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Hungarian Recording Industry Association (Hungarian: Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége, more commonly abbreviated to MAHASZ or Mahasz) is the Hungarian music industry association, founded in 1992. MAHASZ issues the Hungarian Music Awards, awards music recording certification and maintains the music charts for Hungary. The current number one on the Radio Top 40 is "Die with a Smile" by Lady Gaga and Bruno MarsHungarian Airplay Chart 2024 Week 50

Charts

Mahasz runs the following weekly charts:

• Album Top 40
• Radio Top 40
• Editor's Choice Top 40
• Hungarian Radio Top 40
• Dance Top 40
• Single Top 40
• Stream Top 40

Certification levels

Since 1 January 2018, MAHASZ combined all music recording certification into one combined "album" certifications, which includes albums and singles of all genres and origins. For Gold status an album needs to sell 2,000 units and for Platinum 4,000 units, where ten singles are counted as one album. The certification also includes streaming at a rate of 1,000 paid streams or 5,000 free streams per album.

Certification levels history

Certifications have existed in Hungary since the mid-1970s. During that period, albums had to sell 50,000 units to qualify for Gold status and singles required 100,000 units.

Over the years, Mahasz awarded certifications for albums, singled and music videos (DVDs).

Albums

For pop albums, separate thresholds were in place for domestic repertoire and international repertoire, as follows.

Mahasz certified classical music, jazz, world music and prose albums, requiring 1,500 units for Gold and 3,000 units for Platinum.

Singles

For singles, the same thresholds applied independent of the origin and genre.

Music videos (DVDs)

For music videos (DVDs), the same thresholds applied independent of the origin.

Jazz, classical, world music and prose DVDs were certified at 1,000 for Gold and 2,000 for Platinum.

Highest certified albums

The highest certified albums by MAHASZ are Micsoda buli! by Hungária and Legendás dalok 1. by Locomotiv GT, both certified 10× Platinum in 2014. The highest certified international repertoire album is Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack by the Mamma Mia! film cast, certified 6× Platinum in 2018. Below is a list of all albums that have been certified multi-platinum by MAHASZ, as of May 2022.

See also

• List of artists who reached number one in Hungary
• List of number-one singles of the 2000s (Hungary)
• List of number-one singles of the 2010s (Hungary)
• List of number-one singles of the 2020s (Hungary)

References

1. https://slagerlistak.hu/radios-top-40-jatszasi-lista/2024/50
2. "Hivatalos magyar slágerlisták". slagerlistak.hu. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
3. "Mi számít arany- és platinalemeznek? - Arany- és platinalemezek - Hivatalos magyar slágerlisták". zene.slagerlistak.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 4 October 2019.
4. "Billboard Vol. 86, No. 52". Billboard. 26 December 1974. p. 40. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
5. ^ "MAHASZ: Arany- és platinalemezek › A díjak története (Albums levels)". MAHASZ. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
6. ^ "The Recording Industry in Japan 2005" (PDF). Recording Industry Association of Japan. 2005. p. 23.
7. "Arany és platinalemezek" (in Hungarian). Mahasz. Archived from the original on 26 August 2005. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
8. "Arany és platinalemezek" (in Hungarian). Mahasz. Archived from the original on 23 October 2005. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
9. ^ "Certification Award Levels October 2007" (PDF). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. October 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2019.
10. "International Certification Award levels IFPI August 2012" (PDF). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. August 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2012.
11. ^ "Mi számít arany- és platinalemeznek? - Arany- és platinalemezek - Hivatalos magyar slágerlisták". zene.slagerlistak.hu. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
12. ^ "IFPI Recording Industry In Numbers 2006" (PDF). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. 2006. pp. 108–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2006.
13. ^ "Adatbázis - Arany- és platinalemezek - Hivatalos magyar slágerlisták". slagerlistak.hu. Retrieved 31 December 2021.

External links

• MAHASZ official website

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