi Hamasaki
5. BoA
~~~~~~~~~
6. Koda Kumi

right now for me, in no order...

1. Ayu
2. Kuu
3. Hata Motohiro
4. Ai Otsuka
5. none actually... maybe I need new singers or something. XD

ditto :innocent

for me I have to spilt it into 5 groups since I listened to SO many acts . It's boring to just listen to less than 10 & let alone 5 jpop acts :innocent

Non Rock Bands

1) ON/OFF
2) Aqua Timez
3) school food punishment
4) GIRL NEXT DOOR
5) Kobukuro

Rock Bands

1) UVERworld
2) BREAKERZ :heart
3) flumpool :heart
4) abingdon boys school
5) GLAY

Female Solos

1) Kuroki Meisa (woot woot , SHOCK -Unmei-'s solid !)
2) ayumi
3) Koda
4) YUI
5) Kanon Wakeshima

Male Solos

1) Saito Kazuyoshi
2) Suga Shikao
3) Fukuyama Masharu
4) Matsushita Yuya
5) Yusuke

Johnny's Bands

1) KAT-TUN :heart
2) ARASHI
3) Tegomass
4) NEWS
5) Kanjani∞

Johnny's Solos

1) Domoto Koichi (I'm madly addicted to Ayakashi at the mo :luv2 :luv2)
2) Tsuyoshi
3) Takizawa Hideaki (come back soon with Tsubasa please :weep)

1. Ayumi Hamasaki
2. Koda Kumi
3. Tohoshinki
4. Namie Amuro
5. Arashi

:)

I've had a sudden change...

1. Ayumi Hamasaki (1st time on the top of my list. Dont really know why this happened suddenly)
2. Perfume
3. alan
4. Utada Hikaru (slipping away now...)
5. Koda Kumi (BoA goes byebye)
~~~~~~~~~~~
6. BoA

1. Koda Kumi
2. Namie Amuro
3. Ayumi Hamasaki
4. BoA
5. Hikaru Utada
6. Ami Suzuki
7. Ai Otsuka
8. hitomi
9. alan
10. ayaka
11. aiko
12. Morning Musume
13. Berryz Kobo
14. C-ute
15. Hitomi Shimantai
16. DA PUMP
17. EXILE
18. Tohoshinki
19. glay
20. globe

The order of my list changes really often, it depends on my mood which singer I like more... Oh well, here's my current list:

1. ayumi hamasaki
2. Koda Kumi
3. Aira Mitsuki
4. Namie Amuro
5. Utada Hikaru

^Well yeah...I mean she's been on my list before but never @ #1...I guess that...since Hikki is so boring now...Ive been rediscovering why I liked Ayu in the first place...

1. Koda Kumi
2. Utada Hikaru
3. Emi Hinouchi
4. Clazziquai Project
5. immi

-BoA.
-Koda Kumi.

They'll always be my top two. The next three are "flavour of the months" for me:

-Okuda Miwako.
-DBSK.
-Wonder Girls.

- Koda Kumi
- BoA
- Ayumi Hamasaki
- 2NE1
- Ai Otsuka

Very hard...

1. Ayumi Hamasaki (no question)
2. Yuna Ito
3. Tohoshinki
4. YUI
5. 2NE1

1)Ayumi Hamasaki
2)FT Island
3)SNSD
4)Wonder Girls
5)Koda Kumi

Change:
1. Perfume
2. Ayumi Hamasaki
3. alan
4. Utada Hikaru
5. Koda Kumi

it's really hard to decide this and I'm not sure 100% in the list but here we go:

1.Ayumi Hamasaki
2.alan
3.Ai Otsuka
4.Namie Amuro
5.Yuna Ito

I wanted to fit these in the list too: Nana Tanimura, Ami Suzuki, Chihiro Onitsuka

these're the 5 new acts that I came upon in recent times which I totally adore

1) Saito Kazuyoshi
2) Dew
3) SID
4) ON/OFF
5) Suga Shikao

mine :
- ayumi hamasaki & L'Arc~en~Ciel
- dbsk
- namie amuro
- koda kumi
- BoA

i love 2NE1, super junior, wondergirls, girls' generation, big bang, 2PM, SHINee, etc too ~

01 Ayumi Hamasaki
02 Namie Amuro
03 Kumi Koda
04 Ai Otsuka
05 Hitomi Shimatani
---
I'm not really like BoA & Hikki lately,their song not pretty good
next,if hitomi shimatani don't make another crossover song,maybe i'll left her too

01. HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR
02. Rie fu
03. Ikimono Gakari
04. Ayumi
05. OLIVIA

Hmm...

1. Ayumi Hamasaki
2. Brown Eyed Girls
3. Aira Mitsuki
4. Kago Ai
5. tes.

Lol, 4 Japanese and 1 Korean band...

