Perfume tops Nikkei’s 2016 girl group “Talent Power Ranking”

Japanese girl group mainstay Perfume have topped Nikkei Entertainment’s annual girl group “Talent Power Ranking” for the fourth year in a row.

Known for their unique technopop sound, the trio showed their supremacy in the J-Pop scene, beating other popular groups like Momoiro Clover Z and AKB48 to take the title of top girl group.

The top 15 girl groups in this year’s “Talent Power Ranking” are as follows:-

1. Perfume
2. Momoiro Clover Z
3. AKB48
4. E-girls
5. Nogizaka46
6. NMB48
7. HKT48
8. Flower
9. SKE48
10. µ’s
11. BABYMETAL
12. Morning Musume ’16
13. Denpagumi.inc
14. °C-ute
15. Fairies

Each year, Nikkei Entertainment’s Talent Power Ranking assigns scores and rankings to celebrities based on surveys of public recognition and interest. Musicians, TV personalities, athletes, actors and so forth are all included in a range of different categories.

Congratulations to the girls of Perfume!

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