Recochoku, one of the biggest online and mobile music download portals in Japan, recently released the 2012 half-year download charts for the period from January 1st until June 30th.

Check out the top ranking for digital singles, chaku-uta, music videos, theme songs and more over the first half of 2012 below!

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< Chaku-Uta Full � Half-Year Rankings > *

< Chaku-Uta Full Download Ranking >



01 - "Be..." - Ms.OOJA
02 - "Misenai Namida wa Kitto Itsuka" - GReeeeN
03 - "GIVE ME FIVE!" - AKB48
04 - "SAKURA, I love you?" - Nishino Kana
05 - "Watashitachi" - Nishino Kana
06 - "Rising Sun" - EXILE
07 - "Love Story" - Amuro Namie
08 - "Memeshikute" - Golden Bomber
09 - "Inori ~Namida no Kidou" - Mr.Children
10 - "Hapiness" - AI

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< Artist Ranking >



01 - EXILE
02 - AKB48
03 - Nishino Kana
04 - Sonar Pocket
05 - GReeeeN
06 - Ikimonogakari
07 - Amuro Namie
08 - JUJU
09 - Fukuyama Masahiro
10 - Hamasaki Ayumi

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< New Artist Ranking >



01 - Ieiri Leo
02 - Nogizaka46
03 - Alexandra Stan

* �Chaku-Uta Full� is the synonym for a full digital song.

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< Chaku-Uta � Half-Year Rankings > **

< Chaku-Uta Download Ranking >



01 - "Misenai Namida wa Kitto Itsuka" - GReeeeN
02 - "Be..." - Ms.OOJA
03 - "SAKURA, I love you?" - Nishino Kana
04 - "Watashitachi" - Nishino Kana
05 - "Wild at Heart" - Arashi
06 - "GIVE ME FIVE!" - AKB48
07 - "Ai, Texas" - Yamashita Tomohisa
08 - "Tadaima" - JUJU
09 - "Rising Sun" - EXILE
10 - "Face Down" - Arashi

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< Artist Ranking >



01 - Nishino Kana
02 - Arashi
03 - EXILE
04 - AKB48
05 - GReeeeN
06 - Amuro Namie
07 - JUJU
08 - Ikimonogakari
09 - Sonar Pocket
10 - Ms.OOJA

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< New Artist Ranking >



01 - Ieiri Leo
02 - Alexandra Stan
03 - Nogizaka46

** �Chaku-Uta� are short versions (30~40 seconds long) of songs that can easily be used as ringtones (truetone). They are usually encoded in MP3, AAC, and other similar formats.

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< Other Half-Year Rankings >

< Music Video Downloads � Half-Year Ranking >



01 - "Manatsu no Sounds good!" - AKB48
02 - "GIVE ME FIVE!" - AKB48
03 - "Rising Okamura-san / OKAXILE (EXILE Live Tour 2011 Tower of Wish)" - EXILE
04 - "Heavy Rotation" - AKB48
05 - "Tsukema Tsukeru" - Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
06 - "Kataomoi Finally" - SKE48
07 - "Speed Up" - KARA
08 - "Rising Sun" - EXILE
09 - "Everyday, Kachuusha" - AKB48
10 - "Choo Choo Okamura TRAIN 2011 / OKAXILE (EXILE Live Tour 2011 Tower of Wish)" - EXILE

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< TV/CM/Movie Theme Song (Full) � Half-Year Ranking >



01 - "Be..." - Ms.OOJA
02 - "Misenai Namida wa Kitto Itsuka" - GReeeeN
03 - "ROCK ME BABY" - THE BAWDIES
04 - "how beautiful you are" - Hamasaki Ayumi
05 - "Yasashiku Naritai" - Saito Kazuyoshi
06 - "Shine" - Ieiri Leo
07 - "Tadaima" - JUJU
08 - "Kono Sekai ni Umareta Wake" - FUNKY MONKEY BABYS
09 - "Inori ~Namida no Kidou" - Mr.Children
10 - "Tsumetai Ame" - BONNIE PINK

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< Anime/Game Theme Song (Full) � Half-Year Ranking >



01 - "Synchrogazer" - Mizuki Nana
02 - "Tell Your World" - livetune feat. Hatsune Miku
03 - "Kimi no Shinwa ~Aquarion Dai Ni Shou" - AKINO with bless4
04 - "The Everlasting Guilty Crown" - EGOIST produced by ryo(supercell)
05 - "Naisho no Hanashi" - ClariS
06 - "to the beginning" - Kalafina
07 - "We go!" - Kitadani Hiroshi
08 - "METRO BAROQUE" - Mizuki Nana
09 - "Chase the world" - May'n
10 - "Gyakkou no Flugel" - Zwei Wing (CV: Mizuki Nana & Takayama Minami)

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< Album Downloads � Half-Year Ranking >



01 - "COVERS" - BENI
02 - "Love Songs From Best Hits" - Various Artists
03 - "V.I.P. R&B/DANCE TRAX" - Various Artists
04 - "Dance Hall Lovers J-Covers" - Various Artists
05 - "Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.1" - Utada Hikaru
06 - "Tsukema Tsukeru" - Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
07 - "INFINITY 16 BEST" - INFINITY 16
08 - "Love Songs" - Che'Nelle
09 - "YUZU YOU [2006-2011]" - Yuzu
10 - "Sorry For Party Rocking" - LMFAO

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The complete top 100 of most half-year ranking as well as rankings from other categories, like the insignificant mail order rankings can be found on Recochoku!