I Am T-Pain: 300,000 users spend 66 mins in-app, more

Jonny Evans
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October 02, 2009
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Update: Get I am T-Pain for $.99

We let you know about Smule’s recently-released I Am T-Pain iPhone app as soon as we saw it - we knew it was something special, and it turns out we weren’t wrong as the 300,000 people who downloaded it in the first few weeks of release spend around 66 minutes within the app each.

That’s an impressive statistic for any app. Not just that, but MobileCrunch reports that to date 4.1 million performances have been recorded within the app, and as a big brave thank you, Smule’s cut the price of the software to 99-cents (until Saturday morning) and has launched a competition to win big prizes for users.

Smule will also add a new song, “I’m On A Boat (featuring T-Pain) to its In-App Purchase collection later today.

And as part of a promotion, users are being encouraged to make their own music video using the song, with a finalist chosen every week for ten weeks receiving a handy $500 for their efforts.

The wining finalist will win $5,000 and a replica of T-Pain’s big gold chain.

Comments (9)

not cool but cooler than that (not verified) | October 02, 2009 - 7:57am

That song went on forever! And it was really awful. I would be embarrassed to have anyone see me make a video like that.

Brrr (not verified) | October 02, 2009 - 9:29am

What? I'm on a boat is brilliant! Lonely Island's parodies are better than most of the stuff they are making fun of.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | October 02, 2009 - 8:33am

The irony with this app... is that serves up on a silver platter how untalented T-Pain and other similar artists are. 300,000+ bought this garbage? We as a society are doomed. Keep hitting that feeder bar kiddies!

iphonerulez (not verified) | October 02, 2009 - 10:23am

Why are those whiggers cursing so much about being on a boat? Is this the promotional add for SMules I Am T-Pain? It's somewhat amusing but seems rather silly.

geezer (not verified) | October 02, 2009 - 10:30am

reminds me of the A Moment In The Life Of Lil John:
Hwaaaaattt? Ooohhkeyyy! Hwhaaaaattt? Yeahhhhyea! :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMZN24pCnfA

Kellener (not verified) | October 02, 2009 - 11:45am

Is this video clip a parody or is this real stuff???

Brrr (not verified) | October 02, 2009 - 4:57pm

Parody. The guys are from SNL.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | October 03, 2009 - 4:07pm

Who is T-Pain?? I don't get it. Maybe I'm not 'hip'. Is it a joke?? The sound and music is Too-Painful

HardenStuhl (not verified) | October 04, 2009 - 12:09pm

This is so pathetically sad. It used to be [ not that long ago] you actually had to have talent to make music. Now you need electronics , the propensity to sample other peoples work and average singers who aren't even funny on SNL. For the love og GOD! Whatever happened to RocknRoll?