{{short description|Organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox organization | name = International Federation of the Phonographic Industry | abbreviation = IFPI | formation = {{start date and age|1933}} | image = International Federation of the Phonographic Industry logo 2025.svg | type = | status = | purpose = | headquarters = IFPI The Shard, 7th floor, 32 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 | location = | coordinates = | region_served = | membership = | leader_title = Chief executive | leader_name = Victoria Oakley | main_organ = Main board of directors | subsidiaries = See below | num_staff = | num_volunteers = | budget = | website = {{URL|https://www.ifpi.org/}} }}
The '''International Federation of the Phonographic Industry''' ('''IFPI''') is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a non-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland. It operates a secretariat based in London, with regional offices in Brussels, Hong Kong, Miami, Abu Dhabi, Singapore and Nairobi.
==Function== IFPI's mission is to promote the value of recorded music, campaign for record producer rights, and expand the commercial uses of recorded music.<ref name="IFPI-About"/> Its services to members include a legal policy programme, litigation, content protection, sales reporting for the recorded music market, insight and analysis and work in the areas of performance rights, technology and trade.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ifpi.org/what-we-do.php|title=What We Do — IFPI — Representing the recording industry worldwide|website=ifpi.org|access-date=25 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711083715/https://ifpi.org/what-we-do.php|archive-date=11 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Structure== IFPI is governed by its Main Board, a group including representatives from across the organisation's members (including major and independent record labels), representatives from certain IFPI National Groups and the organisation's CEO.<ref name="IFPI-Board">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ifpi.org/board.php|title=Our Boards — IFPI — Representing the recording industry worldwide|website=www.ifpi.org|access-date=25 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708192050/https://ifpi.org/board.php|archive-date=8 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> There are also two regional boards (the IFPI Asia/Pacific Regional Board and IFPI Latin America Regional Board) which oversee regional matters.<ref name="IFPI-Board" />
In April 2024 IFPI announced that Victoria Oakley had been appointed as CEO, joining the organisation in June 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=IFPI |first=IFPI |date=15 April 2024 |title=IFPI appoints Victoria Oakley as new CEO |url=https://www.ifpi.org/ifpi-appoints-victoria-oakley-as-new-ceo/ |website=www.ifpi.org}}</ref> The previous CEO, Frances Moore, stepped down in December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=IFPI |first=IFPI |date=20 July 2023 |title=Frances Moore to step down as CEO of IFPI |url=https://www.ifpi.org/frances-moore-to-step-down-as-ceo-of-ifpi/ |website=www.ifpi.org}}</ref> She had been appointed the chief executive with a term effective from 1 July 2010.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Frances Moore to be new CEO of IFPI |url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/20100624a.html |publisher=IFPI |date=24 June 2010 |access-date=24 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100708055631/http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/20100624a.html |archive-date=8 July 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> She had replaced John Kennedy, who had headed the organisation since 2005 and was also one of the co-producers of Live Aid and Live8.<ref>{{cite press release|title=John Kennedy to succeed Jay Berman as Chairman and CEO of IFPI|url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/20040913.html|publisher=IFPI|date=13 September 2004|access-date=2 July 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516073332/http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/20040913.html|archive-date=16 May 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> Moore was awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in 2021 for her services to the music industry.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 June 2021 |title=Frances Moore, Chief Executive of IFPI, Awarded MBE in Queen's Birthday Honours |url=https://www.ifpi.org/frances-moore-chief-executive-of-ifpi-awarded-mbe-in-queens-birthday-honours/ |access-date=1 June 2022 |website=IFPI}}</ref>
==Scope of influence== IFPI represents the recording industry worldwide; there are some 8,000 members across IFPI and its global network, operating in over 70 markets and some 70 local industry associations, affiliated music licensing companies and IFPI offices.<ref name="IFPI-About">{{cite web |url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_about/index.html |access-date=18 May 2010 |publisher=IFPI |title=IFPI's Mission |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061105032552/http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_about/index.html |archive-date=5 November 2006 |url-status=live}}</ref> According to its criteria, IFPI membership is open to "a legal entity or person which is either a producer of phonograms or music videos, copies of which are made available to the public in reasonable quantities",<ref name="IFPI-About"/> though the organisation does not define "reasonable quantities".
