Thelma Aoyama sets a Guinness World Record
 

Thelma Aoyama's hit "Soba ni Iru ne" is currently the best-selling song as a full mobile download (chaku-uta) in Japan. That title has now been officially recognized by the Guinness World Records, and Aoyama has been presented with her certificate.

"Soba ni Iru ne" was released in January and had been downloaded to mobile phones 2 million times as of July, when the application was filed with Guinness. The song currently stands at a total of 8.2 million downloads across various formats, including 3.55 million chaku-uta downloads and 2.15 million chaku-uta full downloads. The CD release was the top-selling single for the first half of 2008.

source : http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/entertain...OHT1T00030.htm
http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-3773


On January 23, Thelma Aoyama released her chart-topping single "Soba ni Iru ne." The song began chaku-uta full distribution the same day, and it has already reached 1 million downloads, becoming the fastest seller ever.

According to management from her record company, the song topped the daily chaku-uta charts for 42 consecutive days, from the song's release on January 23 until March 4. It took one additional day to push the song over 1 million downloads, easily beating the previous 91-day record held by GReeeeN's "Aiuta." The song also ranked #1 in six different mobile download categories during the month of February.

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Congrats to Thelma. :shimmy Girl did her damn thang this year. I luff the song so I think her achieving this record is absolutely outstanding. :heart

I'm kinda confused tho. =/ Does this mean she beat Hikki's record for FOL too? :think

^ Exactly what i was thinking about.

Nevertheless congratulations Thelma! :D

OMG COngrats Aoyama!

WOW...really amazing..congrats to her! haha

Kudos to aoyama thelma!

I hope this means she beat Hikki. Flavor of Life=highly overrated.

I luv this girl n that song of her! Congrat Thelma! ^_^

wow I just heard the song and it's AMAZING!

but why is this a "world record"? isnt it just a record on japan?

as much as people think FoL was overrated this song was even more overrated.

i love the song for a while, now i'm very bored with it~
:yes congrats to her

SoulJa is somewhere banging his head against the wall since it was technically "his" song first. :laugh (And I like his version more, but oh well, congrats to Thelma.)

Yay Thelma! Now release your new single already please! :)

i don't know what so special about that song
but congrats to aoyama

Actually i think this song is overrated... but anyway congratz to her.

wow these people have horrible taste in music.

Yes,she does

Congratz for Thelma

^I don't know if it's mistake in grammar or wut but it says Soba ni Iru ne is the best-selling digital song, not single which Hikki owns. =/


:roflmao Soba ni Iru ne is not that bad of song...but I can see how it kinda got on nerves, just like FOL. :laugh Both were nice songs tho.


@Calico: OMG! Ikr! :lmfao The poor guy. His version doesn't even come close to Thelma's sales both digitally and physical. Even tho I likie both versions, I like Themla version better.

Both songs are great, but I wish she didn't beat FoL