Uniunea Producătorilor de Fonograme din România

Uniunea Producătorilor de Fonograme din România (Ro for Romanian Phonographic Industry is the Romanian record industry's trade association.[1] It also measure the number of physical and digital sales of records in Romania, compiling a weekly chart entitled Romanian Digital Chart. The Romanian Albums Chart is also updated weekly, but has never been entirely publisher. But with the introduction of iTunes Store Romania it was easier to compile the data. The biggest-selling album in Romania is Michael Jackson's Thriller whose sales figure stands at over 200,000 copies (20x Platinum), while the biggest-selling digital release is Adele's 21 with over 10,000 digital copies sold within two years. The biggest-selling physical single in Romania was Madonna's "Vogue" with exceeds of over 60,000 sales, but in the digital era Adele' "Someone Like You" sold over 30,000 copies in the digital sphere.

Sales certificates

Format Status[2]
Silver Gold Platinum
Album 5,000[nb 1] 10,000[nb 1] 25,000[nb 1]
Single 3,000[nb 2] 5,000[nb 2] 10,000[nb 2]
Music DVD — 1,000 2,000

References

  1. ↑ http://www.upfr.ro/?page=p&id=187
  2. ↑ "Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry.
  3. ↑ "Certified Awards – A Timeline" (PDF). British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  4. ↑ Gallup (4 February 1989). "The Top of the Pops Chart" (PDF). Record Mirror: 4. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  5. ↑ "Certified Awards". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
  6. ↑ "International Certification Award levels" (PDF). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. March 2010. p. 7. Retrieved 7 June 2010.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The number of sales required to qualify for Platinum, Gold and Silver discs was changed to the current thresholds of Platinum (300,000 units), Gold (100,000 units) and Silver (60,000 units) in 1979 for albums above a minimum RRP. Below the minimum RRP the threshold are doubled. Prior to this the thresholds were based on monetary revenue: Platinum (£1,000,000), Gold (£150,000 from April 1973 to September 1974, £250,000 from September 1974 to January 1977, and £300,000 from 1977 until 1979) and Silver (£75,000 from April 1973 to January 1975, £100,000 from January 1975 to January 1977, and £150,000 from 1977 until 1979).[3]
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The number of sales required to qualify for Platinum, Gold and Silver discs was dropped for singles released after 1 January 1989 to the current thresholds of Silver (200,000 units), Gold (400,000 units), and Platinum (600,000 units). Prior to this the thresholds were Silver (250,000 units), Gold (500,000 units), and Platinum (1,000,000 units).[4][5][6]