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61-511: The NVPI is found in 1973 as a representative of the record companies in the Netherlands. In 1983 video film distributors were included in the association and in 1996 the producers of entertainment software. Every division has got its own board. The three divisions form a federation. The NVPI represents both major and small independent producers. The (board) structure guarantees influence by every included company. The NVPI represents (looked at

122-453: A "Live Aid 2" would be a good idea. However, after organising the event, Geldof said: "This is not Live Aid 2. These concerts are the start point for The Long Walk To Justice, the one way we can all make our voices heard in unison." Many of the Live 8 backers were also involved in the largely forgotten NetAid concerts, including Executive Producer Jeff Pollack . Organisers of Live 8 presented

183-537: A Website under the domain titled "International Federation of Pirates Interests", a replacement backronym for IFPI. Ownership of the domain was returned to IFPI in late November, when a WIPO arbitration panel concluded that "the Disputed Domain Name is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark in which the [IFPI] has rights" and that the Pirate Bay's representative "registered and [was] using

244-689: A large global audience, stating that Geldof's intention was to aim for the biggest global stars to ensure media attention and a large television audience. A Live 8 concert in Johannesburg and an "Africa Calling" concert featuring an entirely African lineup at the Eden Project in Cornwall , were organised following the criticisms. Geldof's motives for organising Live 8 were questioned. TV and radio presenter Andy Kershaw - who had co-presented Live Aid in 1985 - directed criticisms at Geldof and

305-610: A list of the top 10 best-performing global singles and albums each year. The most recent winners, for 2023, were Miley Cyrus ' " Flowers " and Seventeen 's FML respectively. In March 2022 IFPI launched the first Global Vinyl Album Chart (most recently topped by Taylor Swift's '1989 (Taylor's Version) ', announced in March 2024) and in March 2023 they introduced the IFPI Global Streaming Album Chart; Morgan Wallen's 'One Thing At A Time' most recently took

366-560: A series of events ahead of the G8 conference, and had already been planned before the announcement of Live 8. An estimated 225,000 people took part, making it the largest-ever protest in Scotland and the largest ever anti-poverty protest in the UK. In the weeks leading up to Live 8, British newspaper Daily Mirror began a petition, garnering support for British rock band Status Quo to play at

427-597: A set, just before Neil Young finished off Live 8 in Barrie with "4 Strong Winds", " Rockin' in the Free World " and " O Canada ". Some of the highlights of the Berlin show included Brian Wilson who played a set with his band, doing " Our Prayer "/" Gee ", " God Only Knows ", " California Girls ", " Good Vibrations ", and " Fun Fun Fun ", as well as Green Day , having released their political rock opera " American Idiot "

488-519: A standard format consisting of the letters "IFPI" followed by four or five hexadecimal digits. A number prefaced with "L" is a "mastering code", a serial number taken from a pool assigned by Philips to the manufacturer. The mastering code identifies the Laser Beam Recorder (LBR) signal processor or mould that produced a particular stamper or a glass master disc from which moulds are produced. Non-"L" numbers are "mould codes", which identify

549-525: Is an altruistic act and that there is no self-gain in it". Pink Floyd 's guitarist David Gilmour announced that he would donate the profits from the increased sales in Pink Floyd's Echoes album to charity, stating: "Though the main objective has been to raise consciousness and put pressure on the G8 leaders, I will not profit from the concert. This is money that should be used to save lives." Criticism

610-447: Is based on the number of streams, including paid and ad-supported streaming, but excluding free streams such as YouTube and social media. Diamond certifications are only awarded to recordings which were not awarded multi-platinum awards in the past. Single downloads are counted at a rate of one download being equivalent to 215 streams for singles. The certification levels for popular music singles are as follows: For album certifications,

