NORTH AMERICA
Canada www.cria.ca
since 01/05/2008 :: G 40,000 P 80,000 D 800,000
G 20,000 P 40,000 D 400,000 [Digital Tracks/Master Ringtones]
G 5,000 P 10,000 D 100,000 [Singles/Videos]
until 30/04/2008 :: G 50,000 P 100,000 D 1,000,000
U.S.A www.riaa.com
G 500,000 P 1,000,000 D 10,000,000 [for Albums, Singles, Digital Tracks and Mastertones]
since 01/2009 :: G 50,000 P 100,000 [Latin Albums]
until 12/2008 :: G 100,000 P 200,000 [Latin Albums]
G 50,000 P 100,000 [Videos]
until 06/2006 :: G 100,000 P 200,000 [Digital Tracks]
until 03/1991 :: G 25,000 P 50,000 M(1) 100,000 M(1.5) 150,000 [Videos]
until 12/1988 :: G 1,000,000 P 2,000,000 [Singles]
EUROPE
Austria www.ifpi.at
since 01/01/2007 :: G 10,000 P 20,000 [Albums]
G 15,000 P 30,000 [Singles]
G 5,000 P 10,000 [DVDs]
until 31/12/2006 :: G 15,000 P 30,000 [Albums & Singles]
until 31/12/2002 :: G 20,000 P 40,000 [Albums & Singles]
until 31/12/2000 :: G 25,000 P 50,000 [Albums & Singles]
Belgium www.ifpi.be | www.ultratop.be
since 01/2009 :: G 10,000 (15,000) P 20,000 (30,000) [Singles]
since 05/2007 :: G 10,000 (15,000) P 20,000 (30,000) [Albums]
G 15,000 (25,000) P 30,000 (50,000) [Singles]
G 25,000 P 50,000 [DVDs]
since 01/2007 :: G 15,000 (20,000) P 30,000 (40,000)
until 12/2006 :: G 15,000 (25,000) P 30,000 (50,000)
the first number is for local artists (french/dutch speaking) and classic or jazz records, with the levels between () being for foreign albums or local albums that are not in french or dutch.
Bulgaria www.bamp-bg.org
G 15,000 (10,000) P 30,000 (20,000)
Croatia www.hdu.hr
since 01/2009 :: S 3,000 G 7,500 P 15,000 D 30,000
until 12/2008 :: G 5,000 P 10,000
Czech Republic www.ifpi.cz
since 01/2009 :: G 6,000 (3,000) P 12,000 (6,000) [Albums]
G 1,000 P 2,000 [Singles]
G 1,500 P 3,000 [DVDs]
since 01/2008 :: G 7,500 (3,000) P 15,000 (6,000)
G 1,500 P 3,000
until 12/2007 :: G 10,000 (5,000) P 20,000 (10,000)
Numbers between () are for foreign artists.
Cyprus
G 5,000 P 10,000
Denmark www.ifpi.dk | www.pladebranchen.nu
since 04/2009 :: G 15,000 P 30,000 [Albums, Singles - Both including digital copies - & Entertainment DVDs]
G 7,500 P 15,000 [Music DVDs]
until 03/2009 :: G 15,000 P 30,000 [Albums]
G 7,500 P 15,000 [Singles + Downloads & DVD's]
until 12/2006 :: G 20,000 P 40,000 [Albums]
G 4,000 P 8,000 [Singles/DVD's]
until 03/2003 :: G 25,000 P 50,000 [Albums]
Finland www.ifpi.fi
01/01/2008 :: G 15,000 (10,000) P 30,000 (20,000)
G 5,000 P 10,000 [Singles/Downloads & DVDs]
01/06/2004 :: Awards for DVDs added - G 5,000 P 10,000
01/01/2001 :: G 15,000 P 30,000 [Albums]
01/01/1994 :: G 5,000 [Singles] 20,000 [Albums] P 10,000 [Singles] 40,000 [Albums]
01/01/1991 :: Singles downgraded to G 5,000
01/01/1989 :: G 10,000 [Singles] 25,000 [Albums] P 50,000 [Albums]; Added Multi-Platinum Awards
23/08/1976 :: Added the Platinum award for 100,000 Albums
01/10/1975 :: G 10,000 [Singles] 25,000 [Albums] D 50,000 [Albums]
01/07/1973 :: G 10,000 [Singles] 15,000 [Albums]
17/09/1971 :: G 20,000 [Singles] 30,000 [Albums]
Numbers between () are for foreign artists.
