Recording Industry Association of Malaysia

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Recording Industry Association of Malaysia
AbbreviationRIM
Formation1978;47 years ago (1978)
Legal status Non-profit company
PurposeMusic Industry in Malaysia
Location
Region served
Malaysia
MembershipMalaysian Recording Industry
Chairman
Kenny Ong [1]
Website www.rim.org.my

Persatuan Industri Rakaman Malaysia (RIM) (English: Recording Industry Association of Malaysia) is a Malaysian non-profit music organisation, founded on 12 December 1978, as the Malaysian Association of Phonograph Producers (MAPP). In the end of the 1980s, it changed its name to Malaysian Association of Phonogram and Videogram Producers and Distributors (MAPV). It adopted its current name in 1996.

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It currently represents over 340 locally incorporated recording companies and businesses, all of which are involved in the production, manufacturing and distribution of local and international sound, music video and karaoke recording. [2] This accounts for around 95% of all legitimate recordings commercially available in the music market of Malaysia. [2]

Under the Ministry of Domestic Trade & Consumer Affairs (MDTCA), RIM is a member of the Ministry's Special Copyright Task Force. [2] It was also a member of the Attorney General's Chambers' Copyright Law Revision Committee. [2]

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) recognises RIM as the National Group for Malaysia. The RIM Chairman sits on the IFPI Asia/Pacific Regional Board. [3] RIM also is a member of the Asean Music Industry Association (AMIA). [2]

It has been responsible for organising the annual music event, Anugerah Industri Muzik (AIM).

Certification levels

RIM is responsible for certifying gold and platinum albums in Malaysia, based on sales. The levels are:

Music CDs

CertificationBefore 1 January 1997Before 1 January 2000Before 1 January 2003Before 1 January 2006Before 1 July 2009After 1 July 2009
Gold100,00050,00025,00015,00010,0007,500
Platinum200,000100,00050,00025,00020,00015,000

International repertoire

CertificationBefore 1 January 2000Before 1 January 2003Until 31 December 2005
Gold25,00015,00010,000
Platinum50,00025,00020,000

Note: Awards for domestic and international repertoire are different before 2006.

Combined sales

Introduced in July 2009.

CertificationNumber of copies
Gold15,000
Platinum30,000

Digital downloads

Introduced in July 2009.

CertificationNumber of copies
Gold75,000
Platinum150,000

RIM Charts

Since 2017, RIM operates several record charts that rank the best-performing songs in Malaysia. The main RIM Chart lists the Top 20 most streamed international & domestic songs in Malaysia, with a separate chart for the Top 10 most streamed domestic songs. [4] [5]

Starting the week ending 24 March 2022, the Top 20 International and Domestic Singles chart was reconfigured to be exclusively for International single releases, while the Top 10 Domestic Singles chart was reconfigured into a Malay songs chart. Also in the same week, the Top 10 Chinese Singles chart was introduced. [6]

On January 23, 2025, the chart was rebranded to the Official Malaysia Chart and joined the Official Southeast Asia Charts launched by the IFPI in collaboration with RIM. The Malay and Chinese songs charts were also rebranded to the Official Malaysia Domestic Chart and the Official Malaysia Chinese Chart. [7]

Song achievements

Songs with most weeks at number one

16 weeks

14 weeks

12 weeks

11 weeks

10 weeks

Number-one songs

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Malaysia's RIM Charts are back". star2.com. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Recording Industry Association of Malaysia – About RIM". www.rim.org.my. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "Our Boards — IFPI — Representing the recording industry worldwide". ifpi.org. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "RIM ANNOUNCES THE RETURN OF RIM CHARTS". www.rim.org.my. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "Recording Industry Association of Malaysia (RIM) announces the return of RIM Charts, making a comeback after more than a decade of absence in 2006". The Edge Markets. 2 March 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  6. ↑ Alhamzah, Tahir (6 April 2022). "#Showbiz: RIM launches first on-air chart show on HITZ, ERA and MY". New Straits Times . Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  7. ↑ "IFPI Launches Official Southeast Asia Charts Hub with Creation of New Charts in Philippines and Vietnam". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. 23 January 2025. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
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