Productores de Música de España

Productores de Música de España (Spanish Music Producers) (shortened as Promusicae, sometimes stylised PROMUSICAE) is the organisation responsible for the Spanish Albums Chart and other music charts. It is a trade association that represents more than 90 percent of the Spanish recorded music industry.[1] It is the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) group for Spain.

History

Promusicae was born in 1958 as a representative of the IFPI in Spain under the name of the Spanish Group of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (Grupo Español de la Federación Internacional de la Industria Fonográfica), although not officially an association, since Spanish law during the Franco regime did not recognize the right of association until 1977. In 1978, it was registered as an association under the name Spanish Phonographic Association (Asociación Fonográfica Española) (AFE). In 1982, with the emergence and popularization of the music video, the AFE changed its name to Phonographic and Videographic Association of Spain (Asociación Fonográfica y Videográfica de España) (AFYVE). Finally, in 2004, AFYVE partners by General Assembly decided to change to its current name, Spanish Music Producers (Productores de Música de España) (Promusicae, which is also a pun with the Latin expression "pro musicae", which means "for / in favor of the music").

Since April 30, 2003, Antonio Guisasola has been president of Promusicae, replacing Carlos Grande.

Charts

The charts are calculated once every week on Sundays. They are based on retail music sales within Spain for the week from the preceding Saturday to the Friday prior to calculation. The new charts are usually uploaded to the Promusicae website on Sunday night Spanish continental time. As of January 2015, the Top 100 songs are based on streaming and both download and physical sales.[2]

Promusicae provides the following charts:

Certifications

Certifications have existed in Spain since the mid-1970s. During this period, both singles and albums had to sell 100,000 copies to qualify for a Gold disk, the only certification awarded at the time.[3]

Promusicae is currently in charge of certifying records in Spain. It certifies Gold and Platinum recordings based on the shipment of albums and the sales of digital downloads.

Albums

Until November 1, 2005, the certification levels for albums in Spain were 50,000 for Gold and 100,000 for Platinum.[4] The current levels; however, are 20,000 for Gold and 40,000 for Platinum.[5]

In the table below are the certification levels, when the program of Gold and Platinum is operated under Promusicae.

Certification Before November 1, 2005[4][6] Before September 6, 2009[7][8] Before November 1, 2011[5][9] Since November 1, 2011[5]
Gold 50,000 40,000 30,000 20,000
Platinum 100,000 80,000 60,000 40,000

Singles

In January 2008, due to a decline in Physical singles, Promusicae replaced the charts of the physical singles with two separate Top 20 charts, one for Digital downloads and the other for Original Tones (similar to Ringtones). The change was reflected to the certifications as well, and allowed each single title to receive two separate types of certification awards.[10] The two certification formats were combined together in January 2009, reflecting, again, the charts becoming a single chart. In the meantime, Promusicae raised the certification-levels to 20,000 for Gold and 40,000 for Platinum from the previous 10,000/20,000.[11]

Physical singles

Note that in the table below are the certification-levels, when the program of Gold and Platinum is operated under Promusicae.

Certification Before November 1, 2005[4][12][13] Before April 1, 2007[14] Since April 1, 2007[15]
Gold 25,000 10,000 10,000
Platinum 50,000 20,000 25,000
Original Tones and Digital downloads

Note that in the table below are the certification-levels, when the program of Gold and Platinum is operated under Promusicae.

Certification
"Original Tones" and "Digital downloads" instituted on January 1, 2008[16]		 Before January 1, 2009[17]Since January 1, 2009
"Original Tones" and "Digital downloads" combined[11]
Gold 10,000 20,000
Platinum 20,000 40,000
Streaming
Certification
"Original Tones" and "Digital downloads" instituted on November 10, 2013[18] 		Since November 10, 2013
Gold 4,000,000
Platinum 8,000,000

Music DVDs

Note that in the table below are the certification-levels, when the program of Gold and Platinum is operated under Promusicae.

