Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers


The Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers is an Argentine organization member of the IFPI, which represents the music industry in the country. It is a nonprofit organization integrated by multinational and independent record labels.

Sales certification

CAPIF launched its Gold and Platinum certification program in 1980. Initially, albums required to sell 30,000 units to become Gold and 60,000 units to become Platinum. CAPIF, however, lowered its certification levels in the beginning of 2001 to reflect the declining sales in the recording industry. In 2016, CAPIF once again lowered its certification levels for albums, digital singles and DVD releases, and introduced certifications for music sets and certifications based on streaming for both albums and singles.

Historical accreditation levels

Albums

PeriodGold
certification
Platinum
certification
Diamond
certification
January 1980–December 31, 200030,00060,000500,000
January 1, 2001June 30, 201620,00040,000250,000
July 1, 2016–present10,00020,000135,000

Singles

Certification based onGold
certification
Platinum
certification
Diamond
certification
Physical sales 50,000100,000N/A
Digital downloads10,00020,000135,000
Streams8,000,00016,000,000100,000,000

CAPIF Charts

The CAPIF Charts are the main Argentine music sales charts, issued monthly. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres. All charts are compiled from data of both physical and digital sales from retailers in Argentina. CAPIF stopped publishing charts since 2018. A weekly top 10 albums chart is now published by Diario de Cultura, while the standard singles chart for the country is now the Argentina Hot 100, published by Billboard.
  • CAPIF Top 10 Albums
  • CAPIF Top 10 Singles
  • CAPIF Top 10 Albums
  • CAPIF Year-End Top 10 Albums
  • CAPIF Year-End Top 10 Singles
  • CAPIF Year-End Top 10 Albums

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