NINKI ratings for the week of 21/5~27/5/2012Albums:01 28.80 Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - Pamyu Pamyu Revolution02 23.80 Hirano Aya - FRAGMENTS03 23.40 YU-A - DREAM04 20.30 locofrank - locofrank 1998-201105 18.30 Sigur Ros - Valtari06 18.10 TEENTOP - TEENTOP JAPAN FIRST EDITION07 17.50 John-Hoon - VOICE08 17.30 Children Of Bodom - Holiday At Lake Bodom ~Best Of Children Of Bodom09 16.80 B.o.B - Strange Clouds10 16.50 Okamoto Nobuhiko - PaletteSingles:01 571.30 AKB48 - Manatsu no Sounds good!02 96.40 NYC - Haina!03 68.00 GLAY - Bible04 62.60 Yuzu - with you05 58.50 Choshinsei - Stupid Love / COME BACK TO ME06 55.30 T-ARA - Lovey-Dovey (Japanese ver.)07 51.60 Nishino Kana - Watashitachi08 26.70 BUCK-TICK - Elise no Tame ni09 23.70 The Cro-magnons - Totsugeki Rock10 23.10 TOKYO GIRLS' STYLE - Tsuioku -Single Arrange ver.- / Taisetsu na KotobaNote 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 release next week (according to CDJapan listing):Singles - Kiyoharu, Rake, TAMURAPAN, PUFFY, FUDANJUKU, ABCHO, ET-KINGAlbums - Sakai Yu, TM NETWORK, F.CUZ, Genki Rockets, Karasu, exist trace, BENI (live album)
Team A: Sashihara Rino, Shinoda Mariko, Takahashi Minami, Maeda AtsukoTeam K: Itano Tomomi, Oshima YukoTeam B: Kashiwagi Yuki, Watanabe MayuTeam 4: Kato Rena, Shimazaki Haruka
Dance Version26th真夏のSounds good !(Dance ver) - 视频 - 优酷视频 - 在线观看
Manatsu No Sounds Good! Shipped Record-breaking Over 2 Million Copies For The First Day AKB48's 26th single Manatsu no Sounds Good! has shipped over 2 million copies already, it's announced today. When it comes to singles, The largest shipping number for the first day in the history before this single of Japanese music scene was Kaze ha Fuiteiru, which shipped about 1.6 million. This single contains voting tickets for coming AKB48's 27th single Senbatsu Sousenkyo. Early result of this election will be announced on 20:30 (JST) today, 23th May at AKB theatre and uploaded on AKB48's official blog and AKB48 mobile.
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AKB481週目 HeavyR Beginner CnJ Ki ni Narō E-K Flying Kaze Mariko GM5 MSG 08/18 10/27 12/08 02/16 05/22 08/24 10/26 12/07 02/15 05/23――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――月 ---,--- ----,--- ---,--- ----,--- -,---,--- -,---,--- -,---,--- -,---,--- -,---,--- -,---,---1 340,487 *568,095 471,242 *655,344 *,942,475 1,025,952 1,045,937 *,959,280 *,966,529 1,170,5542 *68,439 *112,151 *54,780 *101,304 *,142,233 *,113,656 *,*99,592 *,*79,267 *,120,788 -,---,---3 *36,469 **61,863 *20,860 **51,196 *,*57,945 *,*65,783 *,*49,190 *,*32,235 *,*53,538 -,---,---4 *29,323 **26,077 *15,765 **53,206 *,*57,371 *,*54,518 *,*26,912 *,*21,188 *,*38,596 -,---,---5 *20,521 **23,109 *12,821 **30,801 *,*54,330 *,*47,208 *,*26,763 *,*23,346 *,*40,600 -,---,---6 *20,773 **22,025 *13,201 **27,180 *,*46,246 *,*39,418 *,*28,300 *,*27,746 *,*36,743 -,---,---―――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――7 516,012 *813,320 588,669 *919,031 1,300,600 1,346,535 1,276,694 1,143,062 1,256,794 1,170,5548 527,336 *826,989 596,769 *942,479 1,333,969 1,354,492 1,300,482 1,198,864 1,287,217 -,---,---