France www.disqueenfrance.com
since 07/2009 :: G 50,000 P 100,000 D 500,000 [Albums]
G 150,000 P 250,000 D 400,000 [Singles]
since 07/2006 :: S 35,000 G 75,000 P 200,000 D 750,000 [Albums]
S 100,000 G 200,000 P 300,000 D 500,000 [Singles]
G 10,000 P 20,000 D 100,000
until 06/2006 :: S 50,000 G 100,000 P 300,000 D 1,000,000 [Albums]
S 125,000 G 250,000 P 500,000 D 750,000 [Singles]
Germany www.ifpi.de
G 100,000 P 200,000 [Albums]
G 150,000 P 300,000 [Singles]
G 25,000 P 50,000 [Videos]
until 12/2002 :: G 150,000 P 300,000 [Albums]
G 250,000 P 500,000 [Singles]
until 10/1999 :: G 250,000 P 500,000
Greece www.ifpi.gr
since 01/2009 :: G 15,000 (5,000) P 30,000 (10,000)
since 01/2007 :: G 15,000 (7,500) P 30,000 (15,000)
G 5,000 P 10,000 [Singles/DVDs]
until 12/2006 :: G 20,000 (10,000) P 40,000 (20,000)
Numbers between () are for foreign artists.
Hungary www.mahasz.hu
G 7,500 (3,000) P 15,000 (6,000) [Albums]
G 1,500 P 3,000 [Singles]
G 2,000 P 4,000 [Videos]
until 12/09/2006 :: G 10,000 (5,000) P 20,000 (10,000) [Albums]
G 2,500 P 5,000 [Singles]
until 22/02/2005 :: G 15,000 (10,000) P 30,000 (20,000) [Albums]
G 5,000 P 10,000 [Singles]
until 22/04/2002 :: G 25,000 (15,000) P 50,000 (30,000)
until 02/12/1997 :: G 50,000 P 100,000 D 200,000
until 12/06/1992 :: G 100,000 P 200,000 D 400,000
Numbers between () are for foreign artists.
Iceland
G 5,000 P 10,000
Ireland www.irma.ie | http://www.irishcharts.ie/
G 7,500 P 15,000
G 2,000 P 4,000 [DVDs]
Italy www.fimi.it
since 01/2008 :: G 35,000 P 70,000 D 350,000
G 10,000 P 20,000 [Singles + Downloads & DVDs]
since 02/2005 :: S 20,000 G 40,000 P 80,000 D 400,000 [Albums]
G 10,000 P 20,000 [Singles]
G 15,000 P 30,000 [DVDs]
until 01/2005 :: G 50,000 P 100,000 D 500,000 [Albums]
G 25,000 P 50,000 [Singles]
until 09/1994 :: G 100,000 P 200,000 [Albums]
Latvia
G 8,000 (4,000) P 15,000 (8,000)
G 5,000 P 8,000 [DVDs]
Numbers between () are for foreign artists.
Lithuania
G 3,000 P 6,000 [Singles]
Netherlands www.nvpi.nl
since 01/2009 :: G 25,000 P 50,000 [Singles]
G 40,000 P 80,000 [DVDs]
since 01/2008 :: G 30,000 P 60,000 [Albums, Singles & DVDs]
G 10,000 P 20,000 [Jazz and Classical repertoire]
since 01/2006 :: G 35,000 P 70,000
until 12/2005 :: G 40,000 P 80,000
until 12/1999 :: G 50,000 P 100,000 [Albums]
G 30,000 P 60,000 [Singles]
Norway www.ifpi.no
since 01/2007 :: G 15,000 P 30,000 [Albums]
G 5,000 P 10,000 [Singles & DVDs]
until 12/2006 :: G 20,000 P 40,000 [Albums]
G 5,000 P 10,000 [Singles & DVDs]
until 06/2002 :: G 25,000 P 50,000
Poland www.zpav.pl
since 07/2006 :: G 15,000 (10,000) P 30,000 (20,000) D 150,000 (100,000)
G 5,000 P 10,000 [DVDs]
until 06/2006 :: G 35,000 (20,000) P 70,000 (40,000) D 350,000 (200,000)
Numbers between () are for foreign artists.
Portugal
since 01/2005 :: G 10,000 P 20,000
G 4,000 P 8,000 [DVDs]
until 12/2004 :: S 10,000 G 20,000 P 40,000 D 350,000
Romania
G 10,000 (5,000) P 20,000 (10,000) D 50,000
Numbers between () are for foreign artists.
Russia www.2m-online.ru
since 09/2006 :: G 50,000 (10,000) P 100,000 (20,000) D 300,000 (60,000)
G 25,000 (10,000) P 50,000 (20,000) [DVDs]
until 08/2006 :: G 100,000 (25,000) P 300,000 (75,000)
Numbers between () are for foreign artists.
