Hot Ringtones (also known as just Ringtones) was a record chart published weekly by Billboard. It is their first chart to be published that ranks the most popular ringtones.
The chart was quietly discontinued on December 6, 2014; the final chart was released on November 29, 2014, and the final number-one song on the chart was "Shake It Off" by Taylor Swift.[1]
Background
[edit]On October 26, 2004, Billboard staff announced that they would be adding a new chart for ringtones.[2][3]
Hot RingMasters
[edit]In 2006, Billboard introduced a new ringtones chart titled Hot RingMasters. The first number one song on the Hot RingMasters chart, for the issue dated December 2, 2006, was "Smack That" by Akon and Eminem.[4]
Hot MasterTones
[edit]On April 3, 2006, John Kilcullen, president and publisher of Billboard Information Group, and Geoff Mayfield, Billboard's director of charts, announced a new Billboard ringtone chart titled "Hot MasterTones" at Billboard MECCA 2006.[5][6][7]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Ringtones: Week of November 29, 2014". Billboard. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
- ↑ "Billboard Bows Ringtones Chart". Billboard. October 26, 2004. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
- ↑ "Ringtones get their own Billboard chart". NBC News. October 28, 2004. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
- ↑ "Akon Smacks Down Rivals On New Ringtone Chart". Billboard. November 29, 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
- ↑ "Billboard To Rank MasterTones On New Chart". Billboard. April 5, 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
- ↑ "Billboard adds another ringtones chart". NBC News. April 4, 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
- ↑ "Billboard to Start Ranking 'Master' Cell-Phone Ringtones". Fox News. April 6, 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2025.