Verizon’s Top Music: What Yooooouuuu Enjoyed Hearing Out Of Tiny Speakers In 2007

dangibs | January 10, 2008 12:00 pm
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Sure, we’re ten days into the new year, and the music year just passed has been covered in every imaginable manner, but have we heard the contributions of the true driving force in the music industry? The consumers who are keeping the leaky ship afloat? The voice of those people has been heard… through the announcement of Verizon’s top ten ringtones for 2007. The list (which is, curiously, arranged in alphabetical order) after the jump, but for now a few thoughts.

THE GOOD: I suppose the good news depends on your opinion of one-hit-wonder rap hits of the past year (Hurricane Chris, Sean Kingston, Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em). Maybe the good news is that there’s only one Fergie song on there, and it isn’t “Big Girls Don’t Cry (Personal).” THE BAD: “The Way I Live” by Baby Boy Da Prince, and of course, Fergie. THE WHAAAA? With Interscope announcing that Soulja Boy hit the three-million mark in ringtones, yet had only just reached gold status as far as actual album sales, it nearly makes my head hurt to think of where the music business is going from here, or if anyone will actually be releasing songs that last more than 30 seconds by this time next year.

“A Bay Bay,” by Hurricane Chris “Beautiful Girls (Main Chorus),” by Sean Kingston “Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin’),” by T-Pain “Crank That (Soulja Boy),” by Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em “Glamorous,” by Fergie “Party Like A Rock Star,” by Shop Boyz “Rockstar,” by Nickelback “Stronger,” by Kanye West “The Way I Live,” by Baby Boy Da Prince “This Is Why I’m Hot (Chorus),” by MIMS

Verizon Wireless Announces Top Music from 2007 [PR Newswire] Soulja Boy Tell’em Makes History as ‘Crank That’ Passes the 3,000,000 Mark in Downloads [PR Newswire]