The 10th Favourite Music Artiste Ranking 2013 (Oricon)

Numbers in brackets indicate the artiste's position held in last year's ranking.

Overall Top 20 Ranking
1) Arashi (1)
2) Ikimonogakari (2)
3) Mr.Children (3)
4) Fukuyama Masaharu (4)
5) Yuzu (5)
6) Utada Hikaru (8)
7) B'z (6)
8) Southern All Stars (7)
9) Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (outside of top 50)
10) Kobukuro (9)
11) Amuro Namie (16)
12) Spitz (11)
13) Porno Graffitti (10)
14) Momoiro Clover Z (outside of top 50)
15) Perfume (14)
16) YUI (15)
17) aiko (12)
18) Kuwata Keisuke (18)
19) EXILE (20)
20) BUMP OF CHICKEN (19)

Source: Oricon

And in case you wonder who were the previous years' winners, here it goes:

2004 - Utada Hikaru
2005 - aiko
2006 - aiko
2007 - Utada Hikaru
2008 - Utada Hikaru
2009 - Mr.Children
2010 - Arashi
2011 - Arashi
2012 - Arashi

Source: Oricon

And this is the top 10 for each age group (from teens to 40s):

Top 10 for teens
1) Arashi
2) Ikimonogakari
3) YUI
4) Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
5) Yuzu
6) BUMP OF CHICKEN
7) Porno Graffitti
8) miwa
9) Momoiro Clover Z
10) B'z

Top 10 for people in their 20s
1) Arashi
2) Ikimonogakari
3) Mr.Children
4) Utada Hikaru
5) Yuzu
6) Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
7) Fukuyama Masaharu
8) B'z
9) Amuro Namie
10) Porno Graffitti

Top 10 for people in their 30s
1) Mr.Children
2) Ikimonogakari
3) Arashi
4) Fukuyama Masaharu
5) Amuro Namie
6) Utada Hikaru
7) B'z
8) Yuzu
9) Southern All Stars
10) Spitz

Top 10 for people in their 40s
1) Southern All Stars
2) Fukuyama Masaharu
3) Ikimonogakari
4) Kuwata Keisuke
5) Arashi
6) Mr.Children
7) Makihara Noriyuki
8) Utada Hikaru
9) Oda Kazumasa
10) Matsutoya Yumi