Oricon Poll - “Japanese Pop Diva”
 

http://specialist.oricon.co.jp/news/20080829_02.html

This is a survey done by Oricon regarding the best Japanese female artist .

RANKING
1. Ayumi Hamasaki
2. Utada Hikaru
3. ayaka
4. Namie Amuro
5. YUI
6. Koda Kumi
7. aiko
8. Ringo Shiina
9. Superfly
10. BoA

Among Male Voters:
1. Ayumi Hamasaki
2. Utada Hikaru
3. ayaka
4. YUI
5. Namie Amuro
6. Koda Kumi
7. Ai Otsuka
8. Nana Mizuki
9. Ringo Shiina
10. Kaori Mochida (from Every Little Thing)

Among Female Voters:
1. Ayumi Hamasaki
2. Utada Hikaru
3. Namie Amuro
4. ayaka
5. Koda Kumi
6. YUI
7. aiko
8. Ringo Shiina
9. BoA
10. Superfly

ayumi practically nailed it !

it has been posted on this thread, Karen :D:D:D
http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=79220

ayu is well deserved to be number 1!

oops

I didn't see it as I'm not as active on here as before so ya

Ayumi,I love U 4ever
u is the BEST ^^!~

both among male & female~!!!!! OMGAAAWD! goooo AYUUUU <3 :luv2

Ayu is THE BEST^^

Congrats to Ayu!

list looking shweeeeet~

1. Ayumi Hamasaki
2. Utada Hikaru
3. ayaka
4. Namie Amuro
!!!!

YAY AYU <3~

duh. and to see utada up there too, especially at #2? that's suprising. she's so down to earth and the girl next door--not seeming high maintenance.

Congratulations to ayu!

ayaka is really some hotshot debut artiste...haha

BUT CONGRATS TO AYU!!! she is afterall THE ONE

Ayu is #1. She is the BEST !
:D
congrats ayu :D:D:D

awesome!!! well deserved :) she beat out hikki :D

I would be happy about this, but I don't consider diva a good term. :)

Well, I believe the original term used was utahime.

And specifically, it's utahime for the Heisei Era for teenagers. lol.

Utahime doesn't really mean diva.. just "great songstress" or something similar, but it doesn't imply high-maintenance like Diva does.


that's why at first I was surprised to see Hikki in a diva list XD

I'm VERY glad Hikki is #2!~ :D And Ayu #1 of course! They both deserve it!

Ayumi and Utada definitely deserve the top two spots. I don't agree with ayaka getting #3 - she's only had two studio albums out, and while her voice is strong, her popularity and image and nowhere near as great as Namie's or Koda Kumi's. Those male voters are misinformed.

Haha hell yeah she is!