Hungarian Recording Industry Association (Hungarian: ''Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége'', more commonly abbreviated to MAHASZ or Mahasz) is the Hungarian

music industry The music industry consists of the individuals and organizations that earn money by writing songs and musical compositions, creating and selling recorded music and sheet music, presenting concerts, as well as the organizations that aid, train, ...

association, founded in 1992. MAHASZ issues the

Hungarian Music Awards The Hungarian Music Awards have been given to artists in the field of Hungarian music since 1992. The award categories are similar to Grammy Awards in the United States and Brit Awards in the United Kingdom. The awards were known as the ''Golden ...

, awards

music recording certification Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music Sound recording, recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units. The threshold quantity varies by type (such as album, single, music video) and by nation o ...

and maintains the

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s for Hungary.

Charts

Mahasz runs the following weekly charts: * Album Top 40 * Radio Top 40 * Editor's Choice Top 40 * Hungarian Radio Top 40 * Dance Top 40 * Single Top 40 * Stream Top 40

Certification levels

Since 1 January 2018, MAHASZ combined all

into one combined "album" certifications, which includes albums and singles of all genres and origins. For Gold status an album needs to sell 2,000 units and for Platinum 4,000 units, where ten singles are counted as one album. The certification also includes streaming at a rate of 1,000 paid streams or 5,000 free streams per album.

Certification levels history

Certifications have existed in Hungary since the mid-1970s. During that period, albums had to sell 50,000 units to qualify for Gold status and singles required 100,000 units. Over the years, Mahasz awarded certifications for albums, singled and music videos (DVDs).

Albums

For pop albums, separate thresholds were in place for domestic repertoire and international repertoire, as follows. Mahasz certified classical music, jazz, world music and prose albums, requiring 1,500 units for Gold and 3,000 units for Platinum.

Singles

For singles, the same thresholds applied independent of the origin and genre.

Music videos (DVDs)

For music videos (DVDs), the same thresholds applied independent of the origin. Jazz, classical, world music and prose DVDs were certified at 1,000 for Gold and 2,000 for Platinum.

Highest certified albums

The highest certified albums by MAHASZ are ''Micsoda buli!'' by Hungária and ''Legendás dalok 1.'' by

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, both certified 10× Platinum in 2014. The highest certified international repertoire album is ''

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'' by the '' Mamma Mia!'' film cast, certified 6× Platinum in 2018. Below is a list of all albums that have been certified multi-platinum by MAHASZ, .

References

External links

MAHASZ official website
{{authority control Music industry associations Music organisations based in Hungary Organizations established in 1992 1992 establishments in Hungary