Top 100 J pop Artists and top 30 singers

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Compiled By HMV Japan
(g) = group – 47, (m)=male artist – 34, (f)=female artist – 19

01. Southern All Stars (g)
02. Yellow Magic Orchestra (g)
03. Yumi Matsutoya – a.k.a. Yuming (f)
04. Happy End (g)
05. Hibari Misora (f – d.1989)
06. Tatsuro Yamashita (m)
07. Momoe Yamaguchi (f)
08. Yosui Inoue (m)
09. Eiichi Otaki (m) – also in 04.
10. Seiko Matsuda (f)
11. Ryuichi Sakamoto (m) – also in 02.
12. Keisuke Kuwata (m) – also in 01.
13. Motoharu Sano (m)
14. Eikichi Yazawa (m)
15. Flipper’s Guitar (2m)
16. RC Succession (g)
17. Kenji Sawada (m)
18. Kyu Sakamoto (m – d.1985)
19. Blue Hearts (g)
20. Miyuki Nakajima (f)
21. Tetsuya Komuro (m)
22. Boøwy (g)
23. Yutaka Ozaki (m – d.1992)
24. Hikaru Utada (f)
25. Tamio Okuda (m) – also in 61.
26. Mariya Takeuchi (f)
27. Mr Children (g)
28. Kazumasa Oda (m) – also in 32.
29. Spitz (g)
30. B’z (g)
31. Pizzicato Five (g)
32. Off Course (g)
33. Murahachibu (g)
34. Pink Lady (2f)
35. Tulip (g)
36. Ringo Shiina (f)
37. Toshinobu Kubota (m)
38. Char (m)
39. Godiego (g)
40. X Japan (g)
41. Yujiro Ishihara (m – d.1987)
42. Ayumi Hamasaki (f)
43. Keigo Oyamada - a.k.a. Cornelius (m) – also in 15.
44. Haruomi Hosono (m) – also in 02 & 04.
45. Dreams Come True (g)
46. Takuro Yoshida (m)
47. Anzen Chitai (g)
48. Checkers (g)
49. Candies (3f)
50. Yasuyuki Okamura (m)
51. Misia (f)
52. Minako Yoshida (f)
53. Namie Amuro (f)
54. Taeko Onuki (f)
55. Akina Nakamori (f)
56. Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi (m)
57. Alice (g)
58. L’Arc～en～Ciel (g)
59. Shogo Hamada (m)
60. Tatsuya Ishii (m) – from ‘米米CLUB’ (Kome Kome CLUB)
61. Unicorn (g)
62. Chage & Aska (2m)
63. Dragon Ash (g)
64. Hi-standard (g)
65. Glay (g)
66. Masayoshi Yamazaki (m)
67. Akiko Wada (f – zainichi korean)
68. Moon Riders (g)
69. Smap (g)
70. Tomoyasu Hotei (m – 190cm !) – also in 22.
71. Tokyo Ska Paradaise Orchestra (g)
72. Lisa Ono (f)
73. Blankey Jet City (g)
74. Quruli (g)
75. Roosters (g)
76. Kyosuke Himuro (m) – also in 22.
77. Thee Michelle Gun Elephant (g)
78. Denki Groove (g)
79. Kenji Ozawa (m) – also in 15.
80. Yuzo Kayama (m)
81. Yellow Monkey (g)
82. Jacks (g)
83. Fishmans (g)
84. Noriyuki Makihara (m)
85. Ken Hirai (m)
86. Yonin Bayashi (g)
87. Rip Slyme (g)
88. Princess Princess – a.k.a. Pur-Puri (g)
89. Original Love (g)
90. Luna Sea (g)
91. Mute Beat (g)
92. Alfee (g)
93. Hiroshi Fujiwara (m)
94. Sadistic Mika Band (g)
95. Mondo Grosso (g)
96. Judy And Mary (g) – singer was current J-pop artist ‘Yuki’.
97. Zeebra (m)
98. Crazy Ken Band (g)
99. Kaori Murakami – a.k.a. UA (f)
100. Begin (g)

… and here is their list of the top 30 ‘singers’ ….

01. Tatsuro Yamashita
02. Momoe Yamaguchi
03. Keisuke Kuwata (from Southern All Stars)
04. Hibari Misora
05. Yumi Matsutoya
06. Kazumasa Oda (from Off Course)
07. Seiko Matsuda
08. Kazutoshi Sakurai (from Mr Children)
09. Yosui Inoue
10. Hikaru Utada
11. Eiichi Otaki
12. Kyu Sakamoto
13. Kenji Sawada
14. Akiko Yano
15. Motoharu Sano
16. Miyuki Nakajima
17. Eikichi Yazawa
18. UA
19. Kiyoshiro Imawano
20. Mariya Takeuchi
21. Shogo Hamada
22. Tamio Okuda
23. Akiko Wada
24. Masamune Kusano
25. Yutaka Ozaki
26. Keisuke Makihara
27. Miwa Yoshida (
28. Ringo Shiina
29. Taeko Onuki
30. Ken Hirai

 

[KamenRiderBiblio]

Interesting. I'm guessing there's a list for J-rock as well?

 

[bigone]

Interesting. I'm guessing there's a list for J-rock as well?

theres a lot of Rock bands/Soloists in the list
in the top 30 alone
1,4,6,9,12 15,16,17,19,21,22,23,25,29 and 30 are all rock acts in one way of the other

 

[Kalle]

RIP SLYME!! yesssss.

 

[KamenRiderBiblio]

theres a lot of Rock bands/Soloists in the list
in the top 30 alone
1,4,6,9,12 15,16,17,19,21,22,23,25,29 and 30 are all rock acts in one way of the other

Yeah, cuz I was wondering. There was no Gackt, Hyde, Vamps, Gilgamesh, etc. I guess they suck these days. :laugh:

 

[Red Falcon]

Yeah, cuz I was wondering. There was no Gackt, Hyde, Vamps, Gilgamesh, etc. I guess they suck these days. :laugh:

Isn't Hyde a part of L'Arc~en~Ciel?