Nielsen RingScan is a weekly point-of-sale tracking service of ringtones and is offered by Nielsen Mobile, a division of a Nielsen Entertainment. RingScan currently reports on polyphonic, master and voice ringtones and will expand to include ringbacks and other types of ringtones. RingScan is utilized as the source material for Billboard Magazine's weekly ringtone charts.
How Nielsen RingScan tracks sales Full sales data is collected weekly from point-of-sale retailers, being mobile carriers and direct-to-consumer companies. The data is aggregated to produce sales reports for each market represented in RingScan.
Top Selling Ringtones
+ Top 10 Polyphonic Ringtone – 2006 2006 U.S. Music Purchases Exceed 1 Billion SalesRankSongArtist 1 Super Mario Bros. Theme 2 My Humps The Black Eyed Peas 3 Grillz Nelly 4 Ms. New Booty Bubba Sparxxx 5 Laffy Taffy D4L 6 Pink Panther Theme 7 Gold Digger Kanye West 8 Halloween Movie Theme 9 Mission Impossible Theme 10 Candy Shop 50 Cent
+ Top 10 Truetone/Mastertone – 2006 RankSongArtist 1 I'm in love with a stripper T-Pain 2 Lips of An Angel Hinder 3 Sexyback Justin Timberlake 4 Irreplaceable Beyoncé 5 We Fly High Jim Jones 6 Money Maker Ludacris 7 Chain Hang Low Jibbs 8 My Love Justin Timberlake 9 I Wanna Love You Akon 10 Walk It Out DJ Unk
+ Top 10 Polyphonic Ringtone – 2005 RankSongArtist 1 Candy Shop 50 Cent 2 Lovers and Friends Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz 3 Super Mario Brothers Game Theme 4 Just A Lil Bit 50 Cent 5 Drop It Like It's Hot Snoop Dogg 6 Wait (The Whisper Song) Ying Yang Twins 7 Step Ciara 8 Halloween Movie Theme 9 Gold Digger Kanye West 10 We Belong Together Mariah Carey
See also Nielsen SoundScan Billboard Hot RingMasters Billboard Hot Ringtones The Nielsen Company
References
External links USA Today article: Mastertones ring up profits Preview & download new ringtone mp3 free for mobiles