NINKI ratings for the week of 10/9~16/9/2012
Albums:
01 250.30 Perfume - Perfume Global Compilation "LOVE THE WORLD"
02 82.70 ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION - Landmark
03 60.00 Tackey & Tsubasa - TEN
04 33.20 T.M.Revolution - T.M.R. LIVE REVOLUTION 11-12 -CLOUD NINE-
05 24.00 Morning Musume。 - ⑬ Colorful Character
06 22.00 Takahashi Mariko - No Reason 3 ~Yogaku Omoi~
07 20.40 PES - Suteki na Koto
08 19.50 John Frusciante - PBX Funicular Intaglio Zone
09 19.20 Stardust Revue - B.O.N.D.
10 19.00 Sata Andagi - Sata Andagi 2 Yuimaru
Singles:
01 161.30 KAT-TUN - Fumetsu no Scrum
02 150.70 BUMP OF CHICKEN - firefly
03 49.50 SCANDAL - Pih Heel Surfer
04 43.20 Ieiri Leo - Bless You
05 28.80 Taketatsu Ayana - ♪ no Kuni no Alice
06 27.80 2AM - For you ~Kimi no Tame ni Dekiru Koto~
07 20.00 chatmonchy - Convenience Honeymoon
08 19.50 Shimizu Shota feat. Naksone Izumi (HY) - 366 Nichi
09 19.20 Hyuga Junpei (Hosoya Yoshimasa) - TV Anime 『Kuroko no Basuke』 Character Song SOLO SERIES Vol.6
10 16.30 HILCRHYME - Jigsaw Puzzle
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.)
Source 1, 2