Summary: The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies.
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Description: It oversees the collection, administration and distribution of music licenses and royalties.
Known For: (ARIA) is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983
Instruments: Recorded music in Australia.
Location: Australia
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Web Site: http://www.aria.com.au/
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BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers (AARM) which was formed in 1956.
It oversees the collection, administration and distribution of music licenses and royalties.
The association has more than a hundred members, including small labels typically run by one to five people, medium size organisations and very large companies with international affiliates. ARIA is administered by a Board of Directors comprising senior executives from record companies, both large and small.
As of October 2010, the directors were Denis Handlin (chair, CEO of Sony Music), George Ash (Universal Music), Mark Poston (EMI), Sebastian Chase (MGM Distribution), David Vodica (Rubber Records/Music) and Tony Harlow (WAR).
In 1956, the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers (AARM) was formed by Australia’s major record companies.
It was replaced in 1983 by the Australian Recording Industry Association, which was established by the six major record companies operating in Australia, EMI, Festival Records, CBS (now known as Sony Music), RCA (now known as BMG), WEA (now known as Warner Music) and Polygram (now known as Universal).
It later included smaller record companies representing independent acts/labels and has over 100 members.
Since 2 March 1987, ARIA administered its own entirely peer-voted ARIA Music Awards, to “recognise excellence and innovation in all genres of Australian music” with an annual ceremony.
Initially included in the same awards ceremonies, it established the ARIA Hall of Fame in 1988 and has held separate annual ceremonies since 2005.
The ARIA Hall of Fame “honours Australian musicians’ achievements [that] have had a significant impact in Australia or around the world”.
In April 2006, ARIA began producing a Digital Track Chart, calculated from sales data submitted by major online music providers such as Apple iTunes, BigPond Music, Destra Music, NineMSN Music and Soundbuzz, as well as retailers such as Ripit, Leading Edge and JB Hi-Fi.
ARIA says the digital sales market accounted for $8 million revenue to the industry during 2005, or around 1.5 per cent of the overall wholesale market.
Certifications are based on singles or albums shipped to retailers, not sold/purchased by customers, however when physical singles stopped being released certifications on singles were actually bought by consumers.
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