She never really ranks high on that poll. It's always Mr. Children, B'z, or Utada doing well... even if they're not doing anything in particular that year. Perhaps Oricon Style subscribers are just not Ayu fans.
Just FYI, the top 10 of this poll almost always consists of Utada, B'z, Mr. Children, Masaharu Fukuyama, ARASHI, Ikimonogatari, Yuzu, SOUTHERN ALL STARS, Kobukuro, and aiko. Some years they may fall out of the top 10 but usually the same artists always rank near the top on this.
Where did the "#50" placement come from, btw? All I can find is the top 20 in the usual places.
http://awabi.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/m...1351826534/l50
I see... I don't think she actually ranked on this poll. Someone probably just made it up.