The Recording Industry Association of Japan is an industry trade group composed of Japanese corporations involved in the music industry. It was founded in 1942 as the Japan Phonogram Record Cultural A
The head office is located in the Kyodo Tsushin Kaikan building
Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units. The threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territor
Recording Industry Association of Japan
…some member companies are the Japanese branches of multinational corporations headquartered elsewhere. The association is responsible for certifying gold and platinum albums and singles in Japan. In 1989, the Recording Industry Association of Japan introduced the music recording certification systems. It is awarded based on shipment…
A wall of Gold and Platinum records on display at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Somali singer Saado Ali Warsame receiving a gold record Lifetime Achievement Award
Gold record presented to Artie Schroeck for his arrangement on "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", 1967
"Uranium disc" granted to Raphael by his label Hispavox and collecting society music group SGAE in early 1980s