NINKI ratings for the week of 1/7~7/7/2013
Albums:
01 240.20 BUMP OF CHICKEN - BUMP OF CHICKEN I <1999-2004>
02 232.70 BUMP OF CHICKEN - BUMP OF CHICKEN II <2005-2010>
03 36.50 GACKT - BEST OF THE BEST vol. 1 -MILD-
04 35.90 GACKT - BEST OF THE BEST vol. 2 -WILD-
05 35.50 Kubota Toshinobu - Parallel World II KUBOSSA
06 20.00 dustbox - Care Package
07 19.30 Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra - Diamond In Your Heart
08 16.50 Yanagi Nagi - euaru
09 15.60 Heo Young-Saeng - Omoide wo Kimi ni
10 15.10 Sweetbox - Z21
Singles:
01 261.40 Nogizaka46 - Girls Rule
02 51.10 flumpool - Taisetsu na Mono wa Kimi Igai ni Miataranakute / Binetsu Refrain
03 41.90 VAMPS - AHEAD / REPLAY
04 38.50 S/mileage - Atarashii Watashi ni Nare! / Yattaruchan
05 20.30 Mimori Suzuko - Yakusoku Shite yo? Issho Dayo!
06 19.40 JUNO - Ring
07 17.80 Takeuchi Mariya - Dear Angie ~Anata wa Makenai / Sorezore no Yoru
08 17.40 SPYAIR - Genjyo Destruction
09 17.30 Shimizu Shota - WOMAN DON'T CRY
10 15.00 Angela Aki - Yume no Owari Ai wo Hajimari
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.)
More new releases next week (according to CDJapan listing):
Singles - Daisuke, BORN, Royz, Doll Elements, Sanmyu, A.F.R.O, Hanashonen Baddies, Konezumi, Ariel, odd's, Scarlet, GALEYD, Yasuda Rei, CHIHIRO, Nakamoto Koji
Albums - PLAYZONE '13, ASAMACK, Kayama Yuzo, Weather Girls, Hi-Fi CAMP, Blu-BiLLioN, YOSHIKA, bomi, COMEBACK MY DAUGHTERS, Iruka, Oki Yuichi, so many tears, DEATHGAZE, satellite blue metro, umbrella, ZUSHI 3KYOUDAI, Muddy Apes, Dr.DOWNER, Michaon, Ryu, L.I.N.E, Bastille, Akaikouen, N.Y&Bicycle, ammoflight
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