Mahasz

Music of Hungary: Topics
verbunkos táncház
csárdás nóta
History: (Samples)
Genres Classical - Folk - Hardcore - Hip hop - Opera - Operett - Pop - Reggae - Rock - Wedding pop - Wedding rock
Organisations Mahasz
Awards Golden Giraffe
Charts MAHASZ TOP 40 album, MAHASZ Kislemez TOP 10, Dance TOP 40
Festivals Sziget Festival, Balaton Sound, VOLT Festival, Hegyalja Festival, Táncháztalálkozó, Miskolc Opera Festival, Kaláka Folk Festival
Media Radio Petőfi, Hungaroton, VIVA, Class FM, Neo FM, Juventus Radio, Tilos Radio
National anthem "Himnusz"
Hungarian minorities' music abroad
Transylvania, Vojvodina, Slovakia, Transcarpathia

Mahasz is the Hungarian music industry association, founded in 1992. Mahasz hands out the Hungarian Music Awards and maintains the music charts for Hungary.

"Mahasz" is short for Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége (Association of Hungarian Record Companies).

Contents

Certification levels

Music CDs

Domestic repertoire

Certification[1] Before 12 June 1992 Before 3 December 1997 Before 23 April 2002 Before 23 February 2005 Before 13 September 2006 Before 1 October 2009 From 1 October 2009
Gold 100,000 50,000 25,000 15,000 10,000 7,500 5,000
Platinum 200,000 100,000 50,000 30,000 20,000 15,000 10,000
Diamond 400,000 200,000 - - - - -

International repertoire

Certification[2] Since 13 September 2006
Gold 3,000
Platinum 6,000

Note: there have been changes in the thresholds for international repertoire in the past. For example, a document from 2005 shows levels of 10,000 for Gold and 20,000 for Platinum.[3] However, exact details are not available.

Singles

Certification[2] Number of copies
Gold 1,500
Platinum 3,000

Note: there have been changes in the thresholds for singles in the past. For example, a document from 2005 shows levels of 5,000 for Gold and 10,000 for Platinum.[3] However, exact details are not available.

Music DVDs

Certification[2] Jazz/classical Pop
Gold 1,000 2,000
Platinum 2,000 4,000

See also

References

  1. ^ "A díjak története - Arany- és platinalemezek - MAHASZ - Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége". mahasz.hu. http://www.mahasz.hu/?menu=arany_es_platinalemezek&menu2=a_dijak_tortenete. Retrieved 23 January 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c "Mi számít arany- és platinalemeznek? - Arany- és platinalemezek - MAHASZ - Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége". mahasz.hu. http://www.mahasz.hu/?menu=arany_es_platinalemezek&menu2=mi_szamit_arany_es_platinalemeznek. Retrieved 23 January 2011. 
  3. ^ a b "The Recording Industry in Japan 2005 Statistics Analysis Trends English Edition" (PDF). 2005. p. 23. http://www.riaj.or.jp/e/issue/pdf/RIAJ2005E.pdf. 

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