Japanese Magazine PLAYER “2011 Reader’s Poll”

As every year, the January issue of the Japanese music magazine PLAYER(http://www.player.jp/index.html) features a retrospect on last year, and what readers of the magazine liked the most.

Here's a relevant extract of the voting results:

Category "Best Artist": B'z ranked 5th (5th in 2010, 3rd in 2009)
Category "Best Album": C'mon ranked 2nd
Catagory "Best Vocalist": Koshi Inaba ranked 1st (same as 2009, 2010)
Category "Best Guitarist": Tak Matsumoto ranked 2nd (1st in 2010, 3rd in 2009)
Category "This year's biggest news": Matsumoto winning the Grammy ranked 4th
Category "Best Drummer": Shane Gaalaas ranked 16th (8th in 2010, 9th in 2009)
Category "Best Bassist": Barry Sparks ranked 6th

Japanese Magazine PLAYER “2010 Reader’s Poll”

Just as last year, the latest issue of the Japanese music magazine PLAYER(http://www.player.jp/index.html) features a retrospect on the year 2010, and what readers of the magazine liked the most.
Here's how B'z, Shane Gaalaas and Masuda Takanobu were ranked.

Category "Best Artist": B'z ranked 5th (3rd in 2009)

Category "Best Live Performance in Japan": B'z ranked 5th (4th in 2009) - Larry Carlton and Tak Matsumoto ranked 9th

Catagory "Best Vocalist": Koshi Inaba ranked 1st (same as 2009)

Category "Best Guitarist": Tak Matsumoto ranked 1st (3rd in 2009)

Category "This year's biggest news": Collaboration between Larry Carlton and Tak Matsumoto ranked 4th

Category "Best Drummer": Shane Gaalaas ranked 8th (9th in 2009)

Category "Miscellaneous Player": Masuda Takanobu ranked 4th (6th in 2009)

Source(s): B'zaholic Blog (Japanese)

Japanese Magazine PLAYER “2009 Reader’s Poll”

The latest issue of the Japanese music magazine PLAYER(http://www.player.jp/index.html) features a retrospect on the year 2009, and what readers of the magazine liked the most.
Here's how B'z, Shane Gaalaas and Masuda Takanobu were ranked:

Category "Best Artist": B'z ranked 3rd

Category "Best Live Performance in Japan": B'z ranked 4th

Catagory "Best Vocalist": Koshi Inaba ranked 1st

Category "Best Guitarist": Tak Matsumoto ranked 3rd

Category "Best Drummer": Shane Gaalaas ranked 9th

Category "Miscellaneous Player": Masuda Takanobu ranked 6th