Italian music charts

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The official Italian music charts are published by the Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (FIMI), the Italian national group of the IFPI . They have been determined since 1995 and today include lists of individual tracks, albums, records and compilations.

history

predecessor

In Italy there has been a large number of different hit lists for individual media since the 1950s. The business- related magazine Musica e dischi has been collecting weekly single charts since 1959 at the request of Billboard , initially only published in the USA, and from 1963 also in Italy; since 1964 (weekly since 1970) the magazine has also created album charts. In addition, the RAI Hit Parade (single charts, 1967–1994, from 1976 under different names) and the Superclassifica by TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (single charts since 1963, album charts since 1971) were of greater importance.

Creation of the official charts

The leading representatives of the Italian music industry had merged in 1948 to form the Associazione Fonografici Italiani (AFI). Due to internal conflicts, the multinational corporations broke away from this in 1992 and founded FIMI . In September 1994 it announced for the first time that it would publish its own charts for the following year. The Italian hit lists, which had been relevant up to that point, were regarded as not very meaningful and not trustworthy and should therefore be replaced by the new charts, which were also hoped to have an advertising effect for the sound carriers represented.

The first album charts appeared in March 1995 under the name Top of the Music , documenting sales in the week from February 23 to March 1 (and thus the newcomers to the participants in the Sanremo Festival ). They comprised 25 positions, and a separate list of five positions was also compiled for compilations . The first number-one album was Greatest Hits by Bruce Springsteen . At that time, the data was based on random electronic surveys by the market research institute Nielsen in 130 of the 1,586 Italian music stores considered.

The AFI as an association of independent music producers protested vehemently against the FIMI charts, as these did not take into account singles and maxisisingles,  61.4% of which - with reference to Musica e dischi - would come from independent music production. Since January 1997, FIMI has therefore published top 10 single charts in competition with Musica e dischi , which in turn came under fire because they only included CD, but not 12 ″ vinyl singles, whose market share was significantly larger at the time, according to AFI .

developments

In addition to the charts for albums and compilations, the music DVD charts were introduced in October 2003 ; the first top 10 was Sting with Inside the Songs of Sacred . In April 2006, in addition to the mix and single charts, the top 10 download charts appeared for the first time , after over 14 million titles had already been purchased online in the previous year. As of January 7, 2008, these replaced the top 50 of the single charts existing at that time as top digital downloads .

In 2010, GfK Retail and Technology Italia took over the charting of Nielsen. FIMI justified the change with the fact that Nielsen's methods no longer do justice to the strong changes in the market. The download charts, on the other hand, were determined by Nielsen SoundScan International until 2010 , and GfK has also been responsible for this since 2011. The GfK charts are based on samples from over 3,400 sales outlets across Italy, measured weekly from Monday to Sunday, and are published within five days of the survey.

Since the week of October 14, 2011, the album charts have also taken music downloads into account. The single track rating, however, was expanded to include streaming on September 11, 2014 , with 100 streams being rated as a download. Another innovation took place in 2016: Due to the rapidly growing record market , separate vinyl charts were introduced, which represent a partial survey of the album charts. At the same time, the music DVD charts were discontinued. From week 9/2017 the streaming conversion factor was increased due to the strong growth of the sector: One download now corresponded to 130 streams. Almost three years after the single charts, the FIMI album charts also included streaming from July 7, 2017. From January 2018, only premium, i.e. paid, streams were included in the chart calculation.

In 2018, the television program Top Music also started on the children's channel Rai Gulp , in which the singer Federica Carta presents the top positions in the official single and album charts every Sunday. At the beginning of 2020, due to the changed framework conditions, album and compilation charts were merged into a single list.

