NINKI ratings for the week of 20/8~26/8/2012
Albums:
01 72.30 AAA - 777 ~TRIPLE SEVEN~
02 59.20 TOKIO - 17
03 50.70 Dragon Ash - LOUD & PEACE
04 44.00 Sukima Switch - DOUBLES BEST
05 34.30 MINMI - MINMI BEST Ame Nochi Niji 2002-2012
06 27.50 ZE:A - PHOENIX
07 19.60 MUCC - Aishuu no Antique
08 19.40 access - Secret Cluster
09 19.30 Secret - WELCOME to SECRET TIME
10 18.90 Tortoise Matsumoto - NEW FACE
Singles:
01 202.50 Nogizaka46 - Hashire! Bicycle
02 146.50 ACE OF SPADES - WILD TRIBE
03 87.40 SUPER JUNIOR - Sexy, Free & Single
04 42.80 ONE OK ROCK - The Beginning
05 35.80 S/mileage - Suki yo, Junjou Hankouki。
06 28.00 Tsuchiya Anna - Voyagers
07 25.50 Aqua Timez - Tsubomi
08 25.10 BOYFRIEND - Be my shine ~Kimi wo Hanasanai~
09 21.30 FLOWER - forget-me-not ~Wasurenagusa~
10 20.30 Yoshiki Risa - Vocalo ga Rival☆
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.)
Some other new releases next week (according to CDJapan listing):
Singles - Kiyoharu, Sakimoto Hiromi, 7!!, POLYSICS, RHYMESTER, Nakamura Maiko, 4Minute, androp
Albums - Buono!, BRIGHT, AYABIE, LOUDNESS, Anzenchitai
Good luck to TOKIO, ONE OK ROCK and FLOWER. And oh, I spot ACE OF SPADES! XD
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