NVPI

The NVPI (Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers) (in English: The Dutch Association of Producers and Importers of image- and sound bearers) is the Dutch tradeassociation of the entertainment industry. The NVPI represents most of the Dutch record companies, video distributors and game-software distributors.

History

The NVPI is found in 1973 as a representative of the record companies in the Netherlands. In 1983 video film distributors were included in the association and in 1996 the producers of entertainment software. Every division has got its own board. The three divisions form a federation. The NVPI represents both major and small independent producers. The (board) structure guarantees influence by every included company.

The NVPI represents (looked at the total volume of trade) approximately 85% of the record companies, 80% of the video film companies and 50% of the entertainment software. NVPI is included with the international organization IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry), IVF (International Video Federation) and the ISFE (Interactive Software Federation Europe).

Core branches

The core branches of NVPI are:

Lobbying

Announcements to the press and others

Market investigation

Representation in consultative bodies

Distribution of Home copying compensation to audio producers

Cultural/social activities

Information to its members

Certifications

NVPI gives certifications to albums, singles, games and music- movie DVD. These are the sales figures you need to cross, as an artist, games producer or movie director, to get a certification:

Music

Gold:

* Singles – 40.000 sold

* Album popular – 30.000 sold

* Album classical/jazz – 15.000 sold

Platinum: {|class=wikitable ! Certification ! Before January 1, 2000 ! Before January 1, 2006 ! Before January 1, 2008 ! Before June 1, 2009 ! After June 1, 2009 |- |- bgcolor="#F0FFF0" |Gold |50,000 |40,000 |35,000 |30,000 |25,000 |- |- bgcolor="#F0FFF0" |Platinum |100,000 |80,000 |70,000 |60,000 |50,000 |- |} Classic-albums {|class=wikitable ! Certification ! Before January 1, 2008 ! After January 1, 2008 |- |- bgcolor="#F0FFF0" |Gold |15,000 |10,000 |- |- bgcolor="#F0FFF0" |Platinum |25,000 |20,000 |- |}

Singles {|class=wikitable ! Certification ! Before January 1, 1984 ! Before January 1, 1992 ! Before January 1, 2000 ! Before January 1, 2008 ! Before June 1, 2009 ! After June 1, 2009 |- |- bgcolor="#F0FFF0" |Gold |100,000 |75,000 |50,000 |40,000 |25,000 |10,000 |- |- bgcolor="#F0FFF0" |Platinum |150,000 |100,000 |75,000 |60,000 |50,000 |20,000 |- |}

DVDs {|class=wikitable ! Certification ! Before January 1, 2008 ! After January 1, 2008 |- |- bgcolor="#F0FFF0" |Gold |40,000 |30,000

|- |- bgcolor="#F0FFF0" |Platinum |80,000 |60,000 |- |}

Charts

NVPI works with two different chart organizations in the Netherlands. Those are the Dutch Top 40 (a weekly singles chart including downloads, single sales and radio airplay) and Megacharts (weekly charts of the Album top 100, Megachart Top 50 (singles), DVD music chart and several others).

See also

Dutch Top 40

Megacharts

IFPI

External links

Official Homepage in Dutch

Official Homepage in English

References

Category:Music industry associations Category:Organizations established in 1973 Category:Arts and media trade groups Category:Organisations based in the Netherlands