The 13th Oricon Favourite Artist Ranking 2016

The numbers in brackets indicate the positions held by the artists in the 2015 ranking so dashes indicate that they were not part of the top 20 last year.

Overall Top 20
1) Arashi (1)
2) Ikimonogakari (3)
3) Mr.Children (2)
4) B'z (4)
5) Utada Hikaru (5)
6) SMAP (10)
7) Yuzu (6)
8) aiko (7)
9) DREAMS COME TRUE (8)
10) Spitz (11)
11) Amuro Namie (15)
12) Nishino Kana (14)
13) Perfume (18)
14) BUMP OF CHICKEN (9)
15) KinKi Kids (-)
16) back number (-)
17) Superfly (-)
18) TOKIO (-)
19) Southern All Stars (12)
20) JUJU (-)

Top 10 artists as voted by people in their teens
1) Arashi
2) back number
3) Nishino Kana
4) Ikimonogakari
5) GReeeeN
6) Yuzu
7) AAA
8) miwa
9) Kanjani 8
10) EXILE

Top 10 artists as voted by people in their 20s
1) Arashi
2) Ikimonogakari
3) SMAP
4) Mr.Children
5) KinKi Kids
6) BUMP OF CHICKEN
7) Utada Hikaru
8) Yuzu
9) TOKIO
10) Perfume

Top 10 artists as voted by people in their 30s
1) Mr.Children
2) Utada Hikaru
3) Amuro Namie
4) B'z
5) Ikimonogakari
6) SMAP
7) Arashi
8) Spitz
9) aiko
10) KinKi Kids

Top 10 artists as voted by people in their 40s
1) B'z
2) DREAMS COME TRUE
3) Ikimonogakari
4) Mr.Children
5) Southern All Stars
6) Utada Hikaru
7) BOOWY
8) SMAP
9) Spitz
10) ZARD

Source: Oricon