Official Finnish Charts

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The Official Finnish Charts (

Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.[1] The name Suomen virallinen lista/Finlands officiella lista (lit. "the Official Finnish Chart"), which is singular
in both Finnish and Swedish, is used generically to refer to both the albums and the singles chart, and the context (albums or songs) reveals which chart is meant.

History

The first charts were published in 1951. In January 1991, the

Suomen Ääni- ja kuvatallennetuottajat (ÄKT) (now known as Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland), the umbrella organization of recording producers active in Finland. Simultaneously, they began to publish the first weekly published singles chart based on sales in Finland, as well as a chart for studio and compilation albums.[3]
This move effectively killed the competition from the other chart compilers and by 1995, the Official Finnish Charts were the only sales charts published in Finland.

Charts

Presently the following weekly charts are composed and published by Musiikkituottajat, according to sales and streaming:[4][5]

  • Albums (Top 50) (Suomen virallinen albumilista, the Official Finnish Albums Chart)[5]
  • Singles (Top 20) (Suomen virallinen singlelista, the Official Finnish Singles Chart)[5]
  • Mid-priced albums (Top 10)[5]
  • Music DVDs (Top 10)[5]

In addition, Musiikkituottajat owns and publishes a digital chart which tracks digital sales of songs and is compiled by the Official Charts Company.[6] In November 2013, Musiikkituottajat began to publish the Official Finnish Airplay Chart:[7]

Lists of number-ones

See also

References

  1. Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Archived from the original
    on 2016-11-20. Retrieved 2013-08-26.
  2. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5
    .
  3. ISBN 951-31-2503-3
    .
  4. Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland
    . 2012-04-05. Retrieved 2013-06-24.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Tilastot – Suomen virallinen lista" (in Finnish). Retrieved 2011-06-10. Note: Click to open the PDF file "Suomen Virallisen Listan säännöt" on the right side of the page.
  6. ^ "In English". Retrieved 2011-06-10.
  7. ^ "Suomen Virallinen Lista laajenee" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. 2013-11-25. Retrieved 2014-05-05.

External links

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