Overview of available charts

Official charts

current

  • Album (formerly Artisti ): album and compilation charts, since 1995, currently Top 100
  • Top Singoli (formerly Top Digital [Download] ): Download and streaming charts, since 2006, currently Top 100
  • Vinili : Vinyl album charts, since 2016, currently Top 20

former

  • Mix e Singoli : single charts, 1997–2007, up to top 75
  • DVD musicali : Music DVD charts, 2003–2015, up to top 20
  • Compilation : Compilation charts, 1995–2019, up to the top 30

HitParadeItalia

Logo of the project

The private project HitParadeItalia (also Chartitalia ) collects data from all available Italian charts and uses it to create its own hit lists, which are published under a Creative Commons license (CC-BY-NC-ND). Are available u. a. Annual hit parades of singles since 1947 and albums since 1965 as well as weekly singles charts since 1959. There is also a blog . Guido Racca, one of the main participants, is also the operator of the chart website www.it-charts.it and the editor of various books in which data from various charts are collected.

Other charts (selection)

  • Musica e dischi : single charts since 1960, album charts since 1970; also lists forindie, classical and jazz albums as well as for "printed" music
  • TV Sorrisi e Canzoni: Superclassifica (albums and compilations)
  • MTV : Hitlist Italia (single top 20 and album top 10), based on the Nielsen charts; various topic and genre charts
  • EarOne (top 20 airplay charts, determined by surveys on over 110 stations): radio , Italiani and dance since 2010, TV (passaggio) since 2012, TV (punteggio) since 2014 and independent radios (top 50) and independent TV stations since 2016.

statistics

The following statistics refer only to the FIMI charts since 1995/1997; for total statistics including M&D data since 1960 see list of number one hits in Italy !

Singles and albums with most number one weeks

Singles Albums
  1. Vasco Rossi - Vasco Extended Play (21 weeks, 2007)
  2. Povia - I bambini fanno “ooh…” (20 weeks, 2005)
  3. Liga / Jova / Pelù - Il mio nome è mai più (17 weeks, 1999)
  1. Vasco Rossi - Vivere o niente (19 weeks, 2011)
  2. Eros Ramazzotti - Dove c'è musica (16 weeks, 1996)
  3. Vasco Rossi - Buoni o cattivi (15 weeks, 2004)

Performers with the most number one weeks

Singles Albums
  1. Giusy Ferreri (48)
  2. Jovanotti (42)
  3. Madonna / Vasco Rossi (40)
  4. Shakira (35)
  5. U2 (27)
  1. Vasco Rossi (89)
  2. Ligabue (62)
  3. Eros Ramazzotti (49)
  4. Zucchero (42)
  5. Adriano Celentano (35)

Performers with the most number one placements

Singles Albums
  1. Sfera Ebbasta (13)
  2. Madonna (12)
  3. U2 / Vasco Rossi (9)
  1. Vasco Rossi (18)
  2. Ligabue (14)
  3. Madonna (11)

