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The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ) is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists in New Zealand. Membership of RIANZ is open to any record label operating in New Zealand.

Anti-Piracy

Anti-piracy is about fairness and respect for creative talent. The writers, musicians, producers and record labels determine how they want their creative work distributed throughout the world. Copyright laws support and protect that right just as theft laws protect shopkeepers' stock. If all goods were free, who would be a shopkeeper and why would anyone create anything?

Piracy minimizes opportunities for new artists, and for the many local businesses who operate in the New Zealand music industry. No one is an overnight success; artists work long and hard before they succeed. They and the people who help them in their career (labels, distributors, managers, engineers, producers, designers, accountants, lawyers, publicists, etc) deserve to make a living from the hard work that they put in.

The biggest area of piracy in the modern music industry is the growth of internet file sharing. The growth of the internet is exciting and of great benefit – but only if it is used responsibly. As the speed of broadband increases, there needs to be a ‘moral baseline’ for New Zealand that demonstrates our fairness and respect for each other’s creative rights, and that protects all New Zealanders from the malicious, exploitive and unhealthy side of the internet.

RIANZ has been particularly proactive in this area by seeking ammendments to the Copyright Act to allow a better degree of protection to rights owners. As at February 2009, the logistics of implementing these law changes were not finalised. However, healthy public debate surrounding the issue was encouraging, proving that music remains a valuable medium that consumers are passionate about.

The RAP Fund

The RAP (Recording Artists & Producers) Fund is an innovative scheme designed to support New Zealand artists and producers by ensuring licence fees collected by PPNZ are identified and passed on to RAP Fund participants. New Zealand recording artists and producers who have released a single, album, or video may be eligible to receive payments from the RAP Fund. The payment is shared 50-50 between the artist and the producer. NB:The “Producer” in this context refers to the owner of the master tape . Registration for the RAP Fund is free and does not require artist to be members of RIANZ.

Awards

The New Zealand Music Awards, are conferred annually by RIANZ for outstanding artistic and technical achievements in the recording field. The awards are one of the biggest awards that a group or artist can receive in music in New Zealand. The awards have been presented every year since 1965 and a precise history of the event can be found here. [1].

Sales charts

RIANZ releases the official New Zealand singles and album charts. The Top 40 Singles Chart consists of data from both singles sales figures and radio play (airplay) information gathered by radio data collection agency Radioscope; sales (including downloads) take up 75%, with airplay taking up the final 25%.

Prior to 2004, RIANZ also published an annual ranking chart of singles and albums released in New Zealand. Position is awarded by a simple scoring system whereby a number one in one week gets 50 points, a number two gets 49 points and so on, then all weeks are added together. From 2004 onwards, however, the annual charts have songs positioned based on the amount of sales for that year.

RIANZ certifications

A music single or album qualifies for a platinum certification if it exceeds 15,000 copies shipped to retailers and a gold certification for 7,500 copies shipped.

For music DVDs (formerly videos), a Gold accreditation originally represented 2,500 copies shipped, with a Platinum accreditation representing 5,000 units shipped. [2]

Albums and Singles Music DVDs
Gold Platinum Gold Platinum
7,500 15,000 2,500 5,000

Licensing division

The licensing arm of RIANZ is Phonographic Performances (PPNZ). PPNZ administers the rights of local and international record labels and producers within the New Zealand territory.

PPNZ is responsible for licensing and collecting income from the broadcasting and public performance of sound and video recordings. PPNZ can grant licences to any individual or business playing or using recorded music in the public arena. e.g: bars, cafes, retail shops, salons, telephone ‘on-hold’ systems, sports grounds, broadcasters, gyms, function centres and many other premises where performance of recorded music takes place.

Other activities

RIANZ is the New Zealand International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) national agency, and allocates the Country and First Owner Codes to members for encoding on all audio and audio-visual recordings, as a method of identification.

RIANZ is a member of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industries (IFPI) and is affiliated with, other national recording industry groups like the Australian Record Industry Association Ltd (ARIA) and the British Phonographic Industry Ltd (BPI).

RIANZ continues to enforce the rights of record producers and recording artists against copyright infringers, and works closely with NZ Federation Against Copyright Theft (NZFA©T) which represents film producers. NZFACT is affiliated with the Motion Picture Association (MPA).

Chart Trivia

Artists with the most number-one hits

  • The Beatles (14) - Paperback Writer; Yellow Submarine; Eleanor Rigby; Penny Lane; All You Need Is Love; Hello, Goodbye; Lady Madonna; Hey Jude; Revolution; Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da; Get Back; The Ballad of John & Yoko; Something; Come Together; Let It Be
  • Michael Jackson (8) - Don't Stop Til You Get Enough; Beat It; Black Or White; Remember the Time; Give In To Me; Scream; You Are Not Alone; Blood on the Dance Floor
  • U2 (8) - Pride (In The Name of Love); Pride (Where The Streets Have No Name); One Tree Hill; Desire; Angel of Harlem; Fly; Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me; Discothéque
  • Bee Gees (7) - Spicks & Specks; Massachusetts; I Started A Joke; Don't Forget to Remember; Stayin' Alive; Too Much Heaven; Tragedy
  • Mariah Carey (7) - Vision of Love; I'll Be There; Without You; Endless Love; Fantasy; One Sweet Day (with Boyz II Men); Heartbreaker (with Jay-Z)
  • ABBA (6) - I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do; SOS; Fernando; Dancing Queen; Money, Money, Money; Chiquitita
  • Elton John (6) - Crocodile Rock; Goodbye Yellow Brick Road; Philadelphia Freedom; Don't Go Breaking My Heart (with Kiki Dee); Nikita; Candle in the Wind
  • Akon (6) - Lonely; Moonshine (with Savage); Smack That (with Eminem; The Sweet Escape (with Gwen Stefani); Don't Matter; Bartender
  • UB40 (5) - Food For Thought; Red Red Wine; I Got You Babe (with Chrissie Hynde); I'll Be Your Baby Tonight; I Can't Help Falling In Love With You
  • Madonna (5) - Into the Groove; Like a Prayer; Vogue; Music; Don't Tell Me
  • Chris Brown (5) - Run It!; Kiss Kiss; With You; No Air (with Jordin Sparks); Forever

Artists with the Longest Stay at #1

Consecutive

Non-consecutive

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