50 best artists

On april 1st Music Station (The most popular music station in Japan) broadcasted a 3-hour special, featuring famous bands like Porno graffitti, L'Arc-en-ciel and B'z.
A part of the show was a list of the 50 most succesful artists, and you can see the list here (including the numbers):

50: Takeuchi Mariya 13.400.000
49: Mariah Carrey 13.460.000
48: T-Bolan 13.610.000
47: Wands 13.730.000
46: Yazawa Eikichi 13.930.000
45: Matsuyama Chiharu 14.030.000
44: Judy and Mary 14.130.000
43: Kuraki Mai 14.220.000
42: Koizumi Kyouko 14.230.000
41: Kudo Shizuka 14.820.000
40: Nakayama Miho 14.970.000
39: Imai Miki 15.220.000
38: Checkers (Chekkazu) 15.300.000
37: Mori Shinichi 15.400.000
36: Morning Musume 15.470.000
35: Gou Hiromi 15.620.000
34: Sawada Kenji 15.660.000
33: Inoue Yosui 15.670.000
32: Himuro Kyosuke 15.710.000
31: Yamaguchi Momoe 16.190.000
30: Misia 17.150.000
29: Spitz 18.290.000
28: Kome Kome CLUB 18.320.000
27: Itsuki Hiroshi 18.700.000
26: Fukuyama Masaharu 18.760.000
25: Speed 19.280.000
24: Makihara Noriyuki 19.830.000
23: Nagabuchi Tsuyoshi 20.038.000
22: KinKi Kids 20.079.000
21: Nakashima Miyuki 21.310.000
20: TRF 21.500.000
19: Every Little Thing 21.630.000
18: Ohguro Maki 21.890.000
17: TUBE 23.880.000
16: Nakamori Akina 25.100.000
15: Amuro Namie 25.750.000
14: L'Arc~en~Ciel 25.760.000
13: SMAP 28.400.000
12: globe 28.600.000
11: Matsuda Seiko 29.260.000
10: CHAGE and ASKA 31.220.000
09: Utada Hikaru 32.160.000
08: ZARD 35.450.000
07: GLAY 35.800.000
06: Matsutoya Yumi 37.790.000
05: Dreams Come True 40.030.000
04: Hamasaki Ayumi 41.030.000
03: Southern All Stars 44.680.000
02: Mr.Children 46.220.000
01: B'z 71.640.000