Persatuan Industri Rakaman Malaysia (RIM) (English: The Recording Industry Association of Malaysia) was founded on December 12, 1978, as Malaysian Association of Phonograph Producers (MAPP). In the end of the 1980s, it changes its name to Malaysian Association of Phonogram and Videogram Producers and Distributors (MAPV). It adopted its current name in 1996. It currently represents over 180 locally incorporated recording companies and businesses, all of which are involved in the production, manufacturing and distribution of local and international sound, music video and karaoke recording. This accounts for around 95% of all legitimate recordings commercially available in the music market of Malaysia. Amongst others, RIM is the Malaysian National Group of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), a Member of the Special Copyright Task Force, set up under the Ministry of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives & Consumerism (MDTCC), a Member of the Attorney General’s Chambers’ Copyright Law Revision Committee, a Council Member of the Communications and Multimedia Content Forum of Malaysia (CMCF), and a Member of the Asean Music Industry Association (AMIA).

It has been responsible for organizing the annual music event, Anugerah Industri Muzik

Anugerah Industri Muzik

Anugerah Industri Muzik , is Malaysia's music award-giving ceremony. It is the Malaysia's equivalent of Grammy.-Best Album:-Best Song:...

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Certification levels

RIM is responsible for certifying

Music recording sales certification

Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...

gold and platinum albums in Malaysia, based on sales. The levels are:

Music CDs

Certification	Before January 1, 2003	Before January 1, 2006	Before July 1, 2009	After July 1, 2009
Gold	25,000	15,000	10,000	7,500
Platinum	50,000	25,000	20,000	15,000

International repertoire

Certification	Before January 1, 2003	Until December 31, 2005
Gold	15,000	10,000
Platinum	25,000	20,000

Note: Awards for domestic and international repertoire are different before 2006.

Combined sales

Introduced in July 2009.

Certification	Number of copies
Gold	15,000
Platinum	30,000

Digital downloads

Introduced in July 2009.

Certification	Number of copies
Gold	75,000
Platinum	150,000