NINKI ratings for the week of 23/4~29/4/2012
Albums:
01 152.30 Yuzu - YUZU YOU 2006~2011
02 52.50 JUN SKY WALKER(S) - LOST & FOUND
03 31.50 Hilcrhyme - Best of Hilcrhyme ~GOLD~
04 31.20 D☆DATE - 1st DATE
05 26.50 Norah Jones - Little Broken Hearts
06 23.50 Hilcrhyme - Best of Hilcrhyme ~SILVER~
07 21.30 Jack White - Blunderbuss
08 20.30 SuG - Lollipop Kingdom
09 19.60 Marilyn Manson - Born Villain
10 19.50 Jason Mraz - Love Is A Four Letter Word
Singles:
01 150.70 SMAP - Sakasama no Sora
02 86.10 Itano Tomomi - 10 Nengo no Kimi e
03 55.40 Ikimonogakari - Haru Uta
04 31.80 GReeeeN - Orange
05 31.60 Sphere - Non stop road / Asu e no Kaerimichi
06 25.30 Sonar Pocket - Getsu Ka Sui Moku Kin Do Nichi。 ~Kimi no Okuru Uta~
07 24.60 CHI-CHI - Karakawanaide!! -Jannanchijima-
08 22.00 SE7EN - LOVE AGAIN
09 18.50 Hanazawa Kana - Hoshizora☆Destination
10 18.30 Kuribayashi Minami - HAPPY CRAZY BOX
Note 1:
The NINKI ratings are the results of a POLL conducted by Oricon indicating degree of interest/degree of purchase intention in an upcoming release. Although the ratings are never a true reflection of sales, it does give a strong prediction about where the single/album will place in terms of popularity amongst the Japanese public. However, they are NOT an indication of how it will perform in terms of chart positioning and total sales for the week.
Note 2:
According to Oricon's note under the NINKI page, Oricon researches about 870,000 of its members by random sampling of 400 members in their 10s until 40s. 50 men and 50 women are chosen randomly to participate in each age group. (However, some popular artists have had NINKI exceeding 500, so we can only assume that Oricon has extended the polling to around 600/700 people now.)
Yeah Yuzu's best album! And SMAP's new single! XD
And good luck to JUN SKY WALKER(S) and Hilcrhyme, and also rooting for Iki, GReeeeN and Sonar Pocket!
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