The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) (????????, Nippon Rek?do Ky?kai) is an industry trade group composed of Japanese corporations involved in 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 Japan.
Video Recording Industry Association of Japan
RIAJ Certification
In 1989, the Recording Industry Association of Japan introduced the music recording certification systems. It is awarded based on shipment figures of compact disc or cassette tape which was reported by record labels. In principle, the criteria are limitedly applied to the materials released after January 21, 1989.
Certification awards
Currently, all music sales including singles, albums, digital download singles are on the same criteria. Unlike many countries, the highest certification is not called "Diamond" or "Platinum", but "Million".
Old criteria (until June 2003)
Before the unification of criteria and introduction of music videos category in July 2003, a separate scale had been used for certification awards.
Digital certifications
Certifications for songs and albums released digitally began on September 20, 2006, using download data collected since the early 2000s. From 2006 until 2013, there were three categories for certifications: Chaku-uta (???(R), "Ringtone"), Chaku-uta Full (?????(R), "Full-length Ringtone") (i.e. a download to a cellphone) and PC Haishin (PC??, "PC Download") for songs purchased on services such as iTunes. On February 28, 2014, the Chaku-uta Full and PC categories were merged to create the Single Track (????????) category.
While digital album certifications are possible, only certain album have rarely received this certification since the beginning of digital certifications, including the 2011 Songs for Japan charity album. and Hikaru Utada's sixth studio album Fantôme among others.
Maps Recording Industry Association of Japan
Members
Main members
- Avex Group¹
- Avex Entertainment
- Avex Digital (supporting member)
- Being Inc.
- Dreamusic Incorporated
- For Life Music
- Geneon Universal Entertainment¹
- King Records¹
- Bellwood Records (supporting member)
- King Records International (supporting member)
- Nippon Columbia
- Columbia Marketing (supporting member)
- Nippon Crown¹
- Pony Canyon¹
- Exit Tunes (associate member)
- Sony Music Entertainment Japan¹
- Ariola Japan (supporting member)
- DefStar Records (supporting member)
- Epic Records Japan (supporting member)
- Ki/oon Records (supporting member)
- SME Records (supporting member)
- Sony Music Artists (supporting member)
- Sony Music Associated Records(supporting member)
- Sony Music Direct(supporting member)
- Sony Music Distribution(supporting member)
- Sony Music Japan International (supporting member)
- Sony Music Records (supporting member)
- Tokuma Japan Communications¹
- Universal Music Group¹
- EMI Music Japan¹
- VAP Inc.¹
- Victor Entertainment¹
- Teichiku Records¹
- Warner Music Group¹
- Yamaha Music Communications
- Yoshimoto R&C
Associate members
- Amuse Soft Entertainment
- HATS Unlimited
- Johnny and Associates
- J Storm
- Johnny's Entertainment
- Konami Digital Entertainment
- Bandai Visual
- Lantis (main member)
- LD&K Records
- Naxos Records
- Pryaid Records¹
- Stardust Records
- Space Shower Networks
- Spiritual Beast
- Venus Records
- Village Again Association
- NBC Universal Entertainment Japan
- KISS Entertainment
- Rambling Records
- Gambit
- Croix
Supporting members
- Aniplex (subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Japan)
- Crown-Tokuma Music (joint venture of Nippon Crown and Tokuma Japan Communications)
- Free Board
- Holiday Japan
- Jei One
- NPPDevelop
- T-Toc Records
- TV Asahi Music
- Ward Records
- Toys Factory
- Aceforce Entertainment
- Kino Music
¹Member, International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.
See also
- List of best-selling albums in Japan
- List of best-selling singles in Japan
- List of best-selling music artists in Japan
- Recording Industry Association of America
- Australian Recording Industry Association
- List of music recording sales certifications
- RIAJ Digital Track Chart
- Global music industry market share data
External links
- Recording Industry Association of Japan - in English
References
Source of article : Wikipedia
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