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IFPI Norge
Formation4 May 1938; 87 years ago (1938-05-04)[1]
TypeNonprofit trade association
958 150 849[2]
Legal statusAksjeselskap
Location
Region served
Norway
Membership23 (2024)
Official language
Norwegian
Director
Marte Thorsby
Chair
Lena Midtveit
Main organ
Board
Parent organisation
International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI)
Websiteifpi.no

IFPI Norge is a trade association for the recording industry in Norway, and a branch of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). It is responsible for the country's music licensing, as well as music recording certifications, and Norwegian record charts.[3] It was founded in 1938 and is a member of Norwaco.[4][5] They work together with FONO [no] to appoint the committee that awards the annual Spellemannprisen.[1]

Record charts

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IFPI Norge publishes Topplista, record charts reflecting radio airplay as well as streaming figures and sales of physical and digital music.[6][7] Weekly, monthly, and yearly charts are published for singles, albums and airplay, with data collected in collaboration with Radiomonitor and Ranger Computer Systems.[7] Topplista previously had charts for Norwegian music sales and vinyl sales until a company reorganisation in late 2020.[8]

VG-lista is another record chart compiled by IFPI Norge, which started as a singles chart published in the newspaper Verdens Gang starting 16 October 1958.[9] The first albums chart was published on 4 January 1967, and a chart for the best-selling video albums on DVD was published from 2003 to 2008.[9] The VG-lista charts were relaunched in 2011 to incorporate streaming figures.[10]

Certifications

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IFPI Norge awards music recording certifications based on physical sales, music downloads and streaming figures. For albums, 1,000 streams make up one album-equivalent unit, with gold certification at 10,000 units and platinum at 20,000 units. For songs, one stream is one song-equivalent unit, while one download or physical single is equivalent to 100 song-equivalent units; songs are certified gold at 3,000,000 units and platinum at 6,000,000 units.[11]

History of certifications

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Music recording certifications have been awarded in Norway since at least the 1960s, with a Silver Disk granted for album sales of 25,000 units and a Gold Disk for 50,000 units.[12] A Gold Ring was awarded to Norwegian artists who sold more than 25,000 units around the world.[12] New were set in 1992[13] when the silver award was phased out, gold was awarded for 25,000 and a platinum award was introduced for sales of 50,000 units.[14] These thresholds remain active until July 2002, when thresholds for albums released after that date were reduced to 20,000 for Gold and 40,000 for Platinum, and a single award was introduced, for 5,000 and 10,000 units, respectively.[13] DVD awards were introduced in 2004, also for 5,000 and 10,000 units, respectively.[15] The thresholds for albums were reduced again on 6 September 2006, to 30,000 and 15,000, respectively, applying to all releases since July 2002.[16] At the same time, downloaded music was included in the award, for products released since 2006.[16] On 13 February 2007, it was decided to apply the new thresholds only products released since 2007.[17]

Streaming awards for singles were introduced on December 2012, with Gold awarded for 1,500,000 streams and Platinum for 3,000,000.[18] In November 2013, a streaming model was introduced for certifying albums, where the average streams per track is converted to streaming albums, with an undisclosed conversion rate, the same model that is used in Sweden.[19] On 13 March 2015, this model was accepted by all Nordic countries, as well as some other countries in Europe.[20] The thresholds for streaming were increased to 2,000,000 and 4,000,000, respectively, sometime before September 2015, phasing out the thresholds for physical sales.[21] In January 2018, the thresholds for singles were raised again, to 3,000,000 and 6,000,000, respectively, and downloads were included, 1 download equaling 100 streams. At the same time, the thresholds for albums were reduced to 10,000 and 20,000, with 1,000 streams equaling one download or physical sale.[22] These thresholds and rules still active, as of January 2025.[11] DVD awards were still active on June 2020,[23] and were discontinued sometime before August.[24]

Members

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As of 2025, IFPI Norge has 28 members:[25]

References

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  1. ^ a b "IFPI". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  2. ^ "IFPI NORGE AS". Brønnøysund Register Centre. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Om IFPI" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norge. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Nordmenns nedlasting av musikk stuper" (in Norwegian). NRK. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Åpenhetsrapport for foreningen IFPI Norge og IFPI Norge AS 2023" (PDF) (in Norwegian). 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  6. ^ "Topplista". Great Norwegian Encyclopedia (in Norwegian). 24 August 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  7. ^ a b "Reglement TOPPLISTA" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norge. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  8. ^ Øgrim, Tellef (2 October 2020). "IFPI legger om". Ballade (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  9. ^ a b Bergan, Jon Vidar (5 March 2024). "VG-lista". Great Norwegian Encyclopedia (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  10. ^ Lunder, Martine (17 June 2011). "VG-lista relanseres med streaming". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  11. ^ a b "Vilkår for å søke om trofé" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norge. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  12. ^ a b Eriksen, Espen (15 May 1965). "Music Capitals of the World: Oslo". Billboard. Vol. 77, no. 20. Nielsen Business Media. p. 26.
  13. ^ a b "Troféregler". IFPI Norge. Archived from the original on 2004-02-02.
  14. ^ Rosen, Craig (27 May 1995). "Atlantic Eyes All The World For New All-4-One Album". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. p. 10.
  15. ^ "Troféregler". IFPI Norge. Archived from the original on 2004-04-27.
  16. ^ a b "Troféregler". IFPI Norge. Archived from the original on 2007-02-28.
  17. ^ "Troféregler". IFPI Norge. Archived from the original on 2007-06-13.
  18. ^ "Troféregler". IFPI Norge. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21.
  19. ^ Løken, Trude. "Streamingmodell". IFPI Norge. Archived from the original on 2014-02-26.
  20. ^ "Streamingmodell". IFPI Norge. Archived from the original on 2016-03-18.
  21. ^ "Troféregler". IFPI Norge. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24.
  22. ^ "Gull og platina". IFPI Norge. Archived from the original on 2018-06-07.
  23. ^ "Trofé". IFPI Norge. Archived from the original on 2020-06-03.
  24. ^ "Trofé". IFPI Norge. Archived from the original on 2020-08-21.
  25. ^ "Medlemmer" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norge. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
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