Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland

Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland ry, or Musiikkituottajat for short, ( en, Music Producers; formerly known as Suomen Ääni- ja kuvatallennetuottajat ÄKT), IFPI Finland in English, is the umbrella organization of recording producers active in Finland, with 23 record labels as its members.

Activity

The aim of the association is "to improve the cultural-political situation and legal protections of record production, develop the distribution and production of recordings and music videos and participate in governing and overseeing the production rights". Musiikkituottajat is the Finnish representative of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). It is also one of the three member associations of Gramex.Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland ry
(2010)

Since 1994, Musiikkituottajat has been responsible for composing the official records chart, the Official Finnish Charts. The list was produced in cooperation with the Finnish Broadcasting Company (Yleisradio) until late 2009. The association governs the ISRC codes used in Finland and it also keeps account of the best-selling recordings of all time in Finland and awards acts with the gold and platinum certifications (below).

Certification

In certifying recordings sold in Finland, Musiikkituottajat takes into account both physical and digital sales. The certifications awarded by Musiikkituottajat and their sales limits are the following:

Albums

*Gold: 10,000
*Platinum: 20,000
*Double platinum: 40,000
*Triple platinum: 60,000
*(etc.)

Note: Domestic albums use the current threshold for albums released on or after January 1, 2010. For foreign albums, the threshold was used for albums released on or after January 1, 2008. Double, triple and multi-platinum award levels were introduced in 1989.

Singles, EPs and DVDs

*Gold: 5,000
*Platinum: 10,000
*Double platinum: 20,000
*(etc.)

Video certifications was introduced in June 2004. For extended plays, it uses the current thresholds, for releases on or after January 1, 2010.

Certification levels (timeline)

Music recording certification was introduced in Finland in September 1971.

Albums

Gold

Platinum

Diamond

Singles

Gold

Platinum

List of albums certified by Musiikkituottajat

Gold

*''2nd to None''
*''Aerial (album)''
*'' Alone''
*'' Animalize''
*''Appetite for Destruction''
*''Artpop''
*'' ...Baby One More Time''
*'' Ballbreaker''
*'' Believe''
*'' The Best of 1980–1990''
*''The Best of 1990–2000''
*'' The Best of Sade''
*'' Best Of – Volume I''
*'' The Big Picture''
*'' Blow Up Your Video''
*'' Born This Way''
*'' Bridge Over Troubled Water''
*'' Cieli di Toscana''
*'' Crazy Love''
*'' Crazy Nights''
*'' Everything Changes''
*''Europop''
*''Forty Licks''
*''Greatest Hits'' ( Bon Jovi)
*'' The Greatest Hits'' ( Cher)
*''Happiness''
*'' Incanto''
*'' Indestructible''
*''Innuendo (album)''
*'' Ixnay on the Hombre''
*''J.Lo''
*'' Led Zeppelin Remasters''
*''Legend''
*'' Live Summer 2003''
*'' Love. Angel. Music. Baby.''
*'' A Medio Vivir''
*''The Memory of Trees''
*'' Mercury Falling''
*'' The Miracle''
*'' Monster''
*''Mothership''
*''My Christmas''
*''Nevermind''
*'' A Night at the Opera''
*'' Not That Kind''
*'' On How Life Is''
*''Only by the Night''
*'' Oral Fixation Vol. 2''
*''Paint the Sky with Stars''
*''Piece of Mind''
*'' Pitkä ihana leikki''
*'' Playing the Angel''
*''Private Dancer''
*''Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi!''
*''Reality Killed The Video Star''
*'' Romanza''
*'' Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice''
*''The Silent Force''
*''The Soul Cages''
*''Sing When You're Winning''
*''Spirits Having Flown''
*''Steal This Album!''
*''Stiff Upper Lip

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