National groups and affiliate bodies include SNEP in France; BVMI in Germany; RIAJ in Japan; BPI in the UK; RIAA in the US; ARIA in Australia; Music Canada; AMPROFON in Mexico; Recorded Music New Zealand; Promusicae in Spain; FIMI in Italy and others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ifpi.org/national-groups.php|title=National Groups |website=IFPI|access-date=25 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200211151827/https://www.ifpi.org/national-groups.php|archive-date=11 February 2020|url-status=dead }}</ref> Record labels can be members of both their local industry body and IFPI.
==History== Members of the international phonographic industry formed IFPI at the industry's first international congress in Rome, Italy, held from 10 to 14 November 1933.<ref>{{cite book |title=Archiv für Urheber-, Film- und Theaterrecht |contribution=Der Schutz der Schallplatte nach italienischen Verordnung vom 18. February 1937. |last=Thalheim |first=R. |volume=11 |page=39 |year=1938 |publisher=Julius Springer |location=Berlin}}</ref> IFPI described its mission as representing "the interests of the recording industry worldwide in all fora"<ref>{{cite book |last1=Drahos |first1=Peter |url=https://archive.org/details/informationfeuda0000drah_g5l3/page/181 |title=Information Feudalism: Who Owns The Knowledge Economy? |last2=Braithwaite |first2=John |publisher=Earthscan |year=2002 |isbn=1-85383-917-5 |pages=181–182 |quote=The key actor in coordinating the industry's piracy strategy became its international trade association, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Formed in 1933, its mission was to represent 'the interests of the recording industry worldwide in all fora'. |url-access=registration}}</ref> by promoting legislation and copyrights<ref>{{cite AV media |last=Davies |first=Gillian |title=Oral History of Recorded Sound (Abstract) |date=May 1984 |publisher=British Library National Sound Archiv e |url=http://sounds.bl.uk/View.aspx?item=021M-C0090X0050XX-0100V0.xml |access-date=10 April 2008 |quote=IFPI founded in 1933 to deal with [r]ecord industry at inter-governmental level; promoting legislation; copyrights for industry worldwide. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090127014315/http://sounds.bl.uk/View.aspx?item=021M-C0090X0050XX-0100V0.xml |archive-date=27 January 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> and "to protect the largely British-based recording industry" by promoting a global performance right in gramophone sound recordings.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Frith |first=Simon |title=Copyright and the Music Business |journal=Popular Music |volume=7 |issue=1 |date=January 1988 |pages=57–75 |doi=10.1017/S0261143000002531 |jstor=853076 |s2cid=153812624 |quote=IFPI was founded in 1933, in its own words, 'to protect the largely British-based recording industry', but, as Gavin McFarlane points out, its brief was more specifically 'to promote on a world-wide basis the performing right in gramophone records'...}}</ref>
===Phonogram copyrights established=== The IFPI lobbied at the Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations of 1961, which established an international standard for the protection of sound recordings, live performances and broadcasts. This convention was opposed by trade groups representing authors and composers, who were concerned that establishing such "neighbouring rights" would undermine their own control over how their works were used and would result in prohibitively expensive licensing.<ref>Drahos & Braithwaite (2002), p. 181: "Authors and composers became increasingly worried by copyright's technological turn. They saw it as compromising the artistic purity of copyright. At a more practical level, authors were worried that the recognition of a 'neighbouring right' in the form of a sound recording would undermine their control over the use of works as well as add to users' costs. Users would now have to pay additional licence fees to producers of sound recordings. It was the resistance of key author associations that helps to explain why it took more than 30 years for an international standard for the protection of sound recordings to emerge in the form of the Rome Convention of 1961."</ref> Pressure from United States–based broadcasters who did not want to license the records they broadcast, among other factors, kept the United States from signing the convention; the United States would not recognise a separate sound recording copyright until 1971.<ref>Drahos & Braithwaite (2002), p. 181: "The US did not join the Rome Convention. Aside from some constitutional issues, powerful broadcasting organisations in the US did not want to endanger a status quo in which they received records from the recording industry for free or at a discount. Domestically, the US did not recognise a separate copyright in sound recordings until 1971."</ref>
