Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas
AbbreviationCAPIF
FormationJune 25, 1958 (1958-06-25)
TypeNGO
Legal statusAssociation
PurposeTrade organization protecting music production companies' interests
HeadquartersBuenos Aires
Location
Director Ejecutivo
Javier Delupí[1]
Main organ
Comisión Directiva
AffiliationsIFPI
Websitewww.capif.org.ar

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.[2]

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.[3] In 2016, CAPIF once again lowered its certification levels for albums, digital singles and DVD releases, and introduced certifications for music sets (CD+DVD) and certifications based on streaming for both albums and singles.[4]

Current accreditation levels

Format Current Accreditation Levels[4]
Gold Platinum Diamond
Album[upper-alpha 1] 10,000 20,000 135,000
Single[upper-alpha 2] 10,000 20,000 135,000
Streaming 8,000,000 16,000,000 100,000,000
DVD 5,000 10,000 50,000
CD+DVD 5,000 10,000 50,000
  1. ↑ The same accreditation levels can be applied to album certifications based on either physical sales or digital downloads.[4]
  2. ↑ The current accreditation levels for singles consider either digital downloads or streaming numbers. Certifications for singles based on physical sales were suppressed in 2001.

Historical accreditation levels

Albums

Period Gold
certification		 Platinum
certification		 Diamond
certification
January 1980–December 31, 2000[3] 30,000 60,000 500,000
January 1, 2001 – June 30, 2016[3] 20,000 40,000 250,000
July 1, 2016–present[4] 10,000 20,000 135,000

Singles

Certification based on Gold
certification		 Platinum
certification		 Diamond
certification
Physical sales[3] (suppressed in 2001) 50,000 100,000
N/A
Digital downloads[4] 10,000 20,000 135,000
Streams[4] 8,000,000 16,000,000 100,000,000

DVD

Period Gold
certification		 Platinum
certification		 Diamond
certification
Until 2011[5] 4,000 8,000
N/A
2011–June 30, 2016[6] 7,500 15,000 75,000
July 1, 2016–present[4] 5,000 10,000 50,000

Other releases

Type of release Gold
certification		 Platinum
certification		 Diamond
certification
Compilation albums[3] (suppressed in 2001) 100,000 200,000
N/A
Music sets (CD+DVD)[4] (since 2016) 5,000 10,000 50,000

CAPIF Charts

The CAPIF Charts are the main Argentine music sales charts, issued monthly. 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. CAPIF stopped publishing charts since 2018. A weekly top 10 albums chart is now published by Diario de Cultura, while the standard singles chart for the country is now the Argentina Hot 100, published by Billboard.

  • CAPIF Top 10 Albums (physical sales)
  • CAPIF Top 10 Singles (digital sales)
  • CAPIF Top 10 Albums (music stores sales)
  • CAPIF Year-End Top 10 Albums (physical sales)
  • CAPIF Year-End Top 10 Singles (digital sales)
  • CAPIF Year-End Top 10 Albums (music stores sales)

Number-ones

  • 2021-2022 (albums)
  • 2017 (albums and singles)
  • 2018 (albums and singles)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Autoridades [Authorities]" (in Spanish). August 18, 2009. CAPIF.
  2. ↑ "Qué es CAPIF [What is CAPIF]" Archived 2011-10-06 at archive.today (in Spanish). CAPIF. Retrieved May 19, 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Discos de Oro y Platino" [Gold and Platinum discs]. CAPIF. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Procedimientos para la elaboración de charts y certificación de galardones" (PDF) (in Spanish). Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  5. ↑ "IFPI Certification-levels 2007" (PDF). IFPI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-02-27. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
  6. ↑ "IFPI Certification-levels 2011" (PDF). IFPI. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 26, 2011. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
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