Slovakia www.ifpi.sk
since 01/2008 :: G 3,000 (1,000) P 6,000 (2,000)
G 500 P 1,000 [DVDs]
until 12/2007 :: G 5,000 (2,500) P 10,000 (5,000)
Numbers between () are for foreign artists.
Slovenia
G 5,000 P 10,000
Spain www.promusicae.es
G 10,000 P 25,000 [DVDs]
01/01/2009 :: Singles & Downloads are counted together - G 20,000 P 40,000
01/01/2008 :: Award for downloads and ringtones created - G 10,000 P 20,000
since 01/2005 :: G 40,000 P 80,000
until 12/2004 :: G 50,000 P 100,000
Sweden www.ifpi.se
since 11/2006 :: G 20,000 P 40,000 [Albums]
G 10,000 P 20,000 [Singles, DVDs, Folk music, Jazz, Classic and "Barn"]
until 10/2006 :: G 30,000 P 60,000 [Albums]
until 12/2001 :: G 40,000 P 80,000
until 09/1996 :: G 50,000 P 100,000
Switzerland www.swisscharts.com | www.ifpi.ch
G 3,000 P 6,000 [DVDs]
since 01/2007 :: G 10,000 P 20,000 [Only for albums and singles in french or italian]
since 01/2006 :: G 15,000 P 30,000
until 12/2005 :: G 20,000 P 40,000
until 12/2000 :: G 25,000 P 50,000
Turkey www.mu-yap.org
since 01/2008 :: G 100,000 (5,000) P 200,000 (10,000) D 300,000 (20,000)
since 01/2002 :: G 100,000 (20,000) P 200,000 (40,000) D 300,000
until 12/2001 :: G 100,000 (50,000) P 200,000 (100,000) D 300,000
U.K. www.bpi.co.uk
S 60,000 G 100,000 P 300,000 [Albums]
G 25,000 P 50,000 [Videos]
since 01/1989 :: S 200,000 G 400,000 P 600,000 [Singles]
until 12/1988 :: S 250,000 G 500,000 P 1,000,000 [Singles]
Ukraine
G 50,000 (25,000) P 100,000 (50,000) D 500,000 (100,000)
Numbers between () are for foreign artists.
ASIA
China
G 40,000 (15,000) P 80,000 (30,000)
Numbers between () are for foreign artists.
Gulf States
since 01/2009 :: G 10,000 P 20,000
until 12/2008 :: G 15,000 P 30,000
Hong Kong www.ifpihk.org
since 01/2008 :: G 15,000 (7,500) P 30,000 (15,000)
since 12/2007 :: G 20,000 (10,000) P 40,000 (20,000)
until 12/2005 :: G 25,000 (10,000) P 50,000 (20,000)
Numbers between () are for foreign artists.
India www.indianmi.org
since 01/2008 :: G 100,000 (5,000) P 200,000 (7,500)
until 12/2007 :: G 100,000 (10,000) P 200,000 (20,000)
Numbers between () are for foreign artists.
Indonesia
since 01/2009 :: G 35,000 (10,000) P 75,000 (15,000)
since 01/2008 :: G 75,000 (20,000) P 150,000 (40,000)
until 12/2007 :: G 75,000 (25,000) P 150,000 (50,000)
Numbers between () are for foreign artists.
Japan www.riaj.or.jp
since 07/2002 :: G 100,000 P 250,000 M 1,000,000 [Albums, Singles, Downloads, Ringtones & DVDs]
until 06/2002 :: G 200,000 (100,000) P 400,000 (200,000) M 1,000,000 [Albums]
G 200,000 (50,000) P 400,000 (100,000) [Singles]
Lebanon
G 20,000 (5,000) P 40,000 (10,000)
Numbers between () are for foreign artists.
Malaysia www.rim.org.my
since 01/2008 :: G 10,000 P 20,000
until 12/2007 :: G 15,000 P 25,000
until 12/2005 :: 25,000 (15,000) P 50,000 (25,000)
Numbers between () are for foreign artists.
Philippines
since 01/2008 :: G 12,500 (7,500) P 25,000 (15,000)
until 12/2007 :: G 15,000 P 30,000
Singapore www.rias.org.sg
since 01/2008 :: G 6,000 P 12,000
until 12/2007 :: G 7,500 P 15,000
South Korea
since 01/2009 :: G 5,000 P 10,000
since 01/2008 :: G 8,000 P 15,000
since 01/2004 :: G 15,000 P 30,000
until 12/2003 :: G 50,000 P 100,000
Taiwan www.ifpi.org.tw
since 01/2008 :: G 20,000 (7,000) P 40,000 (14,000)
since 01/2006 :: G 35,000 (10,000) P 70,000 (20,000)
until 12/2005 :: G 50,000 (15,000) P 100,000 (30,000)
Numbers between () are for foreign artists.
