A ringtone or ring tone is the sound made by a telephone to indicate an incoming call. The term, however, is most often used to refer to the customizable sounds available on mobile phones. This facility was originally provided so that people would be able to determine when their phone was ringing when in the company of other mobile phone owners.
A phone only rings when a special “ringing signal” is sent to it. For regular telephones, the ringing signal is a 90-volt, 20-hertz, AC wave generated by the switch to which the telephone is connected. For mobile phones, the ringing signal is a specific, radio-frequency signal.
The first commercial mobile ring tones were created and delivered in Finland in 1998 when a Finnish mobile operator Radiolinja (today Elisa) started their downloadable mobile ring tone service called Harmonium invented by Vesa-Matti Paananen. The Harmonium contained both tools for general public to create monophonic ring tones and a mechanism to deliver them over-the-air (OTA) via SMS to a mobile handset and to bill customer on their phone bill. The service concept spread quickly in Europe and Asia and developed to be a multi billion industry globally. A ring tone service was one of the very first successful m-commerce services and contained also social media aspects like composing, sharing and rating ring tones. The Harmonium also created quickly a need for high quality professional ring tones and commercial ring tone libraries.
Because of this site you no longer have to use Google to find your Spice Girls Ringtones ! Using Searches like Spice Girls Ringtones and Spice Girls Ringtone , all you need is http://www.spicegirlsringtone.com !
Since the group’s break-up, rumours have persisted of a reunion. UK national tabloid The Mirror’s even dedicated front-page space and half of their double page, daily entertainment news to what was supposedly their scoop, that the girls were back, reforming for the Live 8 concerts. Organiser Bob Geldof confirmed at a press conference on May 31, 2005 that he had been in contact with all of them and was serious about wanting them to reform but it was all five of them or nothing.
On June 28, 2007 after months of speculation, the Spice Girls announced an eleven date world wide tour entitled “The Return of the Spice Girls” kicking off in Los Angeles on December 7, 2007. The group said the shows would be in Los Angeles on Dec. 7; Las Vegas on Dec. 8; New York on Dec. 11; London on Dec. 15; Cologne, Germany, on Dec. 20; Madrid, Spain, on Dec. 23; Beijing on Jan. 10; Hong Kong on Jan. 12; Sydney, Australia, on Jan. 17; Cape Town, South Africa, on Jan. 20; and Buenos Aires, Argentina on Jan. 24.
The tour will support the November release of a greatest hits album through Virgin Records. In addition, filmmaker Bob Smeaton will oversee an official documentary on the reformed band, which will be distributed worldwide at an undisclosed date. On the documentary, Geri said, “You are going to get to know what is behind the stories that you’ve heard, it’s going to be the most honest story you’ve ever heard, you’re going to get to see the dark side of the Spice Girls, the gritty side, the tears”. The Spice Girls confirmed that all of their previous hits will be performed and that Geri will also join the girls to perform the number one hits that the girls achieved without her. They also have confirmed that the recording of new material is a possibility.
The group admitted the reunion is unlikely to become permanent. “We want our kids to see what we do,” said Beckham, who is married to soccer superstar David Beckham. “I might even get to be the cool one in my family for once”.
In November 1997 the Spice Girls released their second studio album, Spiceworld. Preceded by the single “Spice Up Your Life”, the album proved to be an instant global best seller. It set a new record for the fastest-selling album over two weeks when it shipped 7 million copies. Gaining favourable reviews, the album went on to sell over 10 million copies in Europe, Canada, and the United States alone. Criticised in America for releasing the album just nine months after their debut there and suffering from over-exposure at home, the Spice Girls began to experience a media backlash. The group was criticised for the number of sponsorship deals signed – over 20 in total – and they began to witness diminishing international chart positions. Nevertheless, the Spice Girls remained the biggest-selling pop group of both 1997 and 1998. Further singles released from the album included “Too Much”, “Stop” and “Viva Forever” – with “Stop” being the only track not to hit number 1 in Britain (it entered and peaked at number 2). The track remains their only single not to go to number 1 in the UK.
On July 8, 1996 the Spice Girls released their debut single “Wannabe” in the United Kingdom. In the weeks leading up to the release, the video for “Wannabe,” (directed by Johan Camitz and shot in April at St Pancras Chambers in London), had dominated the music channels. In July 1996 the group conducted their first interview with Paul Gorman, the contributing editor of music industry paper Music Week, at Virgin Records’ London headquarters. His piece recognised that the Spice Girls were about to institute a change in the charts away from Britpop and towards out-and-out pop. He wrote: “Just when boys with guitars threaten to rule pop life, an all-girl, in-yer-face pop group has arrived with enough sass to burst that rockist bubble!!” The song entered the charts at number 3 before moving up to number 1 the following week and staying there for seven weeks. The song proved to be a global hit, hitting number 1 in 31 countries and becoming not only the biggest selling single by an all-female group but also the biggest-selling debut single of all time. “Wannabe” also proved to be a catalyst in helping the Spice Girls break the notoriously difficult U.S. market when it debuted on the Hot 100 Chart at number 11. At the time this was the highest-ever debut by a British (or non-American) act in the US, beating the record previously held by The Beatles for “I Want to Hold Your Hand” at number 12. “Wannabe” reached Number 1 in the US four weeks later.
The Spice Girls are a BRIT Award-winning English all-female pop group, which formed in London in 1994. The group signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single, “Wannabe”, in 1996. The song went on to spend seven weeks at the top of the UK singles chart and helped establish the group as an “international phenomenon” who went on to release three studio albums and ten singles, selling in excess of 53 million records world wide.
The group embraced merchandise and became a regular feature of the British press. Each member of the group were given aliases by Top of the Pops Magazine in 1996 which were adopted by the group and media alike. According to biographer David Sinclair, “Scary, Baby, Ginger, Posh and Sporty were the most widely recognised group of individuals since John, Paul, George and Ringo”, stating that the group were “a social phenomenon that changed the course of popular music and popular culture”.
