NINKI index for L
 

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You were.../BALLAD - 92.00
MOON/blossom - 90.70
crossroad - 86.40

Ooh I almost forgot SID & flumpool are releasing singles next week (surprised at how high cosmetic's but it's a great song & so's for Kimi ni Todoke)

shouldn't be that much of a problem for L to nail #1 (the no. should be higher which I'm surprised it's not O_O) as both bands haven't nailed a #1 in their career ... yet

I wish they'd stop releasing Ninki Numbers. Just ninki-rankings will do, 'cause the numbers don't say anything really... but, I'm surprised the 2 bands are so close to Ayu here.... although, there's no chance that Ayu won't be #1 ;)

i thought that the ninki number for L should be higher than crossroad O.O
but its good to see she's still the number one

What the...SID!?

~_~ :o :rolleyes

you have a problem with SID ? (SID & flumpool fan here)

I don't have any problems with ayumi taking the top spot since SID & let alone flumpool do not have any #1 in their discography (yet)

I think it's an honour for them to go up against her anyway so :shrug

What exactly is "NINKI"? Though, I'm happy to see Ayu #1 anywhere!

Sorry, I don't usually follow charts like these... ^^;

^NINKI is a chart where they poll a certain number of people to see which artists releases that week they are most interested in. It's basically just a popularity poll.

O__O

I thought for sure L's NINKI would be a lot higher. Well, M/b's NINKI was higher than crossroad and so far, crossroad is beating it in sales so it's nothing to worry about.

Just a chart of releases people are anticipating. But only 500 ORICON subscribers are allowed to vote or something like that. The charts usually do not predict what happens with the single/album though. Let it Go by Yuna was in the top 10 for that chart but when it was actually released it flopped lol.

I'm not sure why people were expecting the NINKI to be that much higher. I know L is a special anniversary release and all, but don't forget it's generally ONLY THE FANS that care about that sort of thing.

To all other buyer, the single is just another single. It might still end up selling more than MOON and Crossroad, because of promotion, but it's not like all of Japan is on the edge of their seat, waiting for L.

Aa, thanks! It seems like kind of a shallow pool... only 500? That's definitely not enough to tell what's going to happen, especially since the Oricon deals with numbers in the ten thousands! I suppose it's better than nothing, though?

I'm happy L is doing well in it! Even if it isn't really indicative of what's going to happen, it'd be pretty depressing to find her at a low number (or not on it at all)!

what...lower than Kuu??? LOL..ultimately males are still the biggest threat it seems...but its ok. Im sure she'll prevail. the 2 & 3 are...not from avex?

actually..so long as she's no.1 i dun really care about the sales hahah. Just hope the sales will be better than crossroad. coz it wouldnt make sense if it wasnt

I really wish someone will be a threaten for Ayu this time so Avex will do anything to boost the sales so Ayu can get higher sales like MW. LoL

woo,,,,
i think it will be aroound 100k,,,
but still number 1...
yay,,,,

SID's material is released via Kioon Records which's a sub label of Sony BMG

flumpool's material is released via Amuse/A Sketch which's an indie label

Hope that she can sell more than Ninki number ! wish the best for u , Ayu !

I expected a higher ninki...but it's just a poll...

NINKI do not predict sales...

Hm... surprisingly low. At least there's more than 10 points difference between her and the next highest contender. Again, the only thing keeping L from #1 is crossroad, but I sincerely hope that's not the case.

That's why i said "hope " !

glad to know she still got number one on this whatsoever chart...

i hope that L will get more success than crossroad

Yeppp~~ I hope L will sell more than crossroad~

I think there really isnt much promotion for this single...O.O the general public might think crossroad was it. and Ayu wont be releasing anything in a while..since this is a new marketing tactic...

I think lots of people don't know anything about L xD

Um, yea because they just played the short version of Virgin Road, people are going to wonder about where it came from, and if they know anything about Ayu then they know about L. It's been announced a while ago. And hey, they have the CM playing. So how would people not know about L? :shrug

Coz' the CM is not broadcasted sufficiently.... I mean.. I saw Koda CMs I don't know how many times but for Ayu... only one time and for Crossroad...
And for the PV... it's not broadcasted on public channel so only some people can see it....

^KIRA!!!! :heart


lol sorry just had to do that. XD

SID is an amazing band, their first week sales for their last single (Rain) were: 61,283
Ayu sold more with MOON / blossom without promotion, 70,568 the first week.

Watch out - it might be interesting, so let's not get excited for Ayu to get the record...

I feel good about this, both of them gonna sell well :D

Why not? XD.

On one hand it would be both extremely sad and HILARIOUS if SID overtook her no. 1 spot (they would always be remembered as the band that BROKE Ayu's record with their first no.1), on the other hand they have no chance whatsoever to sell more than Ayu. It just won't happen : )

i thought flumpool went major already, so they didn't huh? best luck for ayu!

I thought it would be higher but anyway, good luck ayu!!

Each time I see a low NINKI for an ayu single, I expect to sell a lot. Already in four days, crossroad has almost surpassed MOON/blossom sales for full week. And this was the case with other singles too!

I thought that NINKI for S/S was higher than You were.../BALLAD? Maybe, I can't remember.