Albums:
01 131.10 Yamashita Tomohisa - Ero
02 51.20 Slipknot - ANTENNAS TO HELL
03 41.70 THE ALFEE - Alfee Get Requests
04 28.70 SHU-I - NEXTAGE
05 24.80 Kitamura Eri - RE;STORY
06 24.00 BONNIE PINK - Chasing Hope
07 19.30 Wonder Girls - Nobody For Everybody
08 17.90 Carrie Underwood - Blown Away
09 17.30 Flo Rida - Wild Ones
Singles:
01 222.30 EIGHT RANGER (Kanjani8) - ER
02 151.00 Watanabe Mayu - Otona Jelly Beans
03 143.70 EXILE - BOW & ARROWS
04 65.40 AAA - 777 ~We can sing a song~
05 51.50 Nishino Kana - GO FOR IT!!
06 35.60 Fairies - Tweet Dream / Sparkle
07 29.40 Berryz Koubou - cha cha SING
08 28.10 ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION - Soredewa, Mata Ashita
09 26.60 Superfly & Tortoise Matsumoto - STARS
10 25.20 Sakamoto Maaya - More Than Words
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 - JASMINE, Little Blue boX, Sadie, Nanba Shiho, UNISON SQUARE GARDEN, ET-KING, U-KISS, MYNAME
Albums - The Sketchbook, ROOKiEZ is PUNK'D, Tsuki Amano, MARiA, Yoshioka Aika, DECO*27
Ah...ah...Eito Ranger...Of course! XDDD
And although Mayuyu's NINKI is higher than EXILE, but I have a feeling they'll surpass Mayuyu and grab the no.2 spot. And if Eito and EXILE have it their way like for Ai Deshita and ALL NIGHT LONG, we might be able to see top 2 singles surpassing 250k and 200k each! XD
But really, such a competitive singles week next week. This will be exciting and I can't wait! :)
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