Hungarian Recording Industry Association (Hungarian: ''Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége'', more commonly abbreviated to MAHASZ or Mahasz) is the Hungarian
music industry association, founded in 1992. MAHASZ issues the
Hungarian Music Awards, awards
music recording certification and maintains the
music chart
A record chart, in the music industry, also called a music chart, is a ranking of recorded music according to certain criteria during a given period. Many different criteria are used in worldwide charts, often in combination. These include re ...
s for Hungary.
Charts
Mahasz runs the following weekly charts:
* Album Top 40
* Radio Top 40
* Editor's Choice Top 40
* Hungarian Radio Top 40
* Dance Top 40
* Single Top 40
* Stream Top 40
Certification levels
Since 1 January 2018, MAHASZ combined all
music recording certification into one combined "album" certifications, which includes albums and singles of all genres and origins. For Gold status an album needs to sell 2,000 units and for Platinum 4,000 units, where ten singles are counted as one album. The certification also includes streaming at a rate of 1,000 paid streams or 5,000 free streams per album.
Certification levels history
Certifications have existed in Hungary since the mid-1970s. During that period, albums had to sell 50,000 units to qualify for Gold status and singles required 100,000 units.
Over the years, Mahasz awarded certifications for albums, singled and music videos (DVDs).
Albums
For pop albums, separate thresholds were in place for domestic repertoire and international repertoire, as follows.
Mahasz certified classical music, jazz,
world music and prose albums, requiring 1,500 units for Gold and 3,000 units for Platinum.
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Singles
For singles, the same thresholds applied independent of the origin and genre.
Music videos (DVDs)
For music videos (DVDs), the same thresholds applied independent of the origin.
Jazz, classical, world music and prose DVDs were certified at 1,000 for Gold and 2,000 for Platinum.[
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Highest certified albums
The highest certified albums by MAHASZ are ''Micsoda buli!'' by Hungária and ''Legendás dalok 1.'' by Locomotiv GT
Locomotiv GT (often abbreviated LGT, and sometimes using the nickname Loksi) was a Hungarian rock band formed in 1971. Starting out as a progressive rock band, they later experimented with many other styles including jazz, funk, and Pop music, pop ...
, both certified 10× Platinum in 2014. The highest certified international repertoire album is ''Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack
''Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack '' is the soundtrack album for the 2008 jukebox musical film ''Mamma Mia!'', based on the 1999 stage musical of the same name. Released on July 8, 2008, by Decca and Polydor Records in the United States and inte ...
'' by the '' Mamma Mia!'' film cast, certified 6× Platinum in 2018.[
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See also
* List of artists who reached number one in Hungary
* List of number-one singles of the 2000s (Hungary)
This is a list of the songs that have reached number one on the Mahasz ''Rádiós Top 40'' airplay chart during the 2000s. The issue date is the date the song began its run at number one the first issue was on 13 May 2002.
References
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* List of number-one singles of the 2010s (Hungary)
* List of number-one singles of the 2020s (Hungary)
References
External links
MAHASZ official website
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Music industry associations
Music organisations based in Hungary
Organizations established in 1992
1992 establishments in Hungary