Pro-Música Brasil

Brazilian music industry association
  • Brazil
President
Paulo RosaAffiliationsIFPIWebsitepro-musicabr.org

Pro-Música Brasil (PMB), previously Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos (ABPD) (English: Brazilian Association of Record Producers), is an official representative body of the record labels in the Brazilian phonographic market.[1]

History

The Brazilian Association of Record Producers, ABPD, was set up in April 1958 and represents the largest phonogram producers established in Brazil.[1] In 2016, the ABPD was renamed Pro-Música Brasil.[2]

Activities

The priorities of the ABPD are to develop conditions to assist the industry in preserving the music market and developing new markets and music marketing technologies, as well as fighting online piracy and promoting appropriate legislation in the areas of copyright and neighboring right, in addition to promoting awareness of music as a cultural and economic value. Furthermore, the ABPD is engaged in conciliating the interests of the companies it represents with those of other title-holders in the area of copyright, as well as gathering statistical data and conducting market research and surveys. The ABPD is affiliated to the umbrella association, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), with over 1,400 member companies in 66 countries.[1]

The ABPD is also responsible for the issuance of certification awards authorized by recording companies, in recognition of the work of performers, through the awarding of "special discs", i.e. Gold, Platinum and Diamond Discs, for units sold. In the anti-piracy area, the ABPD established the "Association for the Protection of the Intellectual Property Rights of the Phonographic Industry", APDIF, in 1995, and this body is involved since then in the fight against music piracy in their operational, logistic and legal aspects.[1]

Affiliates

All companies associated with Pro-Música Brasil:[3]

  • EMI-Odeon, EMI Fênix, EMI Jangada, EMI Imperador - EMI Music - EMI Records.
  • Microservice Tecnologia Digital.
  • MK Music.
  • Edições Paulinas.
  • Record Produções e Gravações Ltda.
  • Line Records.[4][5]
  • New Music.
  • Som Livre.
  • Sony Music.
  • Universal Music.
  • Walt Disney Records.
  • Warner Music.
  • Continental EastWest.

Sales certification

Before 1990, there were no music certification award in Brazil. Following that, the certification levels were:[6]

Brazilian (domestic) artists

CD
Certification Until 2003 2004-2005 2006-2009 Since 2010
Gold 100,000 50,000 50,000 40,000
Platinum 250,000 125,000 100,000 80,000
Double Platinum 500,000 250,000 200,000 160,000
Triple Platinum 750,000 375,000 300,000 240,000
Diamond 1,000,000 500,000 500,000 300,000
DVD
Certification Until 2005 Since 2006
Gold 25,000 25,000
Platinum 50,000 50,000
Double Platinum 100,000
Triple Platinum 150,000
Diamond 100,000 250,000

International artists

CD
Certification Until 2000 2001-2005 2006-2009 Since 2010
Gold 100,000 50,000 30,000 20,000
Platinum 250,000 125,000 60,000 40,000
Double Platinum 500,000 250,000 120,000 80,000
Triple Platinum 750,000 375,000 180,000 120,000
Diamond 1,000,000 500,000 250,000 160,000
DVD
Certification Until 2005 Since 2006
Gold 25,000 15,000
Platinum 50,000 30,000
Double Platinum 60,000
Triple Platinum 90,000
Diamond 100,000 125,000

Digital media certification

From November 2008, digital media sales were also certified by APBD with the following certification levels:[6][7]

Domestic
  • Gold: 50,000
  • Platinum: 100,000
  • Diamond: 500,000
International
  • Gold: 30,000
  • Platinum: 60,000
  • Diamond: 250,000

Digital certifications were active for both albums (digital álbum, or DAL) and singles (digital música or DMS), using the same certification levels. Physical CD sales continued to be certified separately. The last digital certification for singles was awarded by APBD in 2013[8] while the last digital album was thus certified in 2015.[9]

Starting in 2017, the certifications for digital sales were united with those of actual sales with the following rules. For the sake of album certifications, paid digital downloads of full albums are equal to a physical album sale. Paid digital downloads of singles from the album are also counted for album certification, where ten singles downloads are equivalent to one album sale. For audio and video streams of one or more tracks in the album, 5,000 streams are equivalent to one album. Single certifications are based on digital download. For audio and video streaming, 500 streams are equal to one download. The thresholds for both album and single certifications are the ones previously assigned to CDs.[10]

List of Diamond certified albums

The following is a list of albums that have been certified Diamond or more by Pro-Música Brasil (and previously Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos).

Quadruple Diamond

Triple Diamond

  • 21[12]
  • Músicas para Louvar ao Senhor
  • Só Pra Contrariar

Double Diamond

Diamond

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Sobre a ABPD: Apresentação" [About the ABPD] (in Portuguese). Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos. Archived from the original on 31 March 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
  2. ^ "SOBRE NÓS – Pro-Música Brasil". pro-musicabr.org.br. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Sobre a ABPD: Lista de Associados" (in Portuguese). Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos. Archived from the original on 4 April 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
  4. ^ Sobre a ABPD: Record Produções e Gravações. Ltda Archived August 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese).
  5. ^ Sobre a ABPD: Line Records Archived 2008-09-27 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese).
  6. ^ a b "Níveis de Certificação". abpd.org.br. Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  7. ^ "Certification, Award Levels: Digital Download Singles" (PDF). IFPI. 2009. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  8. ^ "CERTIFICADOS – Pro-Música Brasil - DIGITAL (MÚSICA)". pro-musicabr.org.br. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  9. ^ "CERTIFICADOS – Pro-Música Brasil - DIGITAL (ÁLBUM)". pro-musicabr.org.br. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  10. ^ "Tabela de Níveis de Certificação Pro-Música". Pro-Música Brasil. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
  11. ^ "Diamante Quádruplo". pro-musicabr.org.br. Pro-Música Brasil. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  12. ^ "Diamante Triplo". pro-musicabr.org.br. Pro-Música Brasil. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  13. ^ "Diamante Duplo". pro-musicabr.org.br. Pro-Música Brasil. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  14. ^ "Diamante". pro-musicabr.org.br. Pro-Música Brasil. Retrieved 6 November 2021.

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