Hungarian Recording Industry Association (Hungarian: ''Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége'', more commonly abbreviated to MAHASZ or Mahasz) is the Hungarian
music industry
The music industry are individuals and organizations that earn money by Songwriter, writing songs and musical compositions, creating and selling Sound recording and reproduction, recorded music and sheet music, presenting live music, concerts, ...
association, founded in 1992. MAHASZ issues the
Hungarian Music Awards, awards
music recording certification
Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music Sound recording and reproduction, recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units. The threshold quantity varies by type (such as album, single, music video ...
and maintains the
music chart
A record chart, in the music industry, also called a music chart, is a ranking of Sound recording and reproduction, recorded music according to certain criteria during a given period. Many different criteria are used in worldwide charts, ofte ...
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
Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music Sound recording and reproduction, recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units. The threshold quantity varies by type (such as album, single, music video ...
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
"World music" is an English phrase for styles of music from non-English speaking countries, including quasi-traditional, Cross-cultural communication, intercultural, and traditional music. World music's broad nature and elasticity as a musical ...
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
"World music" is an English phrase for styles of music from non-English speaking countries, including quasi-traditional, Cross-cultural communication, intercultural, and traditional music. World music's broad nature and elasticity as a musical ...
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, both certified 10× Platinum in 2014. The highest certified international repertoire album is '' Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack'' 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)
* 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