===Phonogram copy protection efforts=== In an effort to combat copyright violation, in 1971, the IFPI advocated for the Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms (the Geneva Phonograms Convention), which 72 countries signed.<ref>Drahos & Braithwaite (2002), p. 181: "After its major lobbying effort on the Rome Convention [of 1961], IFPI began a campaign against piracy. It pushed for and obtained in 1971 the Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorised Duplication of their Phonograms."</ref>
In 1986, the ISO established the International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) standard, ISO 3901. In 1989, the IFPI was designated the registration authority for ISRC codes. ISRC codes "enable the use of copyright protected recordings and works to be controlled; facilitate the distribution and collection of royalties (performances, private copying); and assist in the fight against piracy".<ref>''ISRC Practical Guide'', 3rd edition, 1998, International ISRC Agency, London.</ref>
To further combat infringement of recorded works, the IFPI and the compact disc manufacturing industry introduced Source Identification (SID) codes in 1994. The SID codes are markings on optical discs such as compact discs (CD) and digital versatile discs (DVD) that identify the manufacturer, equipment, and master discs used to create each disc. There are two codes: the SID mastering code and the SID mould code. The SID mastering code identifies the manufacturing facility used to produce a master from which moulds are produced. The SID mould code identifies the plant where the disc was moulded (replicated). Since not all optical disc manufacturing facilities have the ability to both produce master discs and replicate discs, the SID mastering code and SID mould code on a given optical disc may or may not represent the same manufacturing facility.<ref name="IFPI-SID">{{cite web |url=http://ifpi.org/content/library/sid-code-implementation-guide.pdf |title=SID Code Implementation Guide |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |work=IFPI |publisher=International Federation of the Phonographic Industry |access-date=10 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202134742/http://ifpi.org/content/library/sid-code-implementation-guide.pdf |archive-date=2 December 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>{{rp|3,4}}
SID codes follow a standard format consisting of the letters "IFPI" followed by four or five hexadecimal digits. A number prefaced with "L" is a "mastering code", a serial number taken from a pool assigned by Philips to the manufacturer. The mastering code identifies the Laser Beam Recorder (LBR) signal processor or mould that produced a particular stamper or a glass master disc from which moulds are produced. Non-"L" numbers are "mould codes", which identify the manufacturer that replicated the disc. Phillips assigns the first 2 or 3 digits of the mould code and the remaining digits are a serial number assigned by that plant to its moulds.<ref name="IFPI-SID" />{{rp|4,7}}
===Pirate Bay incidents=== In mid-October 2007, after IFPI let the ifpi.com domain registration lapse, ownership of the ifpi.com domain was transferred to The Pirate Bay, a group which claimed it received the domain from an anonymous donor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://torrentfreak.com/ifpi-now-owned-by-the-piratebay-071012/|title=Anti-Piracy Organization Domain IFPI.com Now Owned by The Pirate Bay|publisher=TorrentFreak|author=Ernesto|date=12 October 2007|access-date=10 April 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023203531/http://torrentfreak.com/ifpi-now-owned-by-the-piratebay-071012/|archive-date=23 October 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> The group set up a Website under the domain titled "International Federation of Pirates Interests", a replacement backronym for IFPI. Ownership of the domain was returned to IFPI in late November, when a WIPO arbitration panel concluded that "the Disputed Domain Name is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark in which the [IFPI] has rights" and that the Pirate Bay's representative "registered and [was] using the Disputed Domain Name in bad faith" and failed to adequately rebut IFPI's contention that he "has no rights or a legitimate interest in the Disputed Domain Name".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/html/2007/d2007-1328.html|title=WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center Administrative Panel Decision: IFPI Secretariat, IFPI International Federation of the Phonographic Industry v. Peter Kopimi Sunde aka Brokep (Case No. D2007-1328)|date=19 November 2007|access-date=10 April 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224045026/http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/html/2007/d2007-1328.html|archive-date=24 February 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> The organisation's website www.ifpi.org was unaffected during the dispute.
