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<span>Certification thresholds</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Certification_thresholds-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Manufacture_of_awards" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Manufacture_of_awards"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Manufacture of awards</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Manufacture_of_awards-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 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data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Сертификация на музикалните произведения – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Сертификация на музикалните произведения" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificat_de_vendes_discogr%C3%A0fiques" title="Certificat de vendes discogràfiques – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Certificat de vendes discogràfiques" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certifikace_prodeje_na_hudebn%C3%ADch_trz%C3%ADch" title="Certifikace prodeje na hudebních trzích – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Certifikace prodeje na hudebních trzích" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificering_af_musiksalg" title="Certificering af musiksalg – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Certificering af musiksalg" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificaci%C3%B3n_de_ventas_discogr%C3%A1ficas" title="Certificación de ventas discográficas – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Certificación de ventas discográficas" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atestilo_pri_diska_vendo" title="Atestilo pri diska vendo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Atestilo pri diska vendo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%87%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B4_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%82%DB%8C_%D8%B6%D8%A8%D8%B7%E2%80%8C%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%87" title="گواهی‌نامه فروش موسیقی ضبط‌شده – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="گواهی‌نامه فروش موسیقی ضبط‌شده" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disque_de_certification" title="Disque de certification – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Disque de certification" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sertifikaat_fan_muzykferkeap" title="Sertifikaat fan muzykferkeap – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Sertifikaat fan muzykferkeap" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificaci%C3%B3n_de_vendas_discogr%C3%A1ficas" title="Certificación de vendas discográficas – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Certificación de vendas discográficas" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%8C%EB%B0%98_%ED%8C%90%EB%A7%A4%EB%9F%89_%EC%9D%B8%EC%A6%9D" title="음반 판매량 인증 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="음반 판매량 인증" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%A8" title="म्यूज़िक रिकॉर्डिंग बिक्री प्रमाणन – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="म्यूज़िक रिकॉर्डिंग बिक्री प्रमाणन" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sertifikasi_rekaman_musik" title="Sertifikasi rekaman musik – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Sertifikasi rekaman musik" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certification_de_venditas_discographic" title="Certification de venditas discographic – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Certification de venditas discographic" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B6luvi%C3%B0urkenning_fyrir_t%C3%B3nlist" title="Söluviðurkenning fyrir tónlist – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Söluviðurkenning fyrir tónlist" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificazione_delle_vendite_di_dischi_musicali" title="Certificazione delle vendite di dischi musicali – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Certificazione delle vendite di dischi musicali" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%AA%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%93%D7%94_%D7%A2%D7%9C_%D7%9E%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%AA" title="תעודה על מכירות – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="תעודה על מכירות" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A9%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%AC%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%92%E1%83%90%E1%83%A7%E1%83%98%E1%83%93%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="მუსიკალური ჩანაწერის გაყიდვების სერტიფიკაცია – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მუსიკალური ჩანაწერის გაყიდვების სერტიფიკაცია" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98_%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%AD%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%92%E1%83%B7%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A9%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="მუსიკალური დინნაჭარაშ გჷმოჩამეფიშ სერტიფიკაცია – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="მუსიკალური დინნაჭარაშ გჷმოჩამეფიშ სერტიფიკაცია" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pensijilan_rakaman_muzik" title="Pensijilan rakaman muzik – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Pensijilan rakaman muzik" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salgstrofeer_i_musikkbransjen" title="Salgstrofeer i musikkbransjen – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Salgstrofeer i musikkbransjen" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salstrof%C3%A9_i_musikkbransjen" title="Salstrofé i musikkbransjen – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Salstrofé i musikkbransjen" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certyfikat_sprzeda%C5%BCy_w_przemy%C5%9Ble_muzycznym" title="Certyfikat sprzedaży w przemyśle muzycznym – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Certyfikat sprzedaży w przemyśle muzycznym" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certifica%C3%A7%C3%B5es_por_vendas_de_grava%C3%A7%C3%A3o_musical" title="Certificações por vendas de gravação musical – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Certificações por vendas de gravação musical" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a 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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Double_Platinum_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Double Platinum (disambiguation)">Double Platinum (disambiguation)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gold_Record_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Gold Record (disambiguation)">Gold Record (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wall_of_Gold_%26_Platinum_Sales_(Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame_And_Museum).