1.hamasaki ayumi~undisputed~ lol...
2.hikaru utada
3.mr.childern
4.b'z
5.nakashima mika
6.yui
7.koda kumi
8.laruku
9.amuro namie
10.southern all star

i choose them because they are a truly artist/musician who make a real music not a computerized music

My current top-5 asian artists, according to Last.fm.

1. Mass of The Fermenting Dregs
2. Hamasaki Ayumi
3. Missmo
4. Yu fei men
5. immi

00. L'Arc~en~Ciel
00. Ayumi Hamasaki
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01. Miliyah Kato
02. Koda Kumi
03. Kuroki Meisa
04. lecca
05. immi

1. Ayumi Hamasaki
2. Koda Kumi
3. Utada Hikaru
4. Aoyama Thelma
5. OLIVIA

1. ayumi hamasaki -> FOREVER NO.1
2. SNSD
3. Jonghyun of SHINee
4. Rainbow
5. Super Junior

1. Koda Kumi
2. Perfume
3. Kalafina
4. 2NE1
5. alan and Hello! Project groups

1) BREAKERZ
2) SPYAIR
3) Acid Black Cherry
4) NEVER LAND
5) DAIGO STARDUST

Yup very BREAKERZ driven/biased as usual since #4 & #5 are BRZ related 8D :innocent

Currently its:
1. U-KISS
2. L'Arc~en~Ciel
3. Koda Kumi
4. Namie Amuro
5. Ayu

U-KISS and Namie are probably just phases. Kuu, Laruku and Ayu are pretty much permanently up there for the past 4 years :P

:roflmao story of my life!

1) BREAKERZ
2) Acid Black Cherry
3) SPYAIR
4) BENI
5) Tegomass

00 Koda Kumi :heart
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01 Ayumi Hamasaki
02 JUJU
03 Miliyah Kato
04 Aoyama Thelma
05 ayaka
05 Lee Hyori

Currently

1. SKE48
2. AKB48
3. May'n
4. Buono!
5. Girls Dead Monster

1) BREAKERZ
2) Acid Black Cherry
3) SPYAIR
4) BENI
5) Tegomass

Still no change x)

Jrock
1. L'Arc~en~Ciel
2. the GazettE
3. AnCafe
4. Nightmare
5. alice nine

Jpop
1. Changin' My Life
2. H/\L
3. Ai Maeda
4. Ayumi Hamasaki
5. Ami Suzuki

:)

1. Ayumi Hamasaki
2. Utada Hikaru and MAA
3. Miliyah Kato
4. BENI
5. Mika Nakashima

2011 artist ranking:
1.Itano Tomomi
2.Namie Amuro
3.AKB48
4.GReeeeN
5.ayumi hamasaki

My top 5 according to last.fm! :laugh

1. B'z
2. 稲葉浩志
3. SNSD
4. 浜崎あゆみ
5. 2NE1

according to last.fm, it seems like this:

1. Joey Yung
2. Namie Amuro
3. Ayumi Hamasaki
4. Karen Mok
5. Lee Jung Hyun

At the moment my Top 5 looks like this (by the taste of music at the moment):

#1 Koda Kumi
#2 Kana Nishino
#3 BoA
#4 MBLAQ
#5 2NE1

And the Top 5 for other reasons that's probably more true than the one above (Well the top 2 spots are the same as above lol):

#1 Koda Kumi
#2 Kana Nishino
#3 ayumi hamasaki
#4 BIG BANG
#5 MBLAQ

My lists changes quite regularly based on my feelings. At the moment I've been into R&B and Pop mostly and I haven't listened to Ayu almost at all since August. XD

If VOCALOID counts...

1. Ayumi Hamasaki
2. Miku Hatsune
3. Lia
4. KOTOKO
5. Rin Kagamine

If VOCALOID doesn't count...

1. Ayumi Hamasaki
2. Lia
3. KOTOKO
4. capsule
5. BoA

at the moment:
1. 信 (Shin)
2. ayu
3. Eason Chan
fourth and fifth place according to last.fm, but I don't listen to them as much now
4. F.I.R.
5. Koda Kumi

Shin surpasses ayu atm >.< this had never happened before, I am not sure if this will be permanent or not.