In an effort to curb the slide in cd single sales of the last few years, the RIAA and other major labels are offering up a possible solution to the problemthe ringle.

The idea is to captialize on the booming sales of cell phone ringtones many of the music buying youth seem to be spending their hard earned cash on these days. The ringle will be packaged similar to the traditional singlesthe song, a remix track and maybe another song from the bands album. The difference with the ringle will be the addition of a code for consumers to go online and download the track they purchased as a ringtone. The labels hope this will be a perfect marriage of the online and offline as well as helping to get traditional music stores in the digital ringtone market.

The ringle is expected to retail for around $6 and major labels like Sony BMG and Universal are planning on rolling the ringle out with about 50 and 20 titles respectively starting this October/November.

Major retail chains like Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy and Amazon have already agreed to carry the ringle in their stores.