Recording Industry Association Singapore

Music industry association in Singapore

Recording Industry Association Singapore

Abbreviation| RIAS
Formation| 1976; 48 years ago (1976)
Type| Music industry association

Membership (2020)

| 24[1]
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[edit]

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[edit]

RIAS runs the following weekly charts:[7]

* Top Streaming Chart
* Top Regional Chart

### Number-one songs[edit]

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.[7]

* 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)

### Song milestones[edit]

#### Most weeks at number one[edit]

No. of weeks  | Song  | Artist  | Release Year

|
|
|

17  | "Seven"  | Jungkook featuring Latto | 2023
14  | "Cupid"  | Fifty Fifty
13  | "Señorita"  | Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello | 2019
"Ghost"  | Justin Bieber | 2021
11  | "Stay"  | The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber
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[edit]

#### Most number-one songs[edit]

No. of songs  | Artist

|

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

#### Most weeks at number one[edit]

No. of weeks  | Artist

|

32  | Justin Bieber
25  | Ariana Grande
24  | BTS
23  | Blackpink
19  | Jungkook
17  | Latto
14  | Fifty Fifty
13  | Shawn Mendes
Camila Cabello
12  | Maroon 5

## References[edit]

1. ^ "RIAS Members". Retrieved 18 December 2020.
2. ^ "About RIAS". 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. ^ a b "RIAS Top Charts". Recording Industry Association Singapore. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
8. ^ "Singapore Top 30 Digital Streaming Chart Week 1" (PDF). Recording Industry Association (Singapore). Retrieved January 19, 2018.

## External links[edit]

* Official website

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Music recording certification organizations

International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI)

America|

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

Europe|

* AFP (Portugal)
* BEA (Belgium)
* BPI (UK)
* BVMI (Germany)
* FIMI (Italy)
* GLF (Sweden)
* IFPI Danmark (Denmark)
* IFPI Greece (Greece)
* IRMA (Ireland)
* LaIPA (Latvia)
* MAHASZ (Hungary)
* Musiikkituottajat (Finland)
* NVPI (Netherlands)
* Promusicae (Spain)
* SNEP (France)
* UPFI (France)
* UPFR (Romania)
* ZPAV (Poland)

Africa, Asia and Oceania|

* ASIRI (Indonesia)
* ARIA (Australia)
* IMI (India)
* KMCA (South Korea)
* Mü-Yap (Turkey)
* RIAJ (Japan)
* RIAS (Singapore)
* RIM (Malaysia)
* RISA (South Africa)
* RIT (Taiwan)
* RMNZ (New Zealand)
* PARI (Philippines)

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