NINKI ratings for the week of 28/1~3/2/2012
Albums:
01 75.40 Nakashima Mika - REAL
02 43.10 Hata Motohiro - Signed POP
03 25.90 NIGHTMARE - SCUMS
04 22.70 moumoon - PAIN KILLER
05 19.00 Rhymester - Dirty Science
06 18.50 TOKYO GIRLS' STYLE - Yakusoku
07 17.70 Berryz Koubou - BerryzMansion 9 Kai
08 16.60 KE$HA - Warrior
09 16.00 Aoi Eir - BLAU
10 15.50 Versailles - Best Album 2009-2012 Anthologie
Singles:
01 551.20 SKE48 - Choco no Dorei
02 89.40 GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE - ANIMAL
03 43.00 Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - Kimi ni 100 Percent / Furisodeshon
04 26.10 LinQ - CHIKU-TAKU / Going My Way!
05 22.30 THE GOSPELLERS - Kori no Hana
06 18.00 Hyadain - 23 Ji 40 Pun
07 17.10 Kawabata Kaname - breakthrough / Let's Say I Do
08 16.30 KOME KOME CLUB - TAKARABUNE
09 15.40 Bakusute Sotokanda Icchome - Yoropiku Pikuyoro!
10 14.80 JAM Project - Yume Sketch
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 - JUN SKY WALKER(S), Sako Tomohisa, The Sketchbook, Dancing Dolls, GILLE, PURETTY
Albums - MONOBRIGHT, NIKIIE, Yoshioka Aika, Yasuta Nao
I think this is SKE's highest NINKI so far? Question is, whether the single can top their previous best-selling one or not. And hopefully Mika will live up to expectation and get that no.1 album.
Source 1, 2