Irish Recorded Music Association
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The Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) is the Irish counterpart of the Recording Industry Association of America. Image:IRMAlogo1.gif
The IRMA is a non-profit association that is set up by Irish record companies and by companies that are asscociated with the Irish recording industry. The IRMA operates to promote and protect the welfare and interests of the Irish recording industry. The association is also responsible for collecting and compiling national statistics and charts for the Republic of Ireland.
The association is involved in multiple activities that deal with the recording industry and business. The IRMA surves as a lobby group at various civil, industry and political levels to protect and enhance the interests of its member companies. Its main goal is to act as the voice for the Irish recording industry within Ireland and on international levels as well.
The IRMA is also heavily involved in combating piracy and illegal music filesharing in Ireland. On April 12, 2005 the asscociation began to take legal action against "serial filesharers" in Ireland who illegally distribute music on the internet. On November 15, 2005 the IRMA began "Phase II" of its plan to battle filesharing.
The association also manages and is responsible for the shareholding in the Irish chart company, ChartTrack. Its job is to ensure that the Irish music and video charts are a reasonable reflection of sales.
Only Irish companies can become members of the IRMA. All members pay a yearly fee depending on how large their company is. Curently, the IRMA has 51 member companies.
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Charts
The IRMA releases its chart data every Friday of every week. Only sales are counted towards the charts. Charts that are managed by the association are:
- Top 75 Albums
- Top 50 Singles
- Top 10 Classical Albums
- Top 10 Dance Singles
- Top 20 Multi-Artist Compilation Albums
- Top 30 Videos
- Top 20 DVDs
- Top 10 Music DVDS
Board member companies
The recording companies and other music related companies that are on the IRMA members board are:
- Warner Music Group Ireland Ltd.
- Sony/BMG Music Entertainment Ltd.
- RMG Chart Entertainment Ltd.
- Whirling Discs Ltd.
- Universal Music (Ireland) Ltd.
- Pinnacle Records
The IRMA trust
In 1997 the IRMA set up a trust, with Phonographic Performance (Ireland) Limited, with the aim to enhance the opportunities for young people who want to pursue a career in music. The trusts main initiative is the Instrument Bank, which provides music instruments to young people, particularly to young people who live in disadvantaged communities throughout Ireland.
See also
- record industry
- List of artists who reached number one in Ireland
- List of songs that reached number one on the Irish Singles Chart
- Top sellings singles and albums in Ireland
- List of songs that reached number one on the Irish Dance Chart
- One-hit wonders in Ireland
