NINKI ratings for the week of 15/7~21/7/2013
Albums:
01 119.40 NEWS - NEWS
02 32.70 AI - MORIAGARO
03 25.00 Tokunaga Hideaki - STATEMENT
04 18.20 vistlip - CHRONUS
05 17.30 Noa - Molt
06 16.00 tacica - HOMELAND 11 Blues
07 15.50 Hikasa Yoko - Hikasa Yoko Collaboration Album Glamorous Songs
08 14.70 Ayakonouji Kimimaro - Ayakonouji Kimimaro Bakusho Super Live Dai 5 Shu! ~Iroiro Iukedo, Ki ni Shite ne!?~
09 14.60 Negicco - Melody Palette
10 14.40 Takahashi Yukihiro - LIFE ANEW
Singles:
01 559.90 SKE48 - Utsukushii Inazuma
02 66.60 aiko - Loveletter / 4 Gatsu no Ame
03 16.90 Minato Tomoka (Hanazawa Kana) - 「RO-KYU-BU! SS」 Character Songs 01 Minato Tomoka
04 16.70 access - JOY TRAIN
05 15.30 Shimabukuro Hiroko - Warabigami
06 15.20 DaizyStripper - Uso to Kagero
07 15.00 Sako Tomohisa - Bye-Bye
08 14.00 OLDCODEX - Rage on
09 13.50 HAZZIE→ - for YOU。
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 - SHARAM Q, R Shitei, CREAM, DIV, Kaiketsu! Tropical Maru, GHOST HARLEM, Runa Marie, Kobayashi Taro, canna, Tankobuchin
Albums - HACHIOUJI P, a flood of circle, CREAM, Vimclip, ZIGZO, GOTCHAROCKA, Mekaru, SOUTH, Ishizaki Huwie, nero project, Rebecca, Home Grown, Mitsu, PIERRE TAKI
NEWS and SKE releasing in the same week? In light of the recent event, well...XD
Btw, besides SKE and aiko, singles chart overall don't look so good next week. Albums chart might not look so hot either.
Source 1, 2