The Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) have come out with a new awards program for music ringtones. The CRIA ringtone awards have a platinum certification for ringtones which sell more than 40,000 tones, as well as a gold certification for ringtones that sell more than 20,000 ringtone tracks.

So far 43 ringtones have been certified Platinum, with 15 reaching "double platinum", and 17 ringtones received gold staus. The president of the CRIA, was quoted as saying that ringtones of original songs made approximately 45 percent of Canada's digital music sales in 2007.

It's now easy to download Top selling ringtones from Canadian Ringtone carriers like "Smack That" by Akon, and "Sexy Back," by Justin Timberlake.

Over the next five years mobile media entertainment will more than double in the U.S., according to a new research report.  Analysts predict that by the year 2012, revenues from mobile entertainment will be $6.6 billion, which is more than double 2007 revenues of $3.1 billion from MME services.  As phones and the mobile web platforms improve, off-deck content will be more easily obtainable making an annual growth rate of 16.3 percent possible.  As long as the mobile user's experience is compelling and complementary to other entertainment mediums, users will be willing to subscribe to new mobile content offerings.

Cell phone users are beginning to realize that they no longer have to go to their carrier for mobile entertainment content. In fact, today third party venders such as Thumbplay, DadaMobile and Blinko offer users access to a ton more mobile content like ringtones, mobile games and video downloads, which carriers are unlikely to have.  Mobile Entertainment providers like Thumbplay have partnered with many of the biggest record producers, which allow them to offer ten's of thousands of songs from the hottest music artists out today, as well as more obscure music and sounds.

All this is leading to the major cell phone carriers no longer being able to act as the sole gatekeepers of mobile content.  Now users are able to choose for themselves what service they want to use to download ringtones, videos and mobile games to their phones.  As the large carriers lose their grip on mobile content, it only means consumers will be in a better position to get high quality mobile content for their cell phones. 

Download exclusive American Idol Charity performances and help support a good cause!

TV phenomenon American Idol has given many a starry-eyed hopeful singer a chance to realize their dreams of fame and success and has given a voice to the fans at home. Now, the show has given back with the second edition of Idol Gives Back, a program aimed at raising awareness for extreme poverty in the United States and abroad.

Fall Out Boy realeased a new single titled "Beat It" featuring John Mayer on guitar.  The song is a cover of Michael Jackson's hit 80's song Beat It. The song is definitely rockin' and the guitar solos are pretty siiick! The song is lighting up the Billboard 100 and is currently a hot new release coming in at #22.  What's really hot is that you can now get this "Beat It Ringtone" as your cell phones ringtone. Get this new Fall Out Boy - Beat It Ringtone now!

Pretty rippin' Guitar Hero video of Fall Out Boy's and John Mayer's version of the song Beat It. Joe Trohman of Fall Out Boy liked this video so much that he even linked to it from his website. Pretty cool!

Click Here to Download Beat It Ringtone from Fall Out Boy

It's April Fool's Day 2008 today and Paula Abdul has landing at the top of the ringtone charts.  Nope it's not a joke either, the American Idol judge really does have the number one ringtone for her song Dance Like There's No Tomorrow.  Rounding out the Top 10 is Britney Spears song Piece Of Me. Check out the top ten list:

1. Dance Like There's No Tomorrow - Paula Abdul
2. Lollipop -  Lil Wayne
3. Feels Like Tonight - Daughtry
4. No Air Duet With Chris Brown - Jordin Sparks ft. Chris Brown
5. Stop And Stare - OneRepublic
6. Love In This Club - Usher ft. Young Jeezy
7. How We Do It In The A - Lloyd & Ludacris
8. Long Road To Ruin - Foo Fighters
9. U Plus Ur Hand - Pink
10. Piece Of Me - Britney Spears