Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa
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The Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa (AFP; English: Portuguese Phonographic Association) is the recording industry association of the major labels in Portugal. Created in 1989, it succeeded GPPFV (Portuguese group of producers of Phonograms and videograms) and UNEVA (Union of audio and video editors).
Formation | 1989 |
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Official language | Portuguese |
The AFP is the Portuguese group of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). The AFP gathers the main record publishers that operate in the Portuguese market and its affiliates represent more than 95% of the market.
In January 1994, AFP suspended the Portuguese singles chart but continued to publish the Portuguese albums chart.[1] The singles chart was not resumed until July 2000.[2]