I have them now. :D

-NOT IN ANY ORDER-

1. Ayu
2. Kuu
3. Hata-san (Hata Motohiro)
4. Ken-Ken (Ken Hirai)
5. Tohoshinki

omg for once 3 males > 2 females! :O

edit

1. Lee Jung Hyun:heart
2. Utada Hikaru
3. Anna tsuchiya
4. Ayumi Hamasaki
5. Jolin Tsai

YAY for SID :heart :heart

I'm so glad that I discovered their music recently because I think they're so cool & great

I definitely be getting their major label debut album hikari soon :smitten & I just found out last night that B'z Ichibu to Zenbu / DIVE is such an explosive rock single

now I understand as to why they're the best selling japanese act of all time

of course it helps that B'z guitarist Matsumoto composed KAT-TUN's debut single Real Face too which's ace 8D

*clap* YAY for Karen getting into B'z!!! :D

:thud Tak composed for KAT-TUN?!?!?!?!?! That's awesome! :luv2

1. ayumi hamasaki
2. koda kumi
3. Utada Hikaru
4. Namie Amuro
5. BoA

Ayumi Hamasaki
Namie Amuro
Utada Hikaru
BoA
X-Japan

yup Matsumoto composed both the single & album editions of Real Face

I prefer the single version more because it's more kick ass unlike the album edition which's more mellower

The lyrics for Real Face were written by Suga Shikao who's an ace guy :heart

o1. Ayumi Hamasaki
o2. the GazettE (are they counts?)
o3. Koda Kumi
o4. Wada Akiko
o5. LUNA SEA

top 5 girls

1. Utada Hikaru
2. Ayumi Hamasaki
3. Namie Amuro
4. Koda Kumi
5. MiChi

Top 5 Guys

1. Gackt
2. Yasutaka Nakata
3. Hyde
4. Bi Rain
5. Outsider

Top 5 Bands/Groups

1. Big Bang
2. DBSK
3. Perfume
4. m-flo
5. Clazziquai Project

:laugh I learn something new everyday!

:laugh

cool but yeah that was my 1st exposure to B'z of sorts before I came across Ichibu to Zenbu / DIVE which's an ace single

Everything:
1. Koda Kumi
2. Amuro Namie
3. Utada Hikaru
4. Hamasaki Ayumi
5. BoA
6. alan
7. ayaka
8. aiko
9. hitomi
10. misono (I know, sad, isn't it?)
11. Tohoshinki
12. DA PUMP
13. Ken Hirai
14. Leah Dizon
15. Mika Nakashima

Johnnys:
1. ARASHI
2. KAT-TUN
3. SMAP
4. V6
5. NEWS
6. KinKi Kids
7. Hey! Say! JUMP!
8. TOKIO
9. Ninja
10. Kanjani8

Hello! Project:
1. Morning Musume. (Always will be)
2. Petitmoni
3. Berryz Kobo
4. C-ute
5. Tanpopo
6. Buono
7. Aa!
8. Petitmoni V
9. Ice Creamsume
10. v-u-den

1. Ayu
2. Anna Tsuchiya
3. Kuu~
4. Tohoshinki
5. Ikimono Gakari

(The ones who couldn't make it on the list:
Namie Amuro, YUI, JASMINE and Kana Nishino)

at the mo

Rock Bands (Rock's my fave music genre so yeah :D)

1) BREAKERZ
2) flumpool
3) SID
4) B'z
5) UVERworld

Bands

1) school food punishment
2) Aqua Timez
3) ON / OFF
4) T.M.Revolution (it's more like a 1 man thing but who cares LOL)
5) Dew

Male Solos

1) Matsushita Yuya
2) Saito Kazuyoshi
3) Fukuyama Masaharu
4) Suga Shikao
5) Ken Hirai

Female Solos (other than ayumi :P)

1) Kuroki Meisa
2) YUI
3) Mika Nakashima
4) Koda Kumi
5) Anna Tsuchiya

Johnny's

1) KAT-TUN
2) ARASHI
3) NEWS
4) V6
5) KinKi Kids & the duo's respective solo works

Solo

1. Utada Hikaru
2. Anna Tsuchiya
3. Mika Nakashima
4. OLIVIA
5. Namie Amuro

Band/Group

1. Kalafina
2. 2PM
3. 2NE1
4. Epik High
5. Hot Potato

1. Perfume (their hold on me is still strong)
2. Ayumi Hamasaki
3. Utada Hikaru (she's back...kinda)
4. Angela Aki
5. BoA

you know bebe..

1. Kuu
2. Kuu
3. Kuu
4. Kuu
5. Kuu

haha :laugh

All right, at this point of time...

1. Tohoshinki
2. Kuu
3. Hata Motohiro
4. alan
5. Ayu

1) SID
2) B'z
3) BREAKERZ
4) Saito Kazuyoshi
5) UVERworld

I wouldn't be doing a Johnny's one since everyone in AHS should know who're the ones I support a LOT :laugh

I will be getting SID's hikari album sooonnnnn & that goes for UVERworld's AwakEVE too

Let's see... my current favs will have to be:

1. Ayu
2. school food punishment
3. Akiko Shikata
4. abingdon boys school
5. -miyavi-
6. 2PM (sorry, i just HAD to include these guys :laugh)

1. ayumi hamasaki
2. ami suzuki
3. maki goto
4. akb48
5. namie amuro