Thailand
since 01/2008 :: G 20,000 (8,000) P 50,000 (15,000)
until 12/2007 :: G 50,000 (20,000) P 100,000 (40,000)
Numbers between () are for foreign artists.
LATIN AMERICA
Argentina www.capif.org.ar
since 01/2009 :: G 10,000 P 20,000 [Downloads & Master Ringtones]
since 01/2001 :: G 20,000 P 40,000 D 250,000
G 4,000 P 8,000 [DVDs]
until 12/2000 :: G 30,000 P 60,000 D 500,000
G 100,000 P 200,000 [Compilations]
G 50,000 P 100,000 [Single]
Brasil www.abpd.org.br
since 11/2008 :: Award for digital tracks + ringtones created. G 50,000 P 100,000 D 500,000
Domestic releases since 01/01/2006 :: G 50,000 P 100,000 D 500,000
Domestic releases from 01/01/2004 until 31/12/2005 :: G 50,000 P 125,000 D 500,000
Domestic releases until 31/12/2003 :: G 100,000 P 250,000 D 1,000,000
Foreign releases since 01/01/2006 :: G 30,000 P 60,000 D 250,000
Foreign releases from 01/01/2001 until 31/12/2005 :: G 50,000 P 125,000 D 500,000
Foreign releases until 31/12/2000 :: G 100,000 P 250,000 D 1,000,000
DVDs released since 01/01/2006 :: G 25,000 P 50,000 D 250,000 [Domestic]
G 15,000 P 30,000 D 125,000 [Foreign]
DVDs released until 31/12/2005 :: G 25,000 P 50,000 D 100,000
Chile www.ifpichile.cl
since 01/2008 :: G 7,500 P 15,000
until 12/2007 :: G 10,000 P 20,000
Colombia www.apdifcolombia.com
since 01/2005 :: G 10,000 (5,000) P 20,000 (10,000)
G 5,000 P 10,000 [DVDs]
until 12/2004 :: G 20,000 P 40,000
until 11/2000 :: G 25,000 P 50,000
until 12/1999 :: G 30,000 P 60,000
Numbers between () are for foreign acts.
Ecuador
since 01/2005 :: G 3,000 P 6,000
until 12/2007 :: S 3,750 G 7,500 P 15,000
Mexico www.amprofon.com.mx
G 10,000 P 20,000 [DVDs]
G 1,500 P 3,000 [Single Track Downloads]
G 5,000 P 10,000 [Full Album Downloads]
G 10,000 P 25,000 D 250,00 [Master Ringtone Downloads/Pre-Loaded]
D 400,000 [Pre-Loaded Full Album since 06/2008)
G 50,000 P 100,000 D 500,000 [Pre-Loaded Single Track, Full Album or Video]
since 01/2008 :: G 40,000 P 80,000 D 400,000 [Albums]
since 07/2003 :: G 50,000 P 100,000 D 500,000 [Albums]
since 01/2000 :: D 500,000 [Albums]
since 01/1999 :: G 75,000 P 150,000 D 1,000,000 [Albums]
until 12/1998 :: G 100,000 P 250,000 D 1,000,000 [Albums]
Paraguay
G 5,000 P 10,000
Peru
since 01/2008 :: G 3,000 P 6,000
until 12/2007 :: G 5,000 P 10,000
Uruguay
since 07/2005 :: G 2,000 P 4,000
G 1,000 P 2,000 [DVDs]
until 06/2005 :: G 3,000 P 6,000
Venezuela
since 01/2008 :: G 5,000 P 10,000
until 12/2007 :: G 10,000 P 20,000
OCEANIA
Australia www.aria.com.au
G 7,500 P 15,000 [DVDs]
since 01/1989 :: Multi Platinum awards introduced.
G 35,000 P 70,000 [Albums & Singles]
until 12/1988 :: G 50,000 P 100,000 [Albums & Singles]
New Zealand www.rianz.org.nz / http://www.radioscope.net.nz
G 7,500 P 15,000 [Albums]
G 2,500 P 5,000 [DVDs]
since 05/2007 :: G 7,500 P 15,000 [Singles]
until 04/2007 :: G 5,000 P 10,000 [Singles]
AFRICA
Egypt
since 01/2009 :: G 25,000 (5,000) P 50,000 (10,000)
G 20,000 P 40,000 [Single Downloads & Master Ringtones]
until 12/2008 :: G 50,000 (5,000) P 100,000 (10,000)
Numbers between () are for foreign artists.
South Africa www.risa.org.za
since 01/2008 :: G 20,000 P 40,000
until 12/2007 :: G 25,000 P 50,000