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Wall_of_Gold_%26_Platinum_Sales_%28Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame_And_Museum%29.jpg/220px-Wall_of_Gold_%26_Platinum_Sales_%28Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame_And_Museum%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Wall_of_Gold_%26_Platinum_Sales_%28Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame_And_Museum%29.jpg/330px-Wall_of_Gold_%26_Platinum_Sales_%28Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame_And_Museum%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Wall_of_Gold_%26_Platinum_Sales_%28Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame_And_Museum%29.jpg/440px-Wall_of_Gold_%26_Platinum_Sales_%28Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame_And_Museum%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>A wall of Gold and Platinum records on display at <a href="/wiki/Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum">Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum</a></figcaption></figure> <p><b>Music recording certification</b> is a system of certifying that a music <a href="/wiki/Sound_recording" class="mw-redirect" title="Sound recording">recording</a> has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units. The threshold quantity varies by type (such as album, single, music video) and by nation or territory (see <a href="/wiki/List_of_music_recording_certifications" title="List of music recording certifications">List of music recording certifications</a>). </p><p>Almost all countries follow variations of the <a href="/wiki/RIAA_certification" title="RIAA certification">RIAA certification</a> categories, which are named after precious materials (<a href="/wiki/Gold" title="Gold">gold</a>, <a href="/wiki/Platinum" title="Platinum">platinum</a> and <a href="/wiki/Diamond" title="Diamond">diamond</a>). </p><p>The threshold required for these awards depends upon the population of the territory where the recording is released. Typically, they are awarded only to international releases and are awarded individually for each country where the album is sold. Different sales levels, some perhaps 10 times greater than others, may exist for different music media (for example: videos versus albums, singles, or <a href="/wiki/Music_download" title="Music download">music download</a>). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_recording_certification&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The original gold and silver record awards were presented to artists by their own record companies to publicize their sales achievements. The first silver disc was awarded by <a href="/wiki/Regal_Zonophone" class="mw-redirect" title="Regal Zonophone">Regal Zonophone</a> to <a href="/wiki/George_Formby" title="George Formby">George Formby</a> in December 1937 for sales of 100,000 copies of "<a href="/wiki/The_Window_Cleaner" class="mw-redirect" title="The Window Cleaner">The Window Cleaner</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first literal gold record award was presented to <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Miller_and_His_Orchestra" class="mw-redirect" title="Glenn Miller and His Orchestra">Glenn Miller and His Orchestra</a> by <a href="/wiki/RCA_Victor" class="mw-redirect" title="RCA Victor">RCA Victor</a> (for subsidiary label <a href="/wiki/Bluebird_Records" title="Bluebird Records">Bluebird Records</a>) on February 10, 1942, celebrating the sale of 1.2 million copies of the single, "<a href="/wiki/Chattanooga_Choo_Choo" title="Chattanooga Choo Choo">Chattanooga Choo Choo</a>". </p><p>Further examples of company awards are the gold records awarded in 1956 by RCA Victor to <a href="/wiki/Harry_Belafonte" title="Harry Belafonte">Harry Belafonte</a> for his album <i><a href="/wiki/Calypso_(album)" title="Calypso (album)">Calypso</a></i> for being the first <a href="/wiki/LP_record" title="LP record">LP record</a> album to sell more than one million copies and <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a> for one million units sold of his RCA Victor single "<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Be_Cruel" title="Don't Be Cruel">Don't Be Cruel</a>". Also in 1956, <a href="/wiki/Decca_Records" title="Decca Records">Decca</a>'s presented a gold record award to <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lewis" title="Jerry Lewis">Jerry Lewis</a> for the single "<a href="/wiki/Rock-a-Bye_Your_Baby_with_a_Dixie_Melody" title="Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody">Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody</a>". </p><p>At the industry level, in 1958 the <a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">Recording Industry Association of America</a> introduced its gold record award program for records of any kind, <a href="/wiki/LP_record" title="LP record">albums</a> or <a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">singles</a>, which achieved one million dollars in retail sales. These sales were restricted to U.S.-based record companies and did not include exports to other countries.<sup id="cite_ref-Venable2011_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Venable2011-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Shelton1986_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shelton1986-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For albums in 1968, this would mean shipping approximately 670,000 units; for singles the number would be 1,000,000.<sup id="cite_ref-Shelton1986_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shelton1986-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1976, the RIAA introduced the platinum certification for the sale of one million units for albums and two million for singles, with the gold certification redefined for sales of 500,000 units for albums and one million for singles.<sup id="cite_ref-White1990_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-White1990-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No album was certified platinum prior to this year. The 1958 RCA Victor recording by <a href="/wiki/Van_Cliburn" title="Van Cliburn">Van Cliburn</a> of <a href="/wiki/Tchaikovsky_Piano_Concerto_No._1_(Van_Cliburn_1958_recording)" title="Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 (Van Cliburn 1958 recording)">the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto</a> would eventually be awarded a platinum citation, but this did not occur until two decades after its release. In 1999, <a href="/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_in_the_United_States" title="List of best-selling albums in the United States">the diamond certification</a> was introduced for sales of ten million units. In the late 1980s, the certification thresholds for singles were dropped to match that of albums.