NINKI ratings for the week of 18/6~24/6/2012
Albums:
01 121.50 aiko - Toki no Silhoutte
02 62.40 Tak Matsumoto - Strings Of My Soul
03 58.60 LINKIN PARK - Living Things
04 35.50 Maroon 5 - Overexposed
05 26.20 Justin Bieber - Believe
06 24.20 Happiness - Happy Time
07 23.90 Yoshida Takuro - Gogo no Tenki
08 17.10 Kugimiya Rie - kokohadoko
09 15.70 toe - The Future Is Now EP
10 14.60 Ishii Tatsuya - HEARTS VOICES
Singles:
01 161.00 Maeda Atsuko - Kimi wa Boku da
02 142.80 EXILE - ALL NIGHT LONG
03 32.70 Berryz Koubou x C-ute - Cho HAPPY SONG
04 32.00 baroque - Zazafuri Ame
05 28.10 UNICORN - Feel So Moon
06 23.60 9nine - Ryuusei no Kuchizuke
07 18.80 Plastic Tree - Kuchizuke
08 17.40 KREVA - OH YEAH
09 16.80 MISIA - Koi wa Owaranai Zutto
10 13.40 T-Pistonz + KMC - Jonetsu de Muneatsu!
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.)
So it's Acchan vs EXILE next week! I'm rooting for EXILE tbh, but I've a feeling that Acchan is gonna take this. We'll see...
Also rooting for Tak, aiko and Happiness! :)
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