Ring It On
Country, Pop, Hip Hop Acts Receive First Ringtone Awards
WASHINGTON - Seven artists joined the Recording Industry Association of America's celebrated ringers' circle in April upon
receiving their first Master Ringtone certifications, according to the group's monthly Gold & Platinum count. The RIAA launched its Master Ringtone
award in 2006, an expansion of the organization's historic Gold and Platinum Program designed to recognize the popularity of fans enjoying music through
their mobile phones.
Leading the pack was Florida rapper 2 Pistols' "She Got It" and New Orleans bred Birdman's "Pop Bottles" (Universal Motown), both certifying Gold and Platinum to mark more than one million mobile downloads of the hip hop hits.
Columbia country trio the Dixie Chicks and Arista Nashville duo Brooks & Dunn each saw their first Gold mastertone nods for "Not Ready to Make Nice" and "Hillbilly Deluxe" respectively. The Gold mastertone certification of "Not Ready to Make Nice" joins its currently certified Platinum status as a single while "Hillbilly Deluxe" hails from B&D's Platinum album by the same name.
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Leading the pack was Florida rapper 2 Pistols' "She Got It" and New Orleans bred Birdman's "Pop Bottles" (Universal Motown), both certifying Gold and Platinum to mark more than one million mobile downloads of the hip hop hits.
Columbia country trio the Dixie Chicks and Arista Nashville duo Brooks & Dunn each saw their first Gold mastertone nods for "Not Ready to Make Nice" and "Hillbilly Deluxe" respectively. The Gold mastertone certification of "Not Ready to Make Nice" joins its currently certified Platinum status as a single while "Hillbilly Deluxe" hails from B&D's Platinum album by the same name.
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