What is Canadian Recording Industry Association?
{{Infobox company | name = Music Canada | logo = Music Canada logo.svg }} '''Music Canada''' (formerly '''The Canadian Recording Industry Association''') is a [[non-profit]] [[Industry trade group|trade organization]] that was founded in [[1964]] to represent the interests of Canadian companies that create, [[manufacture]] and [[market]] [[sound recording]]s in [[Canada]]. The organization is based in [[Toronto]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.cria.ca/about.php | title = About CRIA | publisher = CRIA | author = Graham Henderson | accessdate = 2007-11-19 | archive-date = 2012-04-26 | archive-url = https://www.webcitation.org/67CpjURFN?url=http://www.musiccanada.com/About.aspx | url-status = dead }}</ref> CRIA is governed by a [[board of directors]] who are elected annually by CRIA members. To be eligible for election a candidate for the board must be among the [[chief executive officer]]s of member companies of the organization. [[Graham Henderson]] (Universal Music Canada) is the current president of the CRIA. ==Album certifications== The CRIA certifications for albums are: *40,000 units: Gold *80,000 units: Platinum *1,000,000 units: Diamond <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.cria.ca/cert.php | title = Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Certification Definitions | publisher = CRIA | author = CRIA | accessdate = 2008-06-22 | archive-date = 2009-11-24 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091124091223/http://www.cria.ca/cert.php | url-status = dead }}</ref> Note: Multi-Platinum refers to how many times the album has reached 100,000 units sold. ==Other websites== * [http://www.cria.ca/ Canadian Recording Industry Association Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111122223902/http://www.cria.ca/ |date=2011-11-22 }} * [http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/News/2004/04/01/403775.html London Free Press article on the decision]{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} * [http://www.fct-cf.gc.ca/bulletins/whatsnew/T-292-04.pdf