Recording Industry Association of Japan
- Recording Industry Association of Japan
The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) is an industry trade group composed of Japanese corporations involved the music industry. It was founded in 1942 as the Japan Phonogram Record Cultural Association, and adopted its current name in 1969.
The RIAJ's activities include promotion of music sales, enforcement of copyright law, and research related to the Japanese music industry. It publishes the annual "RIAJ Year Book", a statistical summary of each year's music sales, as well as distributing a variety of other data.
Headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, the RIAJ has twenty member companies and a smaller number of associate and supporting members; some member companies are the Japanese branches of multinational corporations headquartered elsewhere.
The association is responsible for certifying gold and platinum albums and singles in the Japan. For more information about sales data see List of best selling albums and List of best selling singles.
Certification Criteria
All music sales, including singles, albums, digital download singles are on the same criteria:
*Gold: 100,000
*Platinum: 250,000
*Million: 1 million
Unlike many countries, the highest certification isn't called "Diamond", but "Million".
ee also
*Recording Industry Association of America
*Australian Recording Industry Association
*List of music recording sales certifications
External links
* [http://www.riaj.or.jp/e/ Recording Industry Association of Japan] - in English
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