Certification
Gold 10,000
Platinum 25,000

Piracy

As a member of International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), one of Promusicae's main purposes is to lobby for tougher intellectual property laws to stop music copyright violations.[1]

Promusicae has monitored P2P networks gathering data about its users downloading music. In April 2005, Promusicae claimed that they were monitoring the Kazaa P2P network and they had sent "messages" containing warnings and legal threats to more than 10,000 users[19] In early 2008, Promusicae started a judicial process against Telefónica, the biggest Spanish Internet service provider, demanding that personal data of Kazaa users they monitored should be handed over to Promusicae, so they can start suing them. The Promusicae v. Telefónica case continued until the European Court of Justice, which ruled that Telefónica did not have an obligation to hand user data over to Promusicae.[20]

In June 2008, Promusicae sued Pablo Soto, developer of Manolito P2P, Blubster and Piolet. Promusicae claimed that Pablo Soto was engaging in unfair competition and demanded 13 million euros in damages.[21][22]

Promusicae is one of the founders of La Coalición de Creadores e Industrias de Contenidos, a group of companies whose mission is changing Spanish law to be able to prosecute file-sharing.[23]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "About PROMUSICAE". Promisucae. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  2. ↑ Cantor-Navas, Judy (January 9, 2015). "Spain's Promusicae Debut Chart Combining Streaming, Downloads & Physical Sales". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Billboard Vol. 86, No. 52". Billboard. 1974-12-26: 40. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
  4. 1 2 3 "Promusicae Reduces Certification Levels". Billboard magazine. 2005-10-28. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  5. 1 2 3 "SEMANA 43: del 24.10.2011 al 30.10.2011" (PDF). Productores de Música de España. Archived from the original on June 6, 2012. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  6. ↑ "Lista de los titulos mas vendidos del 24.10.05 al 30.10.05" (PDF). Productores de Música de España. Archived from the original on May 9, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  7. ↑ "SEMANA 36: del 31.08.2009 al 06.09.2009" (PDF). Productores de Música de España. Archived from the original on May 9, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  8. ↑ "SEMANA 37: del 07.09.2009 al 13.09.2009" (PDF). Productores de Música de España. Archived from the original on May 9, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  9. ↑ "SEMANA 42: del 17.10.2011 al 23.10.2011" (PDF). Productores de Música de España. Archived from the original on May 9, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  10. ↑ "SEMANA 01: del 31 de diciembre de 2007 al 6 de enero de 2008" (PDF). Productores de Música de España. Archived from the original on May 9, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  11. 1 2 "SEMANA 01: del 29.12.08 al 04.01.09" (PDF). Productores de Música de España. Archived from the original on May 9, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  12. ↑ "Lista de los titulos mas vendidos del 17.10.05 al 23.10.05" (PDF). Productores de Música de España. Archived from the original on May 9, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  13. ↑ "Lista de los titulos mas vendidos del 24.10.05 al 30.10.05" (PDF). Productores de Música de España. Archived from the original on May 9, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  14. ↑ "Lista de los títulos más vendidos del 19.03.07 al 25.03.07" (PDF). Productores de Música de España. Archived from the original on May 9, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  15. ↑ "Lista de los títulos más vendidos del 19.03.07 al 25.03.07" (PDF). Productores de Música de España. Archived from the original on May 9, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  16. ↑ "Lista de los títulos más vendidos del 19.03.07 al 25.03.07" (PDF). Productores de Música de España. Archived from the original on May 9, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  17. ↑ "SEMANA 52: del 22.12.08 al 28.12.08" (PDF). Productores de Música de España. Archived from the original on May 9, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  18. ↑ "Los Discos de Oro y de Platino llegan a la lista de ‘streaming’". Retrieved 2014-07-12.
  19. ↑ "Promusicae envía 'advertencias' a miles de usuarios de redes P2P". El Mundo (in Spanish). 17 April 2005.
  20. ↑ "Bruselas considera que las telefónicas no tienen obligación de identificar a los usuarios del P2P". El País (in Spanish). 30 January 2008.
  21. ↑ Laia Reventós (2008-06-06). "Las discográficas reclaman 13 millones a Manolito P2P" (in Spanish). El País. Retrieved 2009-05-11.
  22. ↑ enigmax (2009-05-21). "‘Spanish Napster’ Sued For Unfair Competition". TorrentFreak. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
  23. ↑ Europa Press. "La Coalición de Creadores e Industrias de Contenidos insta al Gobierno a que legisle contra la piratería en Internet" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-05-10.
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