Labels trade group the Recording Industry Assn. of Japan (RIAJ) today (Sept. 20) introduced a monthly master-ringtone chart as well as gold and platinum certifications for master ringtones and… By ...

Four Japanese labels have filed lawsuits seeking nullification of a July 24 ruling by the government's Fair Trade Commission that they violated the Antimonopoly Law by allegedly preventing other… By ...

LOS ANGELES – Music market tracker Billboard said Tuesday it will start publishing a chart ranking master ringtones, the audio snippets derived from original studio recordings that are used to ...

Music market tracker Billboard said Tuesday that it will start publishing a chart ranking the best-selling master ringtones, audio snippets derived from original studio recordings and used to ...

Put a championship ring on it: Beyonce was far and away the queen of gold and platinum sales milestones during the past decade. By Erik Pedersen, The Associated Press Put a championship ring on it: ...

Music market tracker Billboard said Tuesday it will start publishing a chart ranking the best-selling master ringtones, audio snippets derived from original studio recordings and used to customize ...

When Sir Howard Stringer Sir Howard Stringer 's cell phone rings...does it go "ka-ching"? That's the not-so-rhetorical question, as Billboard announced Tuesday it is adding a new category to its music ...

In some parts of the world, ringtone sales are actually declining, and the former ringtone kings, like Jamba of Germany and Musiwave of France, are refocusing their businesses on other ways to ...