===Milestones=== {{prose|date=March 2021}} *'''1996''' – Platinum Europe Awards established<ref name="IFPI-Awards" /> *'''2003''' – Pro-Music established, a website with a directory of licensed music services in each country, supported by a cross-sector industry groups and set up and run by IFPI<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-music.org/|title=Pro Music : All You Need To Know About Getting Music On The Internet|website=www.pro-music.org|access-date=25 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114025156/https://www.pro-music.org/|archive-date=14 November 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *'''2004''' – IFPI's ''Global Music Report'' first published (an annual publication; first edition called ''Online Music Report'' and subsequently renamed ''Digital Music Report'' in 2005. Rebranded to current name in 2016 and combined with separate publication ''Recording Industry in Numbers'' as combined report ''Global Music Report'') *'''2005''' – IFPI instrumental in litigation against illegal file-sharing site Kazaa, which later became a licensed service<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5220406.stm|title=Kazaa site becomes legal service|website=BBC News|date=27 July 2006|access-date=25 October 2019|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025131837/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5220406.stm|archive-date=25 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *'''2009''' – coordinated music industry action against The Pirate Bay, resulting in a high-profile ruling against the site's operators<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/apr/17/the-pirate-bay-trial-guilty-verdict|title=The Pirate Bay trial: guilty verdict|last=Kiss|first=Jemima|date=17 April 2009|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=25 October 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025131839/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/apr/17/the-pirate-bay-trial-guilty-verdict|archive-date=25 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *'''2013''' – IFPI's Global Recording Artist of the Year Award is established; a list of the world's top 10 most popular artists across a calendar year. The artist in the number one spot is presented with a physical award by IFPI.<ref name="Guardian-Music" /> *'''2015''' – Launch of New Music Fridays, the global switch to all markets releasing music on a Friday, driven by a steering committee including IFPI<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ifpi.org/news/New-Music-Fridays-go-live|title="New Music Fridays" go live as albums and singles switch over to global release day|website=www.ifpi.org|access-date=25 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025131841/https://www.ifpi.org/news/New-Music-Fridays-go-live|archive-date=25 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *'''2015''' – IFPI led legal action against Russian site vKontakte which led to a Russian court ordering the service to stop its "large-scale infringement"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ifpi.org/news/Russian-court-orders-VK-to-stop-infringement|title=Russian court orders VK to stop infringement|website=www.ifpi.org|access-date=25 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025131838/https://www.ifpi.org/news/Russian-court-orders-VK-to-stop-infringement|archive-date=25 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> and later saw the site become licensed in 2016<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/vkontakte-launches-licensed-spotify-rival-but-waits-on-universal/|title=VKontakte launches licensed Spotify rival – but waits on Universal|date=4 May 2016|website=Music Business Worldwide|language=en-US|access-date=25 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025131841/https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/vkontakte-launches-licensed-spotify-rival-but-waits-on-universal/|archive-date=25 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *'''2017''' – IFPI co-ordinated legal action leading to the closure of the world's largest stream-ripping site, YouTubeMP3<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ifpi.org/news/Worlds-largest-music-stream-ripping-site-shuts-down-after-successful-international-legal-action|title=World's largest music stream ripping site shuts down after successful international legal action from record industry|website=www.ifpi.org|access-date=25 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025131837/https://www.ifpi.org/news/Worlds-largest-music-stream-ripping-site-shuts-down-after-successful-international-legal-action|archive-date=25 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *'''2019''' – Changes to the European Copyright Directive—designed to create a fairer licensing environment for recorded music online—are adopted by the European Parliament, following a campaign by the creative industries, including IFPI<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20190321IPR32110/european-parliament-approves-new-copyright-rules-for-the-internet|title=European Parliament approves new copyright rules for the internet {{!