671-1007: Is open to "a legal entity or person which is either a producer of phonograms or music videos, copies of which are made available to the public in reasonable quantities", though the organisation does not define "reasonable quantities". National groups and affiliate bodies include SNEP in France; BVMI in Germany; RIAJ in Japan; BPI in the UK; RIAA in the US; ARIA in Australia; Music Canada; AMPROFON in Mexico; Recorded Music New Zealand; Promusicae in Spain; FIMI in Italy and others. Record labels can be members of both their local industry body and IFPI. Members of

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732-492: Is to promote the value of recorded music, campaign for record producer rights, and expand the commercial uses of recorded music. Its services to members include a legal policy programme, litigation, content protection, sales reporting for the recorded music market, insight and analysis and work in the areas of performance rights, technology and trade. IFPI is governed by its Main Board, a group including representatives from across

793-633: The ISO established the International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) standard, ISO 3901. In 1989, the IFPI was designated the registration authority for ISRC codes. ISRC codes "enable the use of copyright protected recordings and works to be controlled; facilitate the distribution and collection of royalties (performances, private copying); and assist in the fight against piracy". To further combat infringement of recorded works,

854-702: The Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations of 1961, which established an international standard for the protection of sound recordings, live performances and broadcasts. This convention was opposed by trade groups representing authors and composers, who were concerned that establishing such " neighbouring rights " would undermine their own control over how their works were used and would result in prohibitively expensive licensing. Pressure from United States–based broadcasters who did not want to license

915-529: The "Live 8 List" to the world leaders at the Live 8 call that politicians take action to "Make Poverty History". Names from the list also appeared on the giant televisions at each concert during the broadcast. An official Live 8 DVD set was released on 7 November 2005 internationally and 8 November 2005 in the United States. Broadcaster Jonathan Ross opened the European Live 8 concerts with

976-591: The BBC issue an on-air apology. In the United States, ABC drew criticism from the Parents Television Council when its delayed airing of the Hyde Park concert highlights failed to censor The Who 's performance of " Who Are You " which contained the lyric, "Who the fuck are you?". ABC responded: "Unfortunately, one inappropriate phrase sung by one performer was initially missed and made it into

1037-499: The Disputed Domain Name in bad faith" and failed to adequately rebut IFPI's contention that he "has no rights or a legitimate interest in the Disputed Domain Name". The organisation's website www.ifpi.org was unaffected during the dispute. IFPI publishes six annual top-ten charts: the IPFI Global Recording Artist Chart, IFPI Global Single Chart, IFPI Global Album Chart, IFPI Global Album Sales Chart,

1098-617: The East Coast network feed. It was subsequently edited out of the West Coast feed." MTV and VH1 were criticised for their coverage of the Live 8 concerts. Media critics and viewers complained that the networks focused too little on the actual musical performances, pointing to the frequent switching between artists and concerts, and cutting to commercials, interviews or "educational segments" while bands were still performing. The VJs also received criticism for frequently talking over

1159-524: The G8 is moving slowly in the effort to meet its promises. Some consider Live 8 to be a success, including Bob Geldof himself. However, others including the World Socialist Web Site dismissed Live 8 as a "public relations stunt" for G8 leaders and multinational corporations, due to the disparity between the rhetoric of the events and the actual efforts made after the events in reducing poverty. Geldof also believes that public attention

1220-457: The G8 leaders pledged to double 2004 levels of aid to poor nations from US$ 25 billion to US$ 50 billion by 2010. Half of the money was to go to Africa. More than 1,000 musicians performed at the concerts, which were broadcast on 182 television networks and 2,000 radio networks. Live 8 was seen by 3 million viewers in the United States according to Nielsen, with a estimated 30 million viewers worldwide. Live Aid organiser Bob Geldof announced

1281-464: The G8 summit, which drew the ire of teachers and local residents. Furthermore, the Live 8 concert's timing coincided with the long planned Make Poverty History march in Edinburgh. Damon Albarn suggested that the performers should put pressure on their record labels to pay "some kind of tariff" from the increased record sales that would come from playing at the event, so as to "genuinely show this

