The Official Finnish Charts ( fi, Suomen virallinen lista; sv, Finlands officiella lista) are national

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compiled and published by

Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland ry, or Musiikkituottajat for short, ( en, Music Producers; formerly known as Suomen Ääni- ja kuvatallennetuottajat ÄKT), IFPI Finland in English, is the umbrella organization of recording producers active in Fi ...

. The name ''Suomen virallinen lista/Finlands officiella lista'' (lit. "the Official Finnish Chart"), which is

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in both Finnish and Swedish, is used generically to refer to both the albums and the singles chart, and the context (albums or songs) reveals which chart is meant.

History

The first charts were published in 1951. In January 1991, the

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radio station

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started to compile the first weekly chart in Finland called ''Radiomafian lista'', which was broadcast on the radio every Sunday. Prior to that, all singles and album charts in Finland had been either monthly or biweekly published sales charts. ''Radiomafian lista'' became the official Finnish charts in January 1994 when they began a partnership with Suomen Ääni- ja kuvatallennetuottajat (ÄKT) (now known as Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland), the umbrella organization of recording producers active in Finland. Simultaneously, they began to publish the first weekly published singles chart based on sales in Finland, as well as a chart for studio and compilation albums. This move effectively killed the competition from the other chart compilers and by 1995, the Official Finnish Charts were the only sales charts published in Finland.

Charts

Presently the following weekly charts are composed and published by Musiikkituottajat, according to sales and

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: Note: Click to open the PDF file "Suomen Virallisen Listan säännöt" on the right side of the page. *Albums (Top 50) (''Suomen virallinen albumilista'', the Official Finnish Albums Chart) *Singles (Top 20) (''Suomen virallinen singlelista'', the Official Finnish Singles Chart) *Mid-priced albums (Top 10) *Music DVDs (Top 10) In addition, Musiikkituottajat owns and publishes a digital chart which tracks digital sales of songs and is compiled by the

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. In November 2013, Musiikkituottajat began to publish the Official Finnish Airplay Chart: * Official Finnish Download Chart (Top 30) (''Suomen virallinen latauslista'') * Official Finnish Airplay Chart (Top 100) (''Suomen virallinen radiosoittolista'')

Lists of number-ones

List of number-one singles (Finland) In this page are contained all the lists of number-one singles from the Official Finnish Charts, the official Finnish music charts that began in 1989. Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland, the association of Finnish music industry, publishes current ...

— the tables include the Singles Chart (top 20), the Download Chart (top 30) and the Airplay Chart (top 100) *

List of number-one albums (Finland) In this page are contained all the lists of number-one albums (according to total sales) from The Official Finnish Charts, beginning with 1989 when the first official Finnish charts were published. Weekly albums charts *1989 *1990199119921993199 ...

References

External links

Official charts on IFPI.fi websiteArchives of Finnish Charts including singles and albums mid-1995 to presentFinnish Charts on FinnishCharts.com

Archives of Finnish Singles Chart

Archives of Finnish Albums Chart
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History

Charts

Lists of number-ones

See also

References

External links