<sup id="cite_ref-White1990_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-White1990-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="RIAA_certification">RIAA certification</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_recording_certification&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: RIAA certification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/RIAA_certification" title="RIAA certification">RIAA certification</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Artie%27s_Gold_Record.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Artie%27s_Gold_Record.jpg/170px-Artie%27s_Gold_Record.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Artie%27s_Gold_Record.jpg/255px-Artie%27s_Gold_Record.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Artie%27s_Gold_Record.jpg/340px-Artie%27s_Gold_Record.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2041" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Gold record presented to <a href="/wiki/Artie_Schroeck" title="Artie Schroeck">Artie Schroeck</a> for his arrangement on "<a href="/wiki/Can%27t_Take_My_Eyes_Off_You" title="Can't Take My Eyes Off You">Can't Take My Eyes Off You</a>", 1967</figcaption></figure> <p>The first official designation of a "gold record" by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) was established for <a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">singles</a> in 1958, and the RIAA also trademarked the term "gold record" in the United States. On 14 March 1958, the RIAA certified its first gold record, <a href="/wiki/Perry_Como" title="Perry Como">Perry Como</a>'s hit single "<a href="/wiki/Catch_a_Falling_Star" title="Catch a Falling Star">Catch a Falling Star</a>". The <i><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma!_(soundtrack)" title="Oklahoma! (soundtrack)">Oklahoma!</a></i> soundtrack was certified as the first gold album four months later. In 1976, RIAA introduced the platinum certification, first awarded to the <a href="/wiki/Eagles_(band)" title="Eagles (band)">Eagles</a> compilation album <i><a href="/wiki/Their_Greatest_Hits_(1971%E2%80%931975)" title="Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975)">Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975)</a></i> on 24 February 1976,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and to <a href="/wiki/Johnnie_Taylor" title="Johnnie Taylor">Johnnie Taylor</a>'s single "<a href="/wiki/Disco_Lady" title="Disco Lady">Disco Lady</a>" on 22 April 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-riaa-story_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-riaa-story-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As music sales increased with the introduction of compact discs, the RIAA created the Multi-Platinum award in 1984. Diamond awards, honoring those artists whose sales of singles or albums reached 10,000,000 copies, were introduced in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-riaa-award-history_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-riaa-award-history-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 20th century, and for a part of the first decade of the 21st, it was common for distributors to claim certifications based on their shipments – wholesale to retail outlets – which led to many certifications which outstripped the actual final retail sales figures. This became much less common once the majority of retail sales became paid digital downloads and digital streaming.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Digital_media_certification">Digital media certification</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_recording_certification&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Digital media certification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In most countries, certifications no longer apply solely to physical media but now also include sales awards recognizing digital downloads (in the US and UK since 2004).<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2006, the RIAA also certified the <a href="/wiki/Ringtone" title="Ringtone">ringtone</a> downloads of songs. Streaming from on-demand services such as <a href="/wiki/Apple_Music" title="Apple Music">Apple Music</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spotify" title="Spotify">Spotify</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tidal_(service)" title="Tidal (service)">Tidal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Napster_(streaming_music_service)" class="mw-redirect" title="Napster (streaming music service)">Napster</a> has been included into existing digital certification in the US since 2013, and the UK and Germany since 2014. In the US and Germany, video streaming services like YouTube, <a href="/wiki/VEVO" class="mw-redirect" title="VEVO">VEVO</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Yahoo!_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Yahoo! Music">Yahoo! Music</a> also began to be counted towards the certification, in both cases using the formula of 100 streams being equivalent to one download.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stream_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stream-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other countries, such as Denmark and Spain, maintain separate awards for digital download singles and streaming.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Symbolic_certifications">Symbolic certifications</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_recording_certification&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Symbolic certifications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Disco_de_Uranio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Disco_de_Uranio.jpg/170px-Disco_de_Uranio.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Disco_de_Uranio.jpg/255px-Disco_de_Uranio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Disco_de_Uranio.jpg/340px-Disco_de_Uranio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>"<a href="/wiki/Uranium" title="Uranium">Uranium</a> disc" granted to <a href="/wiki/Raphael_(singer)" title="Raphael (singer)">Raphael</a> by his label <a href="/wiki/Hispavox" title="Hispavox">Hispavox</a> in 1980<sup id="cite_ref-rapahel2_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rapahel2-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rapahel1_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rapahel1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Other recording artists have received special and symbolic recognitions, including <a href="/wiki/Raphael_(singer)" title="Raphael (singer)">Raphael</a> with a "<a href="/wiki/Uranium" title="Uranium">Uranium</a> disc" granted by <a href="/wiki/Hispavox" title="Hispavox">Hispavox</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sociedad_General_de_Autores_y_Editores" title="Sociedad General de Autores y Editores">SGAE</a> in 1980,<sup id="cite_ref-rapahel1_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rapahel1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rapahel2_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rapahel2-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Luis_Miguel" title="Luis