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Land of the rising song
Stuart O'Brien Aug 3 2007, 12:15pm
Universal Music Japan artist first to break one million mobile downloads for one song.
UMJ says the third single by an anonymous quartet of Japanese medical students has become the first full-track mobile download anywhere in the world to sell a million copies.
The milestone belongs to Aiuta (Love Song) by GreeeeN. The track was released on May 16th as a full-track download for mobile and its popularity spread through Internet, radio and word-of-mouth.
In addition to the million-selling full-track format, Aiuta is available as a ringtone, videotone and ringback tone. The song's sales to date across all digital platforms exceed three million.
Kazuhiko Koike, president and COO of Universal Music Japan, said: "We were convinced that Aiuta would have universal appeal the moment we first heard it. We are very gratified that the song has become so popular through a very personal communication tool like the mobile phone."
GreeeeN's first album, A Domo Hajimemashite (Hi, How Do You Do?) has sold 550,000 copies since its release on June 27th.