}} News {{!}} European Parliament|date=26 March 2019|website=www.europarl.europa.eu|language=en|access-date=25 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023041416/https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20190321IPR32110/european-parliament-approves-new-copyright-rules-for-the-internet|archive-date=23 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *'''2020''' – A Sub-Saharan Africa IFPI regional office was opened in Nairobi, working across the region's 46 markets.<ref>{{Cite web|last=IFPI|first=IFPI|date=18 June 2020|title=IFPI opens Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Office in Nairobi, Kenya|url=https://www.ifpi.org/ifpi-opens-sub-saharan-africa-regional-office-in-nairobi/}}</ref> *'''2021''' – IFPI opens first office in the MENA region in Abu Dhabi.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 November 2021 |title=IFPI appoints Rawan Al-Dabbas as MENA Regional Director |url=https://www.ifpi.org/ifpi-appoints-rawan-al-dabbas-as-mena-regional-director/ |access-date=1 June 2022 |website=IFPI}}</ref> *'''2022''' – A new Southeast Asia regional office opened in Singapore.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 March 2022 |title=IFPI Opens Southeast Asia Regional Office in Singapore |url=https://www.ifpi.org/ifpi-opens-southeast-asia-regional-office-in-singapore/ |access-date=1 June 2022 |website=IFPI}}</ref> *'''2023''' - IFPI launches four new Charts in the MENA region (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE and North Africa)<ref>{{Cite web |last=IFPI |first=IFPI |date=27 September 2023 |title=IFPI launches four new music charts in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE and North Africa |url=https://www.ifpi.org/ifpi-launches-four-new-music-charts-in-egypt-saudi-arabia-uae-and-north-africa/ |website=www.ifpi.org}}</ref> *'''2024''' - The European Parliament adopts the landmark EU Artificial Intelligence Act,<ref>{{Cite web |last=European Parliament |first=European Parliament |date=13 March 2024 |title=Artificial Intelligence Act: MEPs adopt landmark law |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20240308IPR19015/artificial-intelligence-act-meps-adopt-landmark-law |website=www.europarl.europa.eu/}}</ref> following a campaign by groups including IFPI<ref>{{Cite web |last=IFPI |first=IFPI |date=14 March 2024 |title=EU AI Act - Joint statement from European creators and rightsholders |url=https://www.ifpi.org/eu-ai-act/ |website=www.ifpi.org}}</ref> *'''2025''' - IFPI Launches Official Southeast Asia Charts Hub with Creation of New Charts in Philippines and Vietnam (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand; additional charts: Philippines and Vietnam)<ref>{{Cite web |last=IFPI |first=IFPI |date=23 January 2025 |title=IFPI Launches Official Southeast Asia Charts Hub with Creation of New Charts in Philippines and Vietnam|url=https://www.ifpi.org/ifpi-launches-official-southeast-asia-charts-hub-with-creation-of-new-charts-in-philippines-and-vietnam/ |website=www.ifpi.org}}</ref>
==Certifications and awards== {{See also|List of best-selling singles#By year|List of best-selling albums#Best-selling album by year worldwide}} IFPI publishes six annual top-ten charts: Global Recording Artist Chart, Global Single Chart, Global Album Chart, Global Album Sales Chart, Global Vinyl Album Chart, and Global Streaming Album Chart.<ref>{{Cite web |access-date=2 April 2024 |title=IFPI Global Charts |url=https://www.ifpi.org/our-industry/global-charts/ |website=IFPI}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Global Music Report 2026 |url=https://www.ifpi.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GMR2026_SOTI.pdf |website=IFPI |access-date=25 March 2026 }}</ref> Each chart's leading entry is recognized with an award presented by the organization.<ref name="Guardian-Music" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 March 2020 |access-date=25 March 2026 |title=bad guy by Billie Eilish Named Biggest Global Single of 2019 |url=https://www.ifpi.org/bad-guy-by-billie-eilish-named-biggest-global-single-of-2019/ |website=IFPI}}</ref><ref name="makesmusichistory" /> The Global Vinyl Album Chart was first introduced in March 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 March 2022 |title=Adele's 30 announced as winner of IFPI's Global Album All Format Chart |url=https://www.ifpi.org/adeles-30-announced-as-winner-of-ifpis-global-album-all-format-chart/ |access-date=25 March 2026 |website=IFPI}}</ref> followed by the Global Streaming Album Chart in March 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |access-date=19 February 2025 |title=IFPI Global Charts (2023) |url=https://www.ifpi.org/our-industry/global-charts/ |website=IFPI |archive-date=8 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608013211/https://www.ifpi.org/our-industry/global-charts/ }}</ref>