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1342-417: The Hyde Park lineup in response to the criticism. N'Dour was the only major African artist scheduled to perform at any of the five main concerts. A Live 8 spokesman said that a number of black performers had been approached but were not available to participate and that the event would nonetheless feature a "large urban element". Organisers also argued that there were few black British artists who could attract

1403-829: The IFPI Global Vinyl Album Chart and (from 2023) the IFPI Global Streaming Album Chart. Launched in January 2014, the IFPI Global Recording Artist Chart (sometimes called just the IFPI Global Artist Chart) was the first global chart to accurately capture the popularity of artists across streaming channels, alongside digital and physical album and singles sales. The independently verified chart includes sales of albums across digital, CD and vinyl formats; singles, both downloaded and physical; and streams across

1464-448: The IFPI and the compact disc manufacturing industry introduced Source Identification (SID) codes in 1994. The SID codes are markings on optical discs such as compact discs (CD) and digital versatile discs (DVD) that identify the manufacturer, equipment, and master discs used to create each disc. There are two codes: the SID mastering code and the SID mould code. The SID mastering code identifies

1525-513: The Live 8 launch in May, Bob Geldof confirmed that organisers were trying to get the group to re-form for the event. Ultimately, the Live 8 reunion did not materialise due to a holdout by Spice Girl Mel B . During the Hyde Park concert, British comedian Peter Kay jokingly introduced the Spice Girls while he was introducing The Who . English rock band Oasis also declined to participate in

1586-452: The London show, while former South African President Nelson Mandela addressed the crowd in the Johannesburg venue. Guest presenters, ranging from sports stars to comedians, also introduced acts. Included in the all-star line-up were Pink Floyd , reunited with former frontman Roger Waters for the first time in over 24 years. With the death of keyboardist Richard Wright in 2008, Live 8

1647-590: The Phonographic Industry ( IFPI ) is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a non-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland and founded in Italy in 1933 by Francesco Braga. It operates a secretariat based in London, with regional offices in Brussels , Hong Kong , Miami , Abu Dhabi , Singapore and Nairobi . IFPI's mission

1708-593: The United Arab Emirates. In the Gulf Cooperation Council, gold certification was awarded for sales of 3,000 units and platinum for sales of 6,000 units. In Lebanon, gold certification was awarded for sales of 1,000 units and platinum for sales of 2,000 units. Live8 Live 8 ( French : En direct 8, German : Live 8, Italian : Vivi 8, Japanese : ライブ8 (romanised: Raibu 8), Russian : Прямой эфир 8 (romanised: Pryamoy efir 8))

1769-518: The album must include at least five tracks and only tracks which did not appear on previous albums are counted. A full album download or physical sale counts as 2,150 streams. The certification levels for popular music albums are as follows: The certification levels for jazz and classic music are half the ones for popular music. Prior to 2024, NVPI awarded certifications to albums, singles, DVDs and entertainment software. Certifications for music recordings began in 1978. The following levels were used over

1830-755: The calendar year. The chart includes all the music of each artist featured, not just one track or album. It uses album equivalent units to combine measurements of downloads, physical sales and streams. The Top 10 Global Artist Chart is published each year, with the number-one artist being presented with a physical award, as the Global Recording Artist of the Year . The winners have been: One Direction in 2013, Taylor Swift in 2014, Adele in 2015, Drake in 2016, Ed Sheeran in 2017, Drake in 2018, Taylor Swift in 2019, BTS in 2020 and 2021, and Taylor Swift in 2022 and 2023. IFPI also publishes

1891-512: The careers of ageing rock stars more than about helping the poor in Africa. The lineup for the Canada Live 8 concert in particular, was criticised for being "out of touch" and filled with "musical has-beens". For the Edinburgh concert, Geldof called for children to "give up home and school for a week" to join supporters in a march (entitled The Long Walk to Justice) on 6 July, the start of

