Platinum Europe Awards - Regulations and Procedures

Platinum Award

2009 Version

Eligibility for IFPI Platinum Europe Awards

1. Sales of pre-recorded music on physical and digital album formats will be eligible for the award.

2. At least one million copies of the album title stated on the form must have been sold within Europe. For the purposes of this award, multi-sets should be counted as one unit only.

3. Sales in the following countries will be considered eligible for inclusion towards the award: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom.

4. Sales refer to actual retail sales and not shipments to trade.

5. Only those albums released on or after 1 January 1994 will be considered eligible for the award.

6. Albums re-released on or after 1 January 1994 are eligible provided the re-release date is provided on the application form.

7. Only sales of the album title stated on the form will be considered towards the award (no sales of any prior version of the album or later releases of the album).

8. In the case of multi-artist compilation albums, only recordings containing original tracks are eligible to receive the award.

9. Awards will be made to those artists whose sales are registered by a record company or label registered within a European market. Any record company is eligible to make an application.

10. The award is applicable to album sales only. Sales of all album formats can be added for the award.

11. Only legitimate sales will be considered eligible for inclusion towards the award.

12. Awards will be granted at IFPI's discretion.

Procedure

1. It is the sole responsibility of the individual record company to monitor sales.

2. An award will only be made after receipt of a completed application form and further verification of the sales declared on the form. Once one million sales have been reached within Europe the application form should be filled in as specified and returned to IFPI Market Research, by e-mail to: platinumawards@ifpi.org

3. Once the required form has been received the sales will be processed by IFPI Market Research and added to the quarterly round-up of awards. A quarterly table of awards will be published on the IFPI website stating recipients of awards. A yearly round-up will be included in publications such as the Recording Industry in Numbers.

4. IFPI makes the official Platinum Europe Awards available on request. Companies wishing to receive a physical award should contact JM Enternational, the official designer of the IFPI Platinum Europe Award. Contact JM Enternational on tel: +44 (020) 7624 5757 for details of cost/estimated delivery times. Payment should be arranged directly with JM Enternational. .