Miguel">Luis Miguel</a> received in 1999 a "<a href="/wiki/Lapislazuli" class="mw-redirect" title="Lapislazuli">Lapislazuli</a> disc" for his sales of over 1.7 million in Chile,<sup id="cite_ref-Lapis_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lapis-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Luis_Fonsi" title="Luis Fonsi">Luis Fonsi</a> received the "<a href="/wiki/Plutonium" title="Plutonium">Plutonium</a> disc" from <a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group">Universal Music Group</a> recognizing the global sales of "<a href="/wiki/Despacito" title="Despacito">Despacito</a>" in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="IFPI_certification">IFPI certification</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_recording_certification&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: IFPI certification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/International_Federation_of_the_Phonographic_Industry" title="International Federation of the Phonographic Industry">International Federation of the Phonographic Industry</a> (IFPI) was founded in 1933, and since 1996, has granted the IFPI Platinum Europe Award for album sales over one million within Europe and (as of October 2009) the Middle East. Multi-platinum Europe Awards are presented for sales in subsequent multiples of one million. Eligibility is unaffected by time (from date of release), and is not restricted to European-based artists. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="IMPALA_certification">IMPALA certification</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_recording_certification&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: IMPALA certification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Independent_Music_Companies_Association" title="Independent Music Companies Association">Independent Music Companies Association</a> (IMPALA) was founded in April 2000 to grow the independent music sector and promote independent music in the interests of artistic, entrepreneurial and cultural diversity. IMPALA launched sales awards in 2005 as the first sales awards recognising that success on a pan-European basis begins well before sales reach one million. The award levels are Silver (20,000+), Double Silver (40,000+), Gold (75,000+), Double Gold (150,000+), Diamond (200,000+), Platinum (400,000+) and Double Platinum (800,000+). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Certification_thresholds">Certification thresholds</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_recording_certification&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Certification thresholds"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_music_recording_certifications" title="List of music recording certifications">List of music recording certifications</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tommy_Coster_RIAA_Diamond_Award.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Tommy_Coster_RIAA_Diamond_Award.jpg/170px-Tommy_Coster_RIAA_Diamond_Award.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="229" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Tommy_Coster_RIAA_Diamond_Award.jpg/255px-Tommy_Coster_RIAA_Diamond_Award.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Tommy_Coster_RIAA_Diamond_Award.jpg/340px-Tommy_Coster_RIAA_Diamond_Award.jpg 2x" data-file-width="465" data-file-height="626" /></a><figcaption>The "Diamond Award" granted by the <a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)</a> recognizes 10 million units sold in the United States</figcaption></figure> <p>Below are certification thresholds for the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and France. The numbers in the tables are in terms of "units", where a unit represents one sale or one shipment of a given medium. Certification is often awarded cumulatively, and it is possible for one release to be certified silver, gold, and platinum in turn. An album that becomes Platinum twice over, for example, an album which has sold 2,000,000 copies in the United States, is said to be "Double Platinum", or sometimes "Multi-Platinum". Since 2013 in the U.S.,<sup id="cite_ref-stream_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stream-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 2014 in the UK<sup id="cite_ref-occ20140622_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-occ20140622-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Germany,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> streaming of songs counts towards certification of singles with 150 streams being the equivalent of 1 unit sold.<sup id="cite_ref-occ20140622_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-occ20140622-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since February 2016, RIAA includes on-demand audio and video streams and a track sale equivalent in Gold and Platinum Album Award. The program count both sales and streams for single and album certifications.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation" style="width: 70%;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 45%;"><b>United States</b><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:center;">Media </th> <th style="text-align:center;">Gold </th> <th style="text-align:center;">Platinum </th> <th style="text-align:center;">Diamond </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">Album </th> <td style="text-align:center;">500,000 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1,000,000 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">10,000,000 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">Single </th> <td style="text-align:center;">500,000 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1,000,000 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">10,000,000 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">Music video </th> <td style="text-align:center;">50,000 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">100,000 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1,000,000 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 45%;"><b>United Kingdom</b><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Media </th> <th>Silver </th> <th>Gold </th> <th>Platinum </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">Album </th> <td style="text-align:center;">60,000 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">100,000 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">300,000 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">Single </th> <td style="text-align:center;">200,000 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">400,000 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">600,000 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">Music video </th> <td style="text-align:center;">25,000 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">50,000 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">75,000 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation" style="width: 