Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas

The Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas , or AMPROFON for short , is an interprofessional organization that represents the interests of the Mexican music industry . The association was founded in 1963. AMPROFON is a member of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry . The association's tasks are to compile the Mexican music charts, to represent the rights and to award music awards for albums , singles and video albums .

Limits to the award of phonograms

Albums

Award	until December 31, 1998	until December 31, 1999	until June 30, 2003	until December 31, 2007	until June 30, 2009	since July 1, 2009
gold	100,000	75,000		50,000	40,000	30,000
platinum	250,000	150,000		100,000	80,000	60,000
2 × platinum	500,000	300,000		200,000	160,000	120,000
...
diamond	1,000,000		500,000		400,000	300,000

Singles (digital)

Award	until August 31, 2010	since September 1, 2010
gold	1,500	30,000
platinum	3,000	60,000
2 × platinum	6,000	120,000
...
diamond	-	300,000

Video albums

Award	until February 18, 2014	since February 19, 2014
gold	10,000
platinum	20,000
2 × platinum	40,000
...
diamond	-	100,000

Pre-loads

Award	until May 31, 2008	since June 1, 2008
gold	50,000
platinum	100,000
2 × platinum	200,000
...
diamond	500,000	400,000

Music charts

The Mexican album charts are released every Wednesday evening and are divided into four major areas:

• Top 100 Mexico Albums Chart
• Spanish Albums Chart
• Popular Music Albums Chart
• International Albums Chart

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• Official website