I can see why you were 'misunderstood', the options on that poll are very scewed and come off really haughty and biased. It's like you're basically saying that everyone feels the same way you do but are either aware or unaware of it. O_O It probably wasn't your original intention to do so but you've gotta be more mindful of how you set up polls like these.
Well, for me I've been listening to almost nothing but J-pop and occasionally K-pop for the past year. There just hasn't been any... desire to listen to much else. Like emiko stated, a lot of pop music here has hip hop (and even country
) influence these days which I'm just not a fan of. I'm more of a fan of pure pop, electropop, techno pop, 90's, 80's synth pop and even bubblegum teeny pop. There's few artists right now that I bother with, like Britney, Madge, and Ashley Tisdale. Other artists I like/love (like Evanescence), take forever to release something and by the time they do, I've forgotten all about them and can't be properly excited.
Most of the J-artists I like just happen to fit the bill of what I like in my music period. All female with sweet high voices, cute with a hint of sexy, singing catchy fun pop songs that lift my spirits and keep me energized. Artists like Kalafina, alan and Hikki are another story... I turn for them for strong ballads, beautiful vocals, and compositions that stir the blood. I put Ayu in another category all her own, as (much like identity stated) she pretty much convinced me just how powerful music can be. I used to hate pop ballads (and still do to some extent) because I thought they all sounded so generic and boring always talking about a break up or whatever blah blah. I thought hers would be more of the same then I heard HANABI~episode II~ and was blown away. Though I admit to being one of the ones complaining about all the medium ballads recently, still no other artist to this day can make me fall so completely in love with a ballad like Ayu does.
