Media company Label Mobile has released its 2008 rankings for chaku-uta downloads, based on data from December 1 of last year to November 30 of this year. According to the rankings, the biggest hit of the year was Thelma Aoyama's "Soba ni Iru ne," which was #1 in six different formats. "Soba ni Iru ne" topped the Chaku-Uta Full list, ahead of GReeeeN's "Kiseki" and Hikaru Utada's "Prisoner of Love." On the regular Chaku-Uta list, Aoyama and GReeeeN were again #1 and #2, but Kimaguren's "LIFE" edged out Utada for the #3 spot. Aoyama's song also ranked highest in the video clip, chakushin movie, chakushin melody, and RBT formats. In addition, it ranked #1 on the Recochoku's "InTheGroove" site, which focuses on club music. credit: tokyograph
