NINKI ratings for the week of 13/9~19/9/2011

Albums:

01 77.20 AAA - #AAABEST

02 29.30 Anzenchitai - Anzenchitai X II

03 17.60 Lil'B - Everybody Say Peace

04 17.20 SEEDA - Shunkan / IN THE MOMENT

05 17.10 Kato Kazuki - 5th Anniversary K.K Bestsellers

06 15.90 Juliet - Shibuya

07 15.00 NO DOUBT FLASH - GOLD MEMBER

08 14.60 Lady Antebellum - Own The Night

09 14.50 jealkb - AGAINST

10 14.40 Selena Gomez & The Scene - When The Sun Goes Down

Singles:

01 123.30 EXILE / EXILE ATSUSHI - Rising Sun / Itsuka Kitto...

02 56.80 Morning Musume. - Kono Chikyu no Heiwa wo Honki de Negatteirundayo! / Kare to Issho ni Omise ga Shitai

03 44.80 YELLOW FRIED CHICKENz - THE END OF THE DAY

04 34.90 ClariS - nexus

05 32.40 Nakashima Mika - LOVE IS ECSTASY

06 25.60 RAINBOW - A

07 25.00 The Cro-magnons - Number One Yarou!

08 24.10 Sukima Switch - Hare Tokidoki Kumo

09 16.90 MAY'S - BONDS

10 16.10 BIGMAMA - #DIV/0!

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.)