70%;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 45%;"><b>Canada</b><sup id="cite_ref-musiccanada_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-musiccanada-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:center;">Media </th> <th style="text-align:center;">Gold </th> <th style="text-align:center;">Platinum </th> <th style="text-align:center;">Diamond </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">Album </th> <td style="text-align:center;">40,000 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">80,000 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">800,000 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">Single </th> <td style="text-align:center;">40,000 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">80,000 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">800,000 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">Music video </th> <td style="text-align:center;">5,000 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">10,000 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">100,000 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 45%;"><b>France</b><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:center;">Media </th> <th style="text-align:center;">Gold </th> <th style="text-align:center;">Platinum </th> <th style="text-align:center;">Diamond </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">Album </th> <td style="text-align:center;">50,000 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">100,000 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">500,000 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">Single </th> <td style="text-align:center;">75,000 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">150,000 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">250,000 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;">Music video </th> <td style="text-align:center;">7,500 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">15,000 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">60,000 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Manufacture_of_awards">Manufacture of awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_recording_certification&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Manufacture of awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Saadoaliw1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Saadoaliw1.jpg/220px-Saadoaliw1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Saadoaliw1.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="240" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Somali_people" title="Somali people">Somali</a> singer <a href="/wiki/Saado_Ali_Warsame" title="Saado Ali Warsame">Saado Ali Warsame</a> receiving a gold record Lifetime Achievement Award</figcaption></figure> <p>The plaques themselves contain various items under the glass. Modern awards often use CDs instead of records. Most gold and platinum records are actually vinyl records which have been <a href="/wiki/Vacuum_metallizing" class="mw-redirect" title="Vacuum metallizing">vacuum metallized</a> and tinted, while trimmed and plated metal "masters", "mothers", or "stampers" (metal parts used for pressing records out of vinyl) were initially used. The music in the grooves on the record may not match the actual recording being awarded.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Individual plaque-makers produced their awards according to available materials and techniques employed by their graphic arts departments. The plaques, depending on size and elaborateness of design, cost anywhere between US$135 and $275, most often ordered and purchased by the record label that issued the original recording.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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Videogramas">AMPROFON</a> (Mexico)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asociaci%C3%B3n_Venezolana_de_Int%C3%A9rpretes_y_Productores_de_Fonogramas" title="Asociación Venezolana de Intérpretes y Productores de Fonogramas">AVINPRO</a> (Venezuela)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argentine_Chamber_of_Phonograms_and_Videograms_Producers" title="Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers">CAPIF</a> (Argentina)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Certificaci%C3%B3n_Fonogr%C3%A1fica_Centroamericana" title="Certificación Fonográfica Centroamericana">CFC</a> (Central America)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C%C3%A1mara_Uruguaya_de_Productores_de_Fonogramas_y_Videogramas" title="Cámara Uruguaya de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas">CUD</a> (Uruguay)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_Canada" title="Music Canada">MC</a> (Canada)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pro-M%C3%BAsica_Brasil" title="Pro-Música Brasil">PMB</a> (Brazil)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">RIAA</a> (US)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sociedad_de_Gesti%C3%B3n_de_Productores_Fonogr%C3%A1ficos_del_Paraguay" title="Sociedad de Gestión de Productores Fonográficos del Paraguay">SGP</a> (Paraguay)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uni%C3%B3n_Peruana_de_Productores_Fonogr%C3%A1ficos" title="Unión Peruana de Productores Fonográficos">UNIMPRO</a> (Peru)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Associa%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Fonogr%C3%A1fica_Portuguesa" title="Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa">AFP</a> (Portugal)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgian_Entertainment_Association" title="Belgian Entertainment Association">BEA</a> (Belgium)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">BPI</a> (UK)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bundesverband_Musikindustrie" title="Bundesverband Musikindustrie">BVMI</a> (Germany)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9lag_hlj%C3%B3mpl%C3%B6tuframlei%C3%B0enda#Recording_certification" title="Félag hljómplötuframleiðenda">FHF</a> (Iceland)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federazione_Industria_Musicale_Italiana" title="Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana">FIMI</a> (Italy)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swedish_Recording_Industry_Association" title="Swedish Recording Industry Association">GLF</a> (Sweden)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/IFPI_Danmark" title="IFPI Danmark">IFPI Danmark</a> (Denmark)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/IFPI_Greece" title="IFPI Greece">IFPI Greece</a> (Greece)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Recorded_Music_Association" title="Irish Recorded Music Association">IRMA</a> (Ireland)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latvian_Music_Producers_Association" title="Latvian Music Producers Association">LaIPA</a> (Latvia)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_of_Hungarian_Record_Companies" title="Association of