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.