Thelma Aoyama sets a Guinness World Record

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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.

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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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