Web links

supporting documents

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  2. Musica e dischi - La storia. Musica e Dischi di Mario De Luigi, accessed February 6, 2015 (Italian).
  3. Compare the overviews on the Hit Parade Italia and IT-Charts websites (accessed on February 5, 2015).
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  5. La Storia. AFI, accessed June 1, 2017 .
  6. ^ FIMI - Chi siamo. FIMI, accessed February 11, 2015 .
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  9. a b c Mario Luzzatto Fegiz: Neri per caso a ruota del Boss battono Fiorello . In: Corriere della Sera . March 7, 1995, p. 35 ( online article [accessed February 4, 2015]).
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  11. La hit dei dvd musicali: Sting al primo posto poi Mina e Pink Floyd . In: Corriere della Sera . October 15, 2003, p. 39 ( online article [accessed February 5, 2015]).
  12. ^ Gianna Nannini in testa alla hit della prima classifica del web. La Repubblica , April 10, 2006, accessed February 3, 2015 .
  13. ^ Musica Digitale: al via le classifiche ufficiali FIMI-Nielsen Soundscan. FIMI, April 11, 2006, accessed February 3, 2015 .
  14. a b Da oggi scompare la classifica dei cd singoli più venduti, sostituita con quella dei brani più scaricati da Internet. FIMI, January 7, 2008, accessed February 3, 2015 .
  15. Classifiche, dal 2010 FIMI cambia partner (da Nielsen a GfK). Rockol.com, December 2, 2009, accessed February 3, 2015 .
  16. Compare the annual evaluations for 2010 and 2011 (each as a download in the appendix): Classifiche annuali dei dischi più venditi e dei singoli più scaricati nel 2010. FIMI, January 17, 2011, accessed on February 11, 2015 . Classifiche annuali Fimi-GfK: Vasco Rossi con “Vivere o niente” è stato l'album più venduto nel 2011. FIMI, January 16, 2012, accessed on February 11, 2015 .
  17. ^ Nota metodologica GfK Retail and Technology. FIMI, 2015, accessed February 11, 2015 .
  18. Rivoluzione chart ufficiali FIMI / GfK: Entrano in Top Ten anche gli album digitali. FIMI, October 10, 2011, accessed February 11, 2015 .
  19. Da oggi nelle classifiche ufficiali dei brani musicali sarà conteggiato anche lo streaming audio. (No longer available online.) FIMI, September 11, 2014, archived from the original on February 11, 2015 ; Retrieved February 11, 2015 (Italian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fimi.it
  20. Since gennaio 2016 arriva la classifica FIMI / GfK degli album in vinile. (No longer available online.) FIMI January 12, 2016, archived from the original on January 13, 2016 ; Retrieved January 13, 2016 (Italian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fimi.it
  21. [NEWS] Da oggi cambia il fattore di conversion rate ai fini delle rilevazioni per le classifiche singoli. In: Facebook. FIMI, March 1, 2017, accessed March 21, 2017 (Italian).
  22. Da venerdì 7 luglio lo streaming audio sarà conteggiato anche nelle classifiche album. FIMI, July 3, 2017, accessed July 3, 2017 (Italian).
  23. Classifiche Top of the Music: dal 2018 varranno solo gli stream premium. FIMI, December 14, 2017, accessed November 23, 2018 (Italian).
  24. ^ Barbara Mosconi: Federica Carta a Top Music: "E ora conduco io". In: Sorrisi.com . Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, January 26, 2018, accessed November 23, 2018 (Italian).
  25. Novità sul fronte delle classifiche di vendita FIMI / GfK. FIMI, accessed December 27, 2019 (Italian).
  26. Classifiche Album. FIMI, accessed January 31, 2016 .
  27. Classifiche Top Singoli. FIMI, accessed April 22, 2017 .
  28. Classifiche Vinili. FIMI, accessed January 31, 2016 .
  29. ^ Classifiche DVD musicali. FIMI, accessed January 31, 2016 .
  30. ^ Classical Compilation. FIMI, accessed January 31, 2016 .
  31. Le classifiche di HitParadeItalia. In: HitParadeItalia. Retrieved May 15, 2015 (Italian).
  32. Il Blog di ChartItalia. Retrieved May 15, 2015 (Italian).
  33. ^ I libri della series hit parade. In: IT-Charts.it. Retrieved July 17, 2015 (Italian).
  34. Classifiche. (No longer available online.) In: Sorrisi.com. TV Sorrisi e Canzoni, archived from the original on May 27, 2015 ; Retrieved May 15, 2015 (Italian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sorrisi.com
  35. While the information in the Electronic Program Guide continues to use Nielsen Music as the source for the charts, MTV dropped the source on the website in November 2013 (see MTV Charts ( Memento from November 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) and MTV charts ( memento from November 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ))
  36. ^ Classifiche Musicali. In: MTV.it. MTV Networks , accessed May 15, 2015 (Italian).
  37. EarOne - Classifiche musicali in tempo real. Retrieved May 27, 2018 (Italian).