"Soba ni Iru ne" ranked 1st in royalties for 2008

Tokyograph News · 05-25-2009, 03:00 AM

JASRAC has released its annual report on music royalty payments for the 2008 year. The numbers cover all formats, including internet distribution and karaoke machines.

Thelma Aoyama's "Soba ni Iru ne" was #1 in royalty revenues, earning much of it through mobile phone and computer distribution. At #2 was AKINO's "Sousei no Aquarion" ("Genesis of Aquarion") theme song, which has also been licensed for other uses such as pachinko machines.

GReeeeN ranked 3rd with "Kiseki" and 5th with "Aiuta," while the background music of "Neon Genesis Evangelion" ranked 4th.

Overall, royalties in 2008 totaled about 112.9 billion yen, a 2.4% drop from 2007.

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meoinkie2 · 05-27-2009, 01:48 PM

winners are greatly deserving..

Soba ni Iru ne is the first ever song from Aoyama Thelma that i've heard, and im glad it was the first..xD
im very happy for GReeeeN too!! totally love Kiseki and AiUta

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05-25-2009, 03:00 AM	#1
Tokyograph News Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 11	"Soba ni Iru ne" ranked 1st in royalties for 2008 JASRAC has released its annual report on music royalty payments for the 2008 year. The numbers cover all formats, including internet distribution and karaoke machines. Thelma Aoyama's "Soba ni Iru ne" was #1 in royalty revenues, earning much of it through mobile phone and computer distribution. At #2 was AKINO's "Sousei no Aquarion" ("Genesis of Aquarion") theme song, which has also been licensed for other uses such as pachinko machines. GReeeeN ranked 3rd with "Kiseki" and 5th with "Aiuta," while the background music of "Neon Genesis Evangelion" ranked 4th. Overall, royalties in 2008 totaled about 112.9 billion yen, a 2.4% drop from 2007. Link to article

05-27-2009, 01:48 PM	#2
meoinkie2 嵐 is my anti-drug Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Japan in my dreams :p Posts: 299	winners are greatly deserving.. Soba ni Iru ne is the first ever song from Aoyama Thelma that i've heard, and im glad it was the first..xD im very happy for GReeeeN too!! totally love Kiseki and AiUta __________________ Happy 10th Year Arashi!! "create a storm throughout the world" - Aiba Masaki