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Originally posted by Shy Boy
Is this the official music chart of Japan or something?
Japan is here for Little Mix.
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Well, Recochoku is a site for buying music which has been edited down into files for special use on the cell phone. So you can either download full songs, ringtones and also albums. Ringtones downloads has been the second most used format in Japan (after physical releases) for years.
Everyone who has been at least a little bit into JPN charts would tell you how iTunes is irrelevant but that really changed;
Digital Music Sales (Jan-Jun 2013):
Chaku-Uta ( Mastertones) : 13,135,000 units
Ringback Tones : 33,611,000 units
PC Downloads : 45,309,000 units
Chaku-Uta Full: 16,762,000 units
Album ( PC+Mobile) : 3,142,000 units
Music Video ( PC+mobile) : 1,703,000 units
Ringtones are still very popular, but iTunes downloads in Japan are just getting bigger and bigger.