Nikkei Entertainment has released its “Talent Power Ranking” list for 2017. We now have the list for the top girl groups. Perfume tops the list for the fifth year in a row. They are followed by Momoiro Clover Z, also for the fifth year in a row. AKB48 is #3, for the fourth year in a row. Find out the rest of the top 15 after the jump!

1. Perfume: 31.8 (Last year: #1 with 29.2)

2. Momoiro Clover Z: 21.8 (Last year: #2 with 17.6)

3. AKB48: 18.9 (Last year: #3 with 16.7)

4. E-girls: 18.4 (Last year: #4 with 16.6)

5. Nogizaka46: 16.9 (Last year: #5 with 13.6)

6. Keyakizaka46: 14.0 (Last year: n/a)

7. Flower: 12.0 (Last year: #8 with 8.4)

8. NMB48: 10.8 (Last year: #6 with 10.0)

9. HKT48: 10.6 (Last year: #7 with 9.0)

10. SKE48: 9.0 (Last year: #9 with 8.4)

11. Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku: 8.1 (Last year: #17 with 3.8)

12. Morning Musume. ’17: 6.8 (Last year: #12 with 5.6)

13. °C-ute: 5.9 (Last year: #14 with 4.3)

14. Dempagumi.inc: 5.9 (Last year: #13 with 4.5)

15. NGT48: 4.8 (Last year: n/a)

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