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**AMPROFON**
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	Mexican Association of Producers of Phonograms and Videograms
	Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas
Founded	April 3, 1963
Country	Mexico
Affiliation	IFPI
Key people	Fernando Hernández
Office location	Mexico City
Website	http://www.amprofon.com.mx

Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON) (English: Mexican Association of Producers of Phonograms and Videograms, A.C.) is a non-profit organization integrated by multinational and national record companies in Mexico. Established on April 3, 1963,^[1] it groups phonographic companies that represent more than 70 percent of the market in Mexico.

AMPROFON is an associated member of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the organization that promotes the interests of the international record industry. Their members include more than 1,400 separate companies in more than 70 countries. In addition, it has national groups affiliated with the industry in 48 countries.

[edit] History

Because of a need for an organization to represent the rights and interests of the producers of phonograms in Mexico, a civil association called Phonographic Discs Producers (AMPRODISC) was created on April 4, 1963. The members were:^[2]

Compañía Importadora de Discos, S.A.
CBS de Mexico, S.A.
Discos Mexicanos, S.A.
Fábrica de Discos Peerless, S.A.
GAMMA, S.A.
Panamericana de Discos, S.A.
RCA Victor Mexicana, S.A.

On July 26, 1971, the name was changed to Mexican Phonogram Producers Association (Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas) and, as a result of the music video releases, on May 3, 1990 the name was changed to Mexican association of Producers of Phonograms and Videograms (AMPROFON), its current name.

[edit] Sales certificates

The AMPROFON awards certificates for music releases in Mexico. The level of the award varies depending on the format of the release and the amount sold. Certificates are usually awarded on the basis of the amount of units the release has shipped, rather than the amount it has sold.

Format	Status^[3]
Format	Gold	Platinum	Diamond	Notes
Album	40,000	80,000	400,000	Since January 1, 2008
	50,000	100,000	500,000	Until December 31, 2007
	75,000	150,000		Until June 30, 2003
	100,000	250,000		Since January 1, 2000
	100,000	250,000	1,000,000	Until December 31, 1999
Digital Album	5,000	10,000
Digital Album (Pre-loaded)	50,000	100,000	400,000	Since June 1, 2008
Digital Album (Pre-loaded)	50,000	100,000	500,000	Until May 31, 2008
Digital Track	1,500	3,000
Digital Track (Pre-loaded)	50,000	100,000	500,000
Music DVD	10,000	20,000
Music Video (Pre-loaded)	50,000	100,000	500,000
Ringtone	10,000	25,000	250,000

[edit] Best Selling Albums of All Time

Rank	Year	Title	Artist	Sales
1	1984	Recuerdos II	Juan Gabriel	8,000,000
2	1982	20 Triunfadoras de Jose Jose	Jose Jose	7,500,000
3	1991	Romance	Luis Miguel	7,250,000
4	1984	Hoy platique con mi gallo	Vicente Fernández	7,000,000
5	1987	Timbiriche VII	Timbiriche	6,000,000
6	1984	Rocio Durcal le canta a Juan Gabriel	Rocio Durcal	5,500,000
7	1985	Flans	Flans	4,000,000
8	1988	Timbiriche VIII & IX	Timbiriche	4,000,000
9	2000	Paulina	Paulina Rubio	3,500,000
10	1988	Busca Una Mujer	Luis Miguel	3,500,000

[edit] Music charts

Charts are updated every Wednesday evening covering national sales in four different charts.

Main Top 100 Albums Chart. The list of the 100 best selling albums in the country, all musical genres are counted as well as EPs.^[4]
International Albums Chart. Although, it says 'Albums in English' it counts 'International' releases, since artist with non-English albums are counted in this chart, only the Top 20 is published, no matter the nationality, if the album is in Spanish the album will not be eligible to chart.^[5]
Popular Music Albums Chart. This is the Top 20 of regional Mexican music, either ranchera, grupero and others.^[6]
Latin Albums Chart. This the top 20 of Pop, Rock and Dance albums in Spanish, no matter the nationality as long as in Spanish the album will be eligible to chart.^[7]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

[0] AMPROFON, Bio (Spanish)

[1] Historia (In Spanish)

[2] Certified Awards

[3] This Week's Top 100

[4] This Week's Top 20 International Albums

[5] This Week's Top 20 Popular Albums

[6] This Week's Top 20 Latin Albums

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