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1952-650: The chief executive with a term effective from 1 July 2010. She had replaced John Kennedy , who had headed the organisation since 2005 and was also one of the co-producers of Live Aid and Live8 . Moore was awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in 2021 for her services to the music industry. IFPI represents the recording industry worldwide; there are some 8,000 members across IFPI and its global network, operating in over 70 markets and some 70 local industry associations, affiliated music licensing companies and IFPI offices. According to its criteria, IFPI membership

2013-543: The combined audiences of London, Philadelphia, Berlin, Rome, Paris and Barrie in a synchronised finger snap , meant to represent the death of a child every three seconds in Africa. Bob Geldof hosted the event at Hyde Park in London, England where he also performed " I Don't Like Mondays ". Special guests appeared throughout the concerts. Then- Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates made speeches at

2074-529: The concerts as they were performing at the City of Manchester Stadium the same evening and the day after. Noel Gallagher later expressed disapproval that musicians were expected to rally at the convenience of Geldof. Gallagher was also vocally sceptical about the impact of Live 8, citing his belief that rock stars did not have as much influence over world leaders as the Live 8 organisers may believe. English rock band Radiohead also turned down an offer to play at

2135-581: The event a "ravenous orgy of celebrity ego trips". Geldof's approach, of pressuring G8 leaders to improve aid, forgive debt and ease trade restrictions in Africa, was questioned by John O'Shea, chief executive of international aid charity Goal. O'Shea was concerned that "Live 8 overlooked the need to tackle Africa's corrupt regimes and establish a UN peacekeeping army in Darfur, the Congo and northern Uganda." The organisers were criticised for using Africa to revive

2196-567: The event on 31 May. Many former Live Aid acts offered their services to the cause. Prior to the official announcement of the event, many news sources referred to the event as Live Aid 2 . However, Geldof and co-organiser Midge Ure have since explicitly said they do not think of the event as the same as Live Aid. On an episode of BBC Two music-based comedy panel show Never Mind the Buzzcocks , which aired on 2 March 2006, The Cribs frontman Ryan Jarman said he had texted Geldof to suggest that

2257-624: The event. The original lineup for the Hyde Park concert faced criticism for having only one non-white artist – Mariah Carey . Blur and Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn called the lack of black performers the organisers' "greatest oversight", while Senegalese musician Baaba Maal wrote in The Independent : "I do feel it's very patronising as an African artist that more of us aren't involved." Live 8 organisers subsequently added British R&B singer Ms. Dynamite , US rapper Snoop Dogg and Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour to

2318-524: The event. Originally offered a 6pm slot, the band already had commitments in Ireland and therefore requested an earlier slot. Their request was rejected by the organisers as there were no available slots. There were speculations by the press that English girl group the Spice Girls would reunite for a Live 8 performance, in what would have been their first appearance as a five-piece since May 1998. At

2379-608: The first Emmy Award for content delivered via the Internet, cellphones, and iPods ("Broadband award"). Live 8 on AOL was chosen as the winner out of 74 entrants. In a report issued in June 2006, the G8 have reportedly not lived up to their promises set in 2005. According to DATA, the US, U.K., Italy, and France increased their development-assistance pledges and actual aid to Africa in 2005, but Germany maintained its former level of contribution and Canada decreased aid in 2005. In general,

2440-617: The following countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom. The IFPI Middle East Awards were established in October 2009. They were awarded for sales in either Lebanon or the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, namely Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and

2501-506: The international phonographic industry formed IFPI at the industry's first international congress in Rome, Italy, held from 10 to 14 November 1933. IFPI described its mission as representing "the interests of the recording industry worldwide in all fora" by promoting legislation and copyrights and "to protect the largely British-based recording industry" by promoting a global performance right in gramophone sound recordings. The IFPI lobbied at

