Pro-Música Brasil

Pro-Música Brasil
purpose	Representation of the phono industry
Seat	Rio de Janeiro
founding	1958
president	Paulo Rosa
Website	pro-musicabr.org.br

former logo of the ABPD

Pro-Música Brasil (Produtores Fonográfico Associados) , until 2016 Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos ( Portuguese for "Brazilian Society of Music Producers"; ABPD for short ), is a collecting society that represents the music industry in Brazil . The association is their only official representation of interests in the country and the Brazilian national group of the IFPI .

Foundation and tasks

The Society for Representing the Interests of the Brazilian Phono Industry was founded in April 1958 in Brazil and is the largest organization in the Brazilian music industry. The association works for the modernization of the music industry there and combats the illegal acquisition and sale of music. For this purpose, the ABPD founded a subsidiary specializing in this topic, the Association for the Protection of the Intellectual Property Rights of the Phonographic Industry , or APDIF for short .

Music sales awards are given based on units sold in the country. Certifications have been awarded since 1990. In November 2017, the award for digital media was incorporated into the previous awards for physical sound carriers.

Limits to the award of phonograms

National Albums and singles Award until 2003 2004-2005 2006-2009 since 2010 gold 100,000 50,000 50,000 40,000 platinum 250,000 125,000 100,000 80,000 2 × platinum 500,000 250,000 200,000 160,000 3 × platinum 750,000 375,000 300,000 240,000 diamond 1,000,000 500,000 500,000 300,000 Video albums Award until 2005 since 2006 gold 25,000 25,000 platinum 50,000 50,000 2 × platinum - 100,000 3 × platinum - 150,000 diamond 100,000 250,000

International Albums and singles Award until 2000 2001-2005 2006-2009 since 2010 gold 100,000 50,000 30,000 20,000 platinum 250,000 125,000 60,000 40,000 2 × platinum 500,000 250,000 120,000 80,000 3 × platinum 750,000 375,000 180,000 120,000 diamond 1,000,000 500,000 250,000 160,000 Video albums Award until 2005 since 2006 gold 25,000 15,000 platinum 50,000 30,000 2 × platinum - 60,000 3 × platinum - 90,000 diamond 100,000 125,000

National and international

Digital sound carriers (downloads and streaming)

Award	2008-2017
gold	50,000
platinum	100,000
diamond	500,000

Web links

• ABPD awards database
• Award thresholds of the ABPD

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} A ABPD. Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos, accessed August 22, 2015 .