Mahasz
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Mahasz is the Hungarian music industry association, founded in 1992. Mahasz hands out the Hungarian Music Awards
Hungarian Music Awards
The Hungarian Music Awards have been given to artists in the field of Hungarian music since 1992.The Awards - formerly known as the Golden Giraffe Awards - has been made by Mahasz, the Hungarian music industry association...

 and maintains the music charts for Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

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"Mahasz" is short for Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége (Association of Hungarian Record Companies).

Domestic repertoire

Certification Before 12 June 1992 Before 3 December 1997 Before 23 April 2002 Before 23 February 2005 Before 13 September 2006 Before 1 October 2009 From 1 October 2009
Gold 100,000 50,000 25,000 15,000 10,000 7,500 5,000
Platinum 200,000 100,000 50,000 30,000 20,000 15,000 10,000
Diamond 400,000 200,000 - - - - -

International repertoire

Certification Since 13 September 2006
Gold 3,000
Platinum 6,000

Note: there have been changes in the thresholds for international repertoire in the past. For example, a document from 2005 shows levels of 10,000 for Gold and 20,000 for Platinum. However, exact details are not available.

Singles

Certification Number of copies
Gold 1,500
Platinum 3,000


Note: there have been changes in the thresholds for singles in the past. For example, a document from 2005 shows levels of 5,000 for Gold and 10,000 for Platinum. However, exact details are not available.

Music DVDs

Certification Jazz/classical Pop
Gold 1,000 2,000
Platinum 2,000 4,000

See also

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