Abbreviation CAPIF Legal status Association | Type NGO Headquarters Buenos Aires | |
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Formation June 25, 1958; 58 years ago (1958-06-25) Purpose Trade organization protecting music production companies' interests | ||
The Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers (Spanish: Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas, CAPIF) is an Argentine organization member of the IFPI, which represents the music industry in the country. It is a nonprofit organization integrated by multinational and independent record labels.
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Sales certification
CAPIF launched its Gold and Platinum certification program in 1980. Initially, albums required to sell 30,000 units to become Gold and 60,000 units to become Platinum. CAPIF, however, lowered its certification levels in the beginning of 2001 to reflect the declining sales in the recording industry.
Albums
Singles
Videos
Compilation albums
List of certified albums
The following is a list of albums that have been certified by the Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers.
CAPIF Charts
The CAPIF Charts is the main Argentine music sales charts, issued monthly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres. All charts are compiled from data of both physical and digital sales from retailers in Argentina.