Launched in January 2014,<ref name="Guardian-Music">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/30/one-direction-top-global-recording-artist-2013|title=One Direction named top global recording artists in new award|date=30 January 2014|newspaper=The Guardian|url-status=live|access-date=24 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025113052/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/30/one-direction-top-global-recording-artist-2013|archive-date=25 October 2019}}</ref> the Global Recording Artist Chart was the first global chart to accurately capture the popularity of artists across streaming channels, alongside digital and physical album and singles sales. The independently verified chart includes sales across the calendar year and captures all the music of each artist featured, not just one song or album. It uses album-equivalent units to combine measurements of downloads, physical sales, and streams.<ref name="IFPI-Drake">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ifpi.org/news/Drake-named-Global-Recording-Artist-of-2018|title=Drake named Global Recording Artist of 2018|website=www.ifpi.org|date=26 February 2019 |access-date=25 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709170706/https://www.ifpi.org/news/Drake-named-Global-Recording-Artist-of-2018|archive-date=9 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The chart's number-one artist is presented with a physical award, as the Global Recording Artist of the Year. The winners have been: One Direction in 2013,<ref name="Guardian-Music" /> Taylor Swift in 2014,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ifpi.org/news/Taylor-Swift-named-IFPI-global-recording-artists-of-2014|title=Taylor Swift named IFPI Global Recording Artist of 2014|website=www.ifpi.org|access-date=25 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308012930/https://www.ifpi.org/news/Taylor-Swift-named-IFPI-global-recording-artists-of-2014|archive-date=8 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Adele in 2015,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ifpi.org/news/Adele-confirmed-by-IFPI-as-the-number-1-global-recording-artist|title=Adele confirmed by IFPI as the number 1 global recording artist|website=www.ifpi.org|access-date=25 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025113058/https://www.ifpi.org/news/Adele-confirmed-by-IFPI-as-the-number-1-global-recording-artist|archive-date=25 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Drake in 2016,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ifpi.org/news/Drake-named-IFPI-Global-Recording-Artist-2016|title=Drake named IFPI Global Recording Artist 2016|website=www.ifpi.org|access-date=25 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021031835/https://www.ifpi.org/news/Drake-named-IFPI-Global-Recording-Artist-2016|archive-date=21 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Ed Sheeran in 2017,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ifpi.org/news/Ed-Sheeran-officially-named-the-best-selling-global-recording-artist-of-2017|title=Ed Sheeran officially named the best-selling global recording artist of 2017|website=www.ifpi.org|date=26 February 2018 |access-date=25 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025113053/https://www.ifpi.org/news/Ed-Sheeran-officially-named-the-best-selling-global-recording-artist-of-2017|archive-date=25 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Drake in 2018,<ref name="IFPI-Drake" /> Taylor Swift in 2019,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ifpi.org/news/Taylor-Swift-Named-IFPI-Global-Recording-Artist-of-2019|title=Taylor Swift Named IFPI Global Recording Artist of 2019|website=www.ifpi.org|date=2 March 2020 |access-date=2 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302172222/https://www.ifpi.org/news/Taylor-Swift-Named-IFPI-Global-Recording-Artist-of-2019|archive-date=2 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> BTS in 2020<ref>{{Cite