Hungarian Record Companies">MAHASZ</a> (Hungary)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musiikkituottajat" title="Musiikkituottajat">Musiikkituottajat</a> (Finland)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NVPI" title="NVPI">NVPI</a> (Netherlands)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Productores_de_M%C3%BAsica_de_Espa%C3%B1a" title="Productores de Música de España">Promusicae</a> (Spain)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syndicat_National_de_l%27%C3%89dition_Phonographique" class="mw-redirect" title="Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique">SNEP</a> (France)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_des_Producteurs_Phonographiques_Fran%C3%A7ais_Ind%C3%A9pendants" title="Union des Producteurs Phonographiques Français Indépendants">UPFI</a> (France)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_certified_albums_in_Romania" title="List of certified albums in Romania">UPFR</a> (Romania)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_Society_of_the_Phonographic_Industry" title="Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry">ZPAV</a> (Poland)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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href="/wiki/Music_industry" title="Music industry">Music industry</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Major companies<br />and organizations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Representatives</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asociaci%C3%B3n_Mexicana_de_Productores_de_Fonogramas_y_Videogramas" title="Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas">AMPROFON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Recording_Industry_Association" title="Australian Recording Industry Association">ARIA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bundesverband_Musikindustrie" title="Bundesverband Musikindustrie">BVMI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">BPI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_Canada" title="Music Canada">Music Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federazione_Industria_Musicale_Italiana" title="Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana">FIMI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Federation_of_the_Phonographic_Industry" title="International Federation of the Phonographic Industry">IFPI (worldwide)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pro-M%C3%BAsica_Brasil" title="Pro-Música Brasil">PMB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Productores_de_M%C3%BAsica_de_Espa%C3%B1a" title="Productores de Música de España">PROMUSICAE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RIAA_certification" title="RIAA certification">RIAA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SNEP" title="SNEP">SNEP</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Publishers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BMG_Rights_Management" title="BMG Rights Management">BMG Rights Management</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sony_Music_Publishing" title="Sony Music Publishing">Sony Music Publishing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Publishing_Group" title="Universal Music Publishing Group">Universal Music Publishing Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warner_Chappell_Music" title="Warner Chappell Music">Warner Chappell Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disney_Music_Publishing" title="Disney Music Publishing">Disney Music Publishing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Record labels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Record_label#Major_labels" title="Record label">Major</a></b></i>: <a href="/wiki/Sony_Music" title="Sony Music">Sony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group">Universal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warner_Music_Group" title="Warner Music Group">Warner</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_record_label" title="Independent record label">Independent</a></b></i>: <a href="/wiki/Concord_(entertainment_company)" title="Concord (entertainment company)">Concord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_independent_UK_record_labels" title="List of independent UK record labels">Independent UK record labels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allied_Artists_Music_Group" title="Allied Artists Music Group">AAMG</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Retailers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amazon_(company)" title="Amazon (company)">Amazon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digital_music_store" title="Digital music store">Digital music stores</a> (<a href="/wiki/ITunes_Store" title="ITunes Store">iTunes Store</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fnac" title="Fnac">Fnac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMV" title="HMV">HMV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaspien" title="Kaspien">Kaspien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Megastores" title="Virgin Megastores">Virgin Megastores</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live music</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CTS_Eventim" title="CTS Eventim">CTS Eventim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Live_Nation_Entertainment" title="Live Nation Entertainment">Live Nation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LiveStyle" title="LiveStyle">LiveStyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ticketmaster" title="Ticketmaster">Ticketmaster</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_music_genres_and_styles" title="List of music genres and styles">Major genres</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">Blues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easy_listening" title="Easy listening">Easy listening</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electronic_music" title="Electronic music">Electronic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Experimental_music" title="Experimental music">Experimental</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">Folk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gospel_music" title="Gospel music">Gospel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hip_hop_music" title="Hip hop music">Hip hop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">Jazz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latin_music" title="Latin music">Latin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metal_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Metal music">Metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New-age_music" title="New-age music">New Age</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">Pop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reggae" title="Reggae">Reggae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">Rhythm and blues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_music" title="World