Albums:
01 94.30 Hamasaki Ayumi - LOVE again
02 70.50 Sonar Pocket - Sonapokeism ④ ~Kimi to Iu Hana~
03 34.70 Hotei Tomoyasu - COME RAIN COME SHINE
04 34.10 THE CRO-MAGNONS - YETI vs CROMAGNON
05 30.00 SCANDAL - ENCORE SHOW
06 23.80 Kiyokiba Shunsuke - FIGHTING MEN
07 22.80 Mano Erina - BEST FRIENDS
08 21.80 NEGOTO - 5
09 19.90 UNISON SQUARE GARDEN - CIDER ROAD
10 19.60 Justin Bieber - Believe ~Acoustic
Singles:
01 160.40 KAT-TUN - EXPOSE
02 120.90 Kashiwagi Yuki - Short Cake
03 65.10 ℃-ute - Kono Machi
04 32.00 Tamura Yukari - W:Wonder tale
05 30.90 Kuraki Mai - TRY AGAIN
06 29.90 Daikoku-Danji - Valentine Fighter
07 22.00 9nine - colorful
08 21.20 Fujifabric - Small World
09 19.10 Dream5 - COME ON! / Doremifa Sorairo
10 18.90 m-flo - LOVER
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 - Weather Girls, Dochin Yoshikuni, MEJIBRAY, MERRY, SCREW, CODE-V
Albums - Shoujo Jidai (Aikawa Nanase, Suzuki Ami, fumika, ASAMACK, Moriyama Ryoko, May J., THE BACK HORN