web|date=4 March 2021|title=BTS announced as the winners of 2020's IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year Award|url=https://www.ifpi.org/bts-announced-as-the-winners-of-2020s-ifpi-global-recording-artist-of-the-year-award/|access-date=4 March 2021|website=IFPI}}</ref> and 2021,<ref>{{Cite web|date=24 February 2022|title=BTS announced as the winners of IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year Award|url=https://www.ifpi.org/bts-announced-as-the-winners-of-ifpi-global-recording-artist-of-the-year-award/|access-date=24 February 2022|website=IFPI}}</ref> and Taylor Swift in 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hatton |first=Carl |date=22 February 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Named IFPI's Global Recording Artist of the Year |url=https://www.ifpi.org/taylor-swift-named-ifpis-global-recording-artist-of-the-year/ |access-date=22 February 2023 |website=IFPI}}</ref> 2023,<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Brandle |first=Lars |date=21 February 2024 |title=Taylor Swift Crowned IFPI's Global Recording Artist For Record Fourth Time |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-crowned-ifpi-global-recording-artist-2023-1235611258/ |access-date=21 February 2024 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> 2024,<ref name="makesmusichistory">{{cite web |url=https://www.ifpi.org/taylor-swift-makes-music-history-as-ifpis-biggest-selling-global-recording-artist-of-the-year-for-the-fifth-time/ |title=Taylor Swift makes music history as IFPI's Biggest-Selling Global Recording Artist of the Year for the fifth time |website=IFPI |date=19 February 2025 |access-date=19 February 2025}}</ref> and 2025.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ifpi.org/taylor-swift-named-ifpis-official-biggest-selling-global-artist-of-the-year-for-a-sixth-time/ |title=Taylor Swift named IFPI's Official Biggest-Selling Global Artist of the Year for a sixth time |website=IFPI |date=18 February 2026 |access-date=18 February 2026}}</ref>
IFPI also publishes a list of the top 10 best-performing global singles and albums each year. The most recent winners (2025) were Rosé and Bruno Mars's "APT."<ref>{{cite web|title=Rosé and Bruno Mars' APT. crowned IFPI's Biggest-Selling Global Single of the Year 2025|url=https://www.ifpi.org/rose-and-bruno-mars-apt-crowned-ifpis-biggest-selling-global-single-of-the-year-2025/|website=IFPI|access-date=19 February 2026|date=19 February 2026|archive-date=19 February 2026|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260219215537/https://www.ifpi.org/rose-and-bruno-mars-apt-crowned-ifpis-biggest-selling-global-single-of-the-year-2025/|url-status=live}}</ref> and Taylor Swift's ''The Life of a Showgirl'', respectively.<ref name="IFPI-Charts-2025">{{Cite magazine |last=Smith |first=Thomas |date=20 February 2026 |title=Taylor Swift's ''The Life of a Showgirl'' Named IFPI's Biggest-Selling Global Album in 2025 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-showgirl-ifpi-biggest-selling-global-album-1236183564/ |access-date=20 February 2026 |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260221031430/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-showgirl-ifpi-biggest-selling-global-album-1236183564/ |archive-date=21 February 2026 |url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Life of a Showgirl'' was also the most recent Global Album Sales and Global Vinyl Album winner, while Morgan Wallen's ''I'm the Problem'' was the top Global Streaming Album.<ref name="IFPI-Charts-2025"/>
Formerly, IFPI ran certifications called the IFPI Platinum Europe Awards and the IFPI Middle East Awards. The IFPI Platinum Europe Awards were founded in 1996.<ref name="IFPI-Awards">{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/ifpi_awards.html|title=IFPI Awards|work=ifpi.org|quote=IFPI Middle East Awards|access-date=16 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729114236/http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/ifpi_awards.html|archive-date=29 July 2010}}</ref> They are awarded for actual retail sales (as opposed to shipments) of one million albums, in one of the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/plat_criteria.html|title=Platinum Europe Awards – Terms and Conditions|work=ifpi.org|access-date=16 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128070634/http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/plat_criteria.html|archive-date=28 January 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> The IFPI Middle East Awards were established in October 2009.