“Daiichi Kosho“, a karaoke system company, have revealed the top picks for their karaoke request ranking. The survey period spanned from the beginning of 2011 up until June 11th, and ranks the most popular karaoke songs for the first half of 2011.

AKB48 managed to dominate the first half of 2011, as well as Korean idols KARA and Shoujo Jidai (SNSD).

Check out the full ranking below!

First Half of 2011 Karaoke Request Ranking TOP 10
1. “Heavy Rotation” – AKB48
2. “Mister” – KARA
3. “Arigatou” – Ikimonogakari
4. “Aitakatta” – AKB48
5. “Gee” – Shoujo Jidai
6. “Ponytail to Shushu” – AKB48
7. “Kiseki” – GReeeeN
8. “Zankoku na Tanshi no Teze” – Takahashi Youko
9. “Mata Kimi ni Koishiteru” – Sakamoto Fuyumi
10. “Hanamizuki” – Hitoto Yo
11. “Chiisana Koi no Uta” – MONGOL800
12. “I Wish For You” – EXILE
13. “Aitakute Aitakute” – Nishino Kana
14. “Ryuusei” – Kobukuro
15. “Lovers Again” – EXILE
16. “Story” – AI
17. “Amagigoe” – Ishikawa Sayuri
18. “Tsubomi” – Kobukuro
19. “Konayuki” – Remioromen
20. “Jumping” – KARA

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The company also conducted a survey of the top 10 overall most popular artists, which include many that did not make the other ranking:

Karaoke Request Artist Ranking
1. AKB48
2. EXILE
3. Arashi
4. Koda Kumi
5. Hamasaki Ayumi
6. Ikimonogakari
7. Nishino Kana
8. Mr.Children
9. Kobukuro
10. Kitajima Saburo
11. Ishikawa Sayuri
12. Misora Hibari
13. L’Arc~en~Ciel
14. Ishihara Yujiro
15. BUMP OF CHICKEN
16. GReeeeN
17. Fukuyama Masaharu
18. Southern All Stars
19. RADWIMPS
20. KARA

source : tokyohive