iTunes versus Chaku-Uta downloads – Mobile Music Rocks

Chaku-uta-full: 3 million mobile music downloads

Japan is the pioneer of mobile music

Ringing tones and mobile music are pioneered in Japan

Put until mid-2004, cumulatively KDDI (Japan’s No. 2 mobile operator) sold more “chaku-uta” mobile music song clips in Japan alone than Apple sold music via iTunes globally.

This fact shows both the power of mobile music, and also the size of Japan’s mobile markets in terms of cash sales.

KDDI/AU reports 3 million Chaku-uta-full (full song) downloads since it’s start on November 19, 2004:

KDDI sells approximately as many chaku-uta music clips as iTunes sells music globally demonstrating the enormous size of Japan's mobile music market
KDDI sells approximately as many chaku-uta music clips as iTunes sells music globally demonstrating the enormous size of Japan’s mobile music market

More in our “Mobile Music Japan” report.

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