NINKI ratings for the week of 5/8~11/8/2013
Albums:
01 66.50 T-ARA - TREASURE BOX
02 41.50 Che'Nelle - Aishiteru
03 25.40 SPYAIR - MILLION
04 21.00 Utsu P - Warufuzake
05 18.70 BiSKAIDAN - BiSKAIDAN
06 18.20 ZEBRAHEAD - Call Your Friends
07 18.00 JAY-Z - Magna Carta Holy Grail
08 16.70 FALL OUT BOY - Live In Tokyo
09 16.30 Gabrielle Aplin - English Rain
10 15.90 PAPIYON P feat. HATSUNE MIKU - Fictional World
Singles:
01 254.80 Southern All Stars - Peace to Highlight
02 82.50 Akanishi Jin - HEY WHAT'S UP?
03 72.20 Acid Black Cherry - Greed Greed Greed
04 58.70 Choshinsei - WINNER
05 54.20 IDOLING!!! - Summer Lion
06 51.50 Yusuke - Tomorokoshi / Earth Child
07 36.70 Nishino Kana - Namida Iro
08 35.70 LinQ - HANABI!!
09 35.40 SKY-HI - Ai Bloom / RULE
10 26.50 CODE-V - Yakusoku
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:
Singles - Flower, Happiness, LiSA, AFILIA SAGA, MAX, DEEN, Dia Lady/Melow Quad/HI-FIN, Brand New Vibe, AMIAYA, EVE, AeLL., OSAKA BB WAVE, Scarlet, Katahira Rina, ROGUE, 2nd Dyz, CHEESE CAKE, HIMEKYUN FRUITCAN, Miguel Guerreiro & SAKURA MAYA, Sashida Fumiya, JaaBourBonz
Albums - SOFFet, ecosystem, BEGIN, SOIL & "PIMP" SESSIONS, jyA-Me, Hamada Mari, Izumiya Shigeru, Sawa Tomoe, noodles, DEZERT, Duca, PHONO TONES, Endo Masaaki, Magistina Saga, Ningenisu, KIDS
It's a pity that Flower and Happiness couldn't get into the NINKI, hopefully this doesn't mean that the public is not aware of them. It is after all a strong week though, and hopefully they can at least sell more than CODE-V.
Also rooting for SAS, ABC and Che'Nelle!
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