Grammofonleverantörernas förening (GLF), or the Swedish Recording Industry Association in English, is an organization representing the music recording industry of
Sweden
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. It has compiled and published the official
record chart
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s for the Swedish music recording industry since 1975, including the
Swedish Albums Chart and
Swedish Singles Chart. The charts are based on statistics of album and single sales, DVD-sales, digital sales as well as
streams
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.
GLF has the following members:
Bonnier Amigo Group,
EMI Svenska AB, Network Entertainment Group (MNW?),
Sony Music Sweden AB, Sound Pollution AB,
Universal Music Sweden AB , and
Warner Music Group Sweden AB. Since 1986 GLF has operated the Grammotex online catalog of recordings, currently holding 100,000 titles. The catalog service is open to music stores and distributors who pay a fee.
External links
Grammotex online catalog
Sverigetopplistan Swedish weekly charts for singles, albums, DVD, and downloads
References
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Music organizations based in Sweden
Music industry associations