T-Pain takes crown as king of ringtones

Enter most any dance club and odds are you'll soon hear "Buy U a Drank" by R&B sensation T-Pain before the night is through. Reuters reports.

But the hit single gets most of its spins as a 30-second clip.

"Buy U a Drank" is the best-selling mastertone of 2007, according to Nielsen RingScan, moving more than 2.3 million units year to date.

... The Southern soulster gives credit to ringtones -- in addition to a close relationship with hip-hop/R&B hitmaker Akon -- as a significant factor behind his success. In a May Billboard interview, T-Pain said it was his ringtone sales that forced his label to support his first album."

emily | 9:06 AM | Ringtone Pop Chart |
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