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2562-422: The manufacturer that replicated the disc. Phillips assigns the first 2 or 3 digits of the mould code and the remaining digits are a serial number assigned by that plant to its moulds. In mid-October 2007, after IFPI let the ifpi.com domain registration lapse, ownership of the ifpi.com domain was transferred to The Pirate Bay , a group which claimed it received the domain from an anonymous donor. The group set up

2623-428: The manufacturing facility used to produce a master from which moulds are produced. The SID mould code identifies the plant where the disc was moulded (replicated). Since not all optical disc manufacturing facilities have the ability to both produce master discs and replicate discs, the SID mastering code and SID mould code on a given optical disc may or may not represent the same manufacturing facility. SID codes follow

2684-411: The motives for Live 8, saying: "I am coming, reluctantly, to the conclusion that Live 8 is as much to do with Geldof showing off his ability to push around presidents and prime ministers as with pointing out the potential of Africa. Indeed, Geldof appears not to be interested in Africa's strengths, only in an Africa on its knees." Rashod Ollison of The Baltimore Sun echoed Kershaw's criticisms, calling

2745-797: The organisation's members (including major and independent record labels), representatives from certain IFPI National Groups and the organisation's CEO. There are also two regional boards (the IFPI Asia/Pacific Regional Board and IFPI Latin America Regional Board) which oversee regional matters. In April 2024 IFPI announced that Victoria Oakley had been appointed as CEO, joining the organisation in June 2024. The previous CEO, Frances Moore, stepped down in December 2023. She had been appointed

2806-472: The organisers of the event, including Bob Geldof. Initially, eBay defended its decision to allow the auctions to go ahead, stating that there were no laws against the resale of charity concert tickets. The site also offered to make a donation to Live 8 at least equivalent to the fees it would make from the ticket sales. Some people, angered by others seemingly using Live 8 to make money, placed fake bids for millions of pounds for such auctions in an attempt to force

2867-459: The performances. The following weekend, MTV and VH1 re-aired ten commercial-free hours of music performances from the Live 8 concerts in response to the criticism. The London concert also received criticism when alcohol was outlawed for concertgoers, but made available for the VIPs. On 2 July 2006, BBC One , CTV and MTV broadcast Live 8: What a Difference a Day Makes . In the UK, the special

2928-534: The previous year. Agatha Christie , Bi-2 , Jango, Dolphin, Linda , Moral Code X , Red Elvises , Splean , Pet Shop Boys On 2 July, the same day as the Live 8 concerts, a rally and protest march was held in central Edinburgh , the nearest major city to the Gleneagles venue, for the G8 conference later that week. This protest was organised by the Make Poverty History coalition as part of

2989-623: The question. Over two million messages were sent during the competition, raising £3 million. The first £1.6 million raised was given to the Prince's Trust , which had to cancel its own annual Party in the Park concert in Hyde Park that year to make way for Live 8. According to the Live 8 website, funds raised beyond the £1.6 million "will go to pay for the costs of Live 8, as it is a free event". Some ticket-winners placed their tickets for sale on internet auction site eBay , and were heavily criticised by

3050-598: The records they broadcast, among other factors, kept the United States from signing the convention; the United States would not recognise a separate sound recording copyright until 1971. In an effort to combat copyright violation, in 1971, the IFPI advocated for the Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms (the Geneva Phonograms Convention), which 72 countries signed. In 1986,

3111-671: The sellers to take them off sale. It was later announced that eBay, under pressure from the British government, the public, as well as Geldof himself, would withdraw all auctions of the tickets. Similar touting situations arose for the Edinburgh and Canadian shows, and eBay also halted the sales of the tickets. Deep Purple made an appearance and performed " Highway Star ", " Smoke on the Water " and " Hush ". DMC (of Run-DMC ) performed with Elliot Easton of The Cars , and Joey Kramer and Tom Hamilton of Aerosmith . The Tragically Hip played