<ref name="IFPI-Awards" /> They were awarded for sales in either Lebanon or the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, namely Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. In the Gulf Cooperation Council, gold certification was awarded for sales of 3,000 units and platinum for sales of 6,000 units. In Lebanon, gold certification was awarded for sales of 1,000 units and platinum for sales of 2,000 units.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/SALES_AWARD_APPLICATION_FORM-MIDDLE_EAST.pdf|title=IFPI Middle East Award Application Form|date=October 2009|work=ifpi.org|access-date=16 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812081225/http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/SALES_AWARD_APPLICATION_FORM-MIDDLE_EAST.pdf|archive-date=12 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Local associations== IFPI has a number of local associations and national groups:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ifpi.org/about-us/local-associations/|title=Local Associations|publisher=International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|access-date=22 December 2024}}</ref> {{columns-list| * Argentina: Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers (CAPIF) * Australia: Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) * Austria: {{ill|IFPI Austria|de}} * Belgium: Belgian Recorded Music Association (BRMA) * Brazil: Pro-Música Brasil * Bulgaria: Bulgarian Association of Music Producers (BAMP) * Canada: Music Canada * Chad: * Chile: {{ill|IFPI Chile|de}} * Colombia: Promúsica Colombia * Croatia: {{Ill|Croatian Phonographic Association|hr|Hrvatska diskografska udruga}} (HDU) * Costa Rica: Asociación Costarricense de la Industria Fonográfica y Afines (FONOTICA) * Czech Republic and Slovakia: {{Ill|Česká národní skupina Mezinárodní federace hudebního průmyslu|de|IFPI Tschechien}} (ČNS IFPI) * Denmark: IFPI Danmark * Dominican Republic: {{Ill|Sociedad Dominicana de Productores Fonográficos|it|SodinPro}} (SodinPro) * El Salvador: Asociación Salvadoreña de Productores de Fonogramas y Afines (ASAP EGC) * Finland: Musiikkituottajat (IFPI Finland) * France: Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique (SNEP) * Germany: Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI) * Greece: IFPI Greece * Hong Kong: Hong Kong Recording Industry Alliance (HKRIA) * Hong Kong: IFPI (Hong Kong Group) * Hungary: Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége (MAHASZ) * Iceland: Félag hljómplötuframleiðenda * India: Indian Music Industry (IMI) * Indonesia: Asosiasi Industri Rekaman Indonesia (ASIRI) * Ireland: Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) * Israel: {{ill|IFPI Israel|he|הפדרציה לתקליטים}} * Italy: Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (FIMI) * Jamaica: {{Ill|Jamaica Music Society|it}} (JAMMS) * Japan: Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) * Jordan: * Kenya: Recording Industry of Kenya (RIKE) * Latvia: Latvian Music Producers Association (LaIPA) * Lithuania: Lithuanian Neighbouring Rights Association (AGATA) * Malaysia: Recording Industry Association of Malaysia (RIM) * Mexico: Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON) * Netherlands: Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers (NVPI) * New Zealand: Recorded Music NZ * Nigeria: Record Label Proprietors' Initiative (ReLPI) * Norway: IFPI Norge * Panama: {{Ill|Sociedad Panameña de Productores Fonográficos|it}} (PRODUCE) * Paraguay: Sociedad de Gestion de Productores Fonograficos del Paraguay (SGP) * Peru: Unión Peruana de Productores Fonográficos (UNIMPRO) * Poland: Związek Producentów Audio-Video (ZPAV) * Portugal: Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa (AFP) * Singapore: Recording Industry Association Singapore (RIAS) * South Africa: Recording Industry of South Africa (RISA) * South Korea: Korea Music Content Association (KMCA) * Spain: Productores de Música de España (Promusicae) * Sweden: IFPI Sverige * Switzerland: {{ill|IFPI Schweiz|de||it}} * Taiwan: Recording Industry Foundation in Taiwan (RIT) * Thailand: Thai Entertainment Content Trade Association (TECA) * Turkey: Mü-Yap * United Kingdom: British Phonographic Industry (BPI) * United States: Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) * Venezuela: Asociación Venezolana de Intérpretes y Productores de Fonogramas (AVINPRO)}}
==See also== {{portal|Record production}} * List of music recording certifications * List of largest recorded music markets * Peer-to-peer file sharing
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.ifpi.org/}}
{{Music industry}} {{Music organizations}} {{Music recording certification}} {{Authority control}}
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