music">World</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sectors<br />and roles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Album_cover#Design" title="Album cover">Album cover design</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artists_and_repertoire" title="Artists and repertoire">Artists and repertoire (A&R)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disc_jockey" title="Disc jockey">Disc jockey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_industry#Business_structure" title="Music industry">Distribution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Entertainment_law" title="Entertainment law">Entertainment law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_education" title="Music education">Music education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_executive" title="Music executive">Music executive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_and_fashion" title="Music and fashion">Music and fashion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_journalism" title="Music journalism">Music journalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_publisher" title="Music publisher">Music publisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_store" title="Music store">Music store</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_venue" title="Music venue">Music venue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musical_instrument" title="Musical instrument">Musical instruments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_audio_store" title="Professional audio store">Professional audio store</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Promoter_(entertainment)" title="Promoter (entertainment)">Promotion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radio_promotion" title="Radio promotion">Radio promotion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Record label</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Record_shop" title="Record shop">Record shop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Road_crew" title="Road crew">Road crew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talent_manager" title="Talent manager">Talent manager</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tour_promoter" title="Tour promoter">Tour promoter</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Production" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Production</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arrangement" title="Arrangement">Arrangement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">Songwriter</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Composer" title="Composer">Composer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyricist" title="Lyricist">Lyricist</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conducting" title="Conducting">Conductor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disc_jockey" title="Disc jockey">Disc jockey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hip_hop_production" title="Hip hop production">Hip hop producer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horn_section" title="Horn section">Horn section</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Record producer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhythm_section" title="Rhythm section">Rhythm section</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orchestration" title="Orchestration">Orchestrator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Session_musician" title="Session musician">Session musician</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Backing_vocalist" title="Backing vocalist">Backup singer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghost_singer" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghost singer">Ghost singer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vocal_coach" title="Vocal coach">Vocal coach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghostwriter" title="Ghostwriter">Ghostwriter</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Audio_engineer" title="Audio engineer">Sound engineer</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Recording_format" title="Recording format">Release<br />formats</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Single</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Extended_play" title="Extended play">Extended play (EP)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Twelve-inch_single" title="Twelve-inch single">12" single</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cassette_single" title="Cassette single">Cassette single</a>, <a href="/wiki/CD_single" title="CD single">CD single</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maxi_single" title="Maxi single">Maxi single</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Album" title="Album">Album</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Double_album" title="Double album">Double album</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mixtape" title="Mixtape">Mixtape</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_video" title="Music video">Music video</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Promotional_recording" title="Promotional recording">Promotional recording</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phonograph_record" title="Phonograph record">Phonograph record</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8-track_cartridge" title="8-track cartridge">Eight-track</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Compact_Cassette" class="mw-redirect" title="Compact Cassette">Compact cassette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Compact_disc" title="Compact disc">CD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DVD" title="DVD">DVD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airplay" title="Airplay">Airplay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_download" title="Music download">Music download</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_streaming_service" title="Music streaming service">Music streaming service</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live shows</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Concert" title="Concert">Concert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concert_tour" title="Concert tour">Concert tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concert_residency" title="Concert residency">Concert residency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_festival" title="Music festival">Music festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_competition" title="Music competition">Music competition</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Record_chart" title="Record chart">Charts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ARIA_Charts" title="ARIA Charts">ARIA Charts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a></li> <li><a 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