Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége

The Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége ( Hungarian for "Association of Hungarian Record Companies "), or MAHASZ for short , is an interprofessional organization that represents the interests of the Hungarian music industry . The association was founded in 1992. MAHASZ is a member of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry . The association's tasks are to compile the Hungarian music charts, to represent rights and to award music awards for albums , singles and video albums . MAHASZ has been presenting the Hungarian Music Awards since 1992 ( known as the Golden Giraffe Awards until 2003 ).

Limits to the award of phonograms

Albums

Domestic albums

Award	until June 11, 1992	until December 2, 1997	until April 22, 2002	until February 22, 2005	until September 12, 2006	until September 30, 2009	until December 13, 2012	since December 14, 2012
gold	100,000	50,000	25,000	15,000	10,000	7,500	5,000	2,000
platinum	200,000	100,000	50,000	30,000	20,000	15,000	10,000	4,000
2 × platinum	-		100,000	60,000	40,000	30,000	20,000	8,000
...
diamond	400,000	200,000	-

Foreign albums

Award 1	since February 23, 2005 to September 12, 2006	until December 13, 2012	since December 14, 2012
gold	10,000	3,000	1,000
platinum	20,000	6,000	2,000
2 × platinum	40,000	12,000	4,000
...

¹ Before February 23, 2005, the same distribution limits apply as for domestic albums.

Singles

Award	until December 31, 2006	since January 1, 2007
gold	5,000	1,500
platinum	10,000	3,000
2 × platinum	20,000	6,000
...

Video albums

pop

Award	Sales units
gold	2,000
platinum	4,000
2 × platinum	8,000
...

Jazz / Classical

Award	Sales units
gold	1,000
platinum	2,000
2 × platinum	4,000
...

Web links

• Official website
• zene.slagerlistak.hu

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Arany- és platinalemezek ›A díjak története. zene.slagerlistak.hu, accessed on November 22, 2016 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} ペ ー ジ が 見 つ か り ま せ ん. riaj.or.jp, accessed November 22, 2016 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Certification Award Levels. ifpi.org, accessed on November 22, 2016 . 
4. ↑ International Certification Award levels. ifpi.org, archived from the original on July 26, 2011 ; accessed on November 22, 2016 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Arany- és platinalemezek ›Mi számít arany- és platinalemeznek? zene.slagerlistak.hu, accessed on November 22, 2016 .