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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.
[edit] How Nielsen RingScan tracks sales
Full sales data is collected weekly from point-of-sale retailers comprising of mobile carriers and direct-to-consumer companies. The data is aggregated to produce sales reports for each market represented in RingScan.
[edit] Top Selling Ringtones
Top 10 Polyphonic Ringtone – 2006 [1]
| Rank |
Song |
Artist |
| 1 |
Super Mario Bros. |
Theme |
| 2 |
My Humps |
Black Eyed Peas |
| 3 |
Grillz |
Nelly |
| 4 |
Ms. New Booty |
Bubba Sparxxx |
| 5 |
Laffy Taffy |
D4L |
| 6 |
Pink Panther |
Theme |
| 7 |
Gold Diger |
Kanye West |
| 8 |
Halloween |
Movie Theme |
| 9 |
Mission Impossible |
Theme |
| 10 |
Candy Shop |
50 Cent |
|
Top 10 Truetone/Mastertone – 2006 [2]
| Rank |
Song |
Artist |
| 1 |
I'm in love with a stripper |
T-Pain |
| 2 |
Lips of An Angel |
Hinder |
| 3 |
Sexyback |
Justin Timberlake |
| 4 |
Irreplaceable |
Beyonce |
| 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 [3]
| Rank |
Song |
Artist |
| 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 |
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