Recording Industry Association Singapore

Music industry association in Singapore

Recording Industry Association Singapore

Abbreviation| RIAS
Formation| 1976; 49 years ago (1976)
Type| Music industry association
Membership| 24[1] (2020)
Website| www.rias.org.sg

Formerly called

| Singapore Phonogram Videogram Association

Recording Industry Association Singapore (RIAS) is an organisation that represents the music industry in Singapore and national representative of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. The organisation was founded in 1976 as the Singapore Phonogram Videogram Association (SPVA) and renamed in 2001.[2]

## Sales certificates

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RIAS awards certificates for music records in Singapore based on sales. The requirements from album awards varied over the years, while the requirements for singles stayed constant. The levels are:

| Albums

Thresholds  | Until October 2007[3] | Until December 2009[4] | Since December 2009[5][6]
Gold  | 7,500  | 6,000  | 5,000
Platinum  | 15,000  | 12,000  | 10,000
| Singles

Thresholds[3][4][5][6] | Sales units
Gold  | 5,000
Platinum  | 10,000

As of 2021[update], RIAS also accepts digital sales. Singles are certified on full unit basis, while albums are certified on revenue bases, with award levels of US$50,000 for Gold and US$100,000 for Platinum.[6]

## Charts

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As of January 2025, RIAS runs the following weekly charts:[7]

* The Official Singapore Chart
* The Official Singapore Regional Chart

### Number-one songs

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The first number-one song of the RIAS Charts was "Perfect" by Ed Sheeran on January 4, 2018.[8] No charts were released between March 28 and June 28, 2019. As of the issue for the week ending July 1, 2021, the RIAS Charts has had 52 different number-one songs.[9]

* List of number-one songs of 2018 (Singapore)
* List of number-one songs of 2019 (Singapore)
* List of number-one songs of 2020 (Singapore)
* List of number-one songs of 2021 (Singapore)
* List of number-one songs of 2022 (Singapore)
* List of number-one songs of 2023 (Singapore)
* List of number-one songs of 2024 (Singapore)
* List of number-one songs of 2025 (Singapore)

### Song milestones

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#### Most weeks at number one

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No. of weeks  | Song  | Artist  | Release Year

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18  | "Seven"  | Jungkook featuring Latto | 2023
15  | "Apt."  | Rosé and Bruno Mars | 2024
14  | "Cupid"  | Fifty Fifty | 2023
13  | "Señorita"  | Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello | 2019
"Ghost"  | Justin Bieber | 2021
11  | "Stay"  | The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber  | 2021
"Die with a Smile"  | Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars  | 2024
10  | Glimpse of Us"  | Joji | 2022
9  | Memories"  | Maroon 5 | 2019
"Dance Monkey"  | Tones and I
"As It Was"  | Harry Styles | 2022
8  | "Thank U, Next"  | Ariana Grande | 2018
"How You Like That"  | Blackpink | 2020

### Artist milestones

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#### Most number-one songs

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No. of songs  | Artist

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9  | Ariana Grande
7  | BTS
Blackpink
5  | Taylor Swift
Justin Bieber
4  | The Weeknd
3  | Coldplay
SZA
NewJeans
Jungkook
Lady Gaga

#### Most weeks at number one

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No. of weeks  | Artist

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32  | Justin Bieber
28  | Ariana Grande
26  | Bruno Mars
25  | BTS
23  | Blackpink
20  | Jungkook
19  | Taylor Swift
18  | Latto
17  | Rosé
14  | Fifty Fifty

## References

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1. ^ "RIAS Members". Archived from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
2. ^ "About RIAS". Archived from the original on 14 March 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
3. ^ a b "Certification Award Levels 2007" (PDF). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-15.
4. ^ a b "Certification Award Levels October 2007" (PDF). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. October 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-04-12.
5. ^ a b "International Certification Award levels December 2009" (PDF). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. December 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-02-15.
6. ^ a b c Eng, Hooi (2021-04-13). "Accreditation levels". Letter to Anonymous. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
7. ^ "The Official Singapore Charts Week 4 (17 - 23 Jan 2025)". RIAS. Archived from the original on January 28, 2025. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
8. ^ "Singapore Top 30 Digital Streaming Chart Week 1" (PDF). Recording Industry Association (Singapore). Archived (PDF) from the original on August 15, 2024. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
9. ^ "RIAS Top Charts". Recording Industry Association Singapore. Archived from the original on April 27, 2021. Retrieved July 6, 2021.

## External links

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* Official website

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Music recording certification associations

International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI)

Africa|

* RISA (South Africa)
* TCSN (Nigeria)

Americas|

* AMPROFON (Mexico)
* AVINPRO (Venezuela)
* CAPIF (Argentina)
* CFC (Central America)
* CUD (Uruguay)
* Music Canada (Canada)
* PMB (Brazil)
* RIAA (US)
* SGP (Paraguay)
* UNIMPRO (Peru)

Asia|

* ASIRI (Indonesia)
* IMI (India)
* KMCA (South Korea)
* PARI (Philippines)
* RIAJ (Japan)
* RIAS (Singapore)
* RIM (Malaysia)
* RIT (Taiwan)
* TECA (Thailand)

Europe|

* AFP (Portugal)
* BAMP (Bulgaria)
* BPI (UK)
* BRMA (Belgium)
* BVMI (Germany)
* FHF (Iceland)
* FIMI (Italy)
* IFPI Danmark (Denmark)
* IFPI Greece (Greece)
* IFPI Sverige (Sweden)
* IRMA (Ireland)
* LaIPA (Latvia)
* MAHASZ (Hungary)
* Musiikkituottajat (Finland)
* Mü-Yap (Turkey)
* NVPI (Netherlands)
* Promusicae (Spain)
* SNEP (France)
* UPFI (France)
* UPFR (Romania)
* ZPAV (Poland)

Oceania|

* ARIA (Australia)
* RMNZ (New Zealand)

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