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3172-685: The top spot in that chart. The latest IFPI Global Album Sales Chart saw Seventeen at No. 1 with 'FML', with the K-Pop band having also reached No. 1 on the overall Global Album Chart for 2023 with the same album. Formerly, IFPI ran certifications called the IFPI Platinum Europe Awards and the IFPI Middle East Awards. The IFPI Platinum Europe Awards were founded in 1996. They are awarded for actual retail sales (as opposed to shipments) of one million albums, in one of

3233-586: The total volume of trade) approximately 85% of the record companies, 80% of the video film companies and 50% of the entertainment software. NVPI is included with the international organization IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry), IVF (International Video Federation) and the ISFE (Interactive Software Federation Europe). The core branches of NVPI are: Since 1 January 2024, NVPI certifies only singles and albums. Certification

3294-528: The words: "It's two o'clock in London on July the 2nd 2005. Hyde Park welcomes the world to Live 8." There were ten concerts held on 2 July 2005, most of them simultaneously. The first to begin was held at the Makuhari Messe in Japan, with Rize being the first of all the Live 8 performers. During the opening of the Philadelphia concert outside the city's Museum of Art , actor Will Smith led

3355-615: The years: Includes jazz and world music . Games were certified separately for each gaming carrier ( PlayStation / Xbox / GameCube / Nintendo /PC). NVPI works with two different chart organizations in the Netherlands. Those are the Dutch Top 40 (a weekly singles chart including downloads , single sales and radio airplay ) and MegaCharts (weekly charts of the Album Top 100 , Single Top 100 , Music DVD Top 30 and several others). IFPI The International Federation of

3416-445: Was 60 minutes as compared to the U.S. version on MTV, which was 90 minutes long. The special was aired on MTV at 07:30 Eastern time, giving nearly no chance for viewers to be made aware of the broadcast. Instead of airing the special late at night, MTV aired their normal broadcasting schedule for Sundays, again adding to the criticism of MTV's lack of interest in Live 8. The Live 8 on AOL worldwide multi-feed webcast by America Online won

3477-757: Was a string of benefit concerts that took place on 2 July 2005, in the G8 states and in South Africa . They were timed to precede the G8 conference and summit held at the Gleneagles Hotel in Auchterarder , Scotland , from 6–8 July 2005. Both events also coincided with the 20th anniversary of Live Aid . Run in support of the aims of the UK's Make Poverty History campaign and the Global Call to Action Against Poverty , ten simultaneous concerts were held on 2 July and one on 6 July. On 7 July,

3538-548: Was levelled at the Philadelphia Live 8 concert , when it was revealed that while the performers received no monetary compensation for their participation, they were given gift bags containing designer gifts worth about $ 12,000. The gifts included $ 2,000 Gibson guitars , $ 3,500 Hugo Boss suits and $ 6,000 Bertolucci watches. Despite the show being broadcast before the watershed in the United Kingdom, there

3599-516: Was no attempt at censorship by the BBC . The network came under fire for its coverage of the Live 8 concerts due to the amount of live swearing by several performers that was broadcast before the watershed. Madonna , Snoop Dogg , Razorlight , Green Day , U2 and Velvet Revolver were also criticised for their use of foul language during their performances. An investigation by the UK media regulator Ofcom ruled that television audiences were subjected to "the most offensive language" and demanded that

3660-445: Was the closest of the eleven to the actual location of the G8 summit. Although the concerts were free, 66,500 pairs of tickets for the Hyde Park concert were allocated from 13 to 15 June 2005, to winners of a mobile phone text message competition that began on Monday, 6 June 2005. Entry involved sending the answer to a multiple choice question via a text message costing £1.50. Winners were drawn at random from those who correctly answered

3721-417: Was the final time the band's "classic" lineup performed together. Waters stated the band dedicated " Wish You Were Here " to their absent former member Syd Barrett , who later died in 2006. The final event called Edinburgh 50,000 – The Final Push was held at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh , Scotland, on 6 July 2005. It featured further performances from some of the artists from the other concerts, and

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