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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$17.5M
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The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is the trade group that represents the U.S. recording industry. Its mission is to foster a business and legal climate that supports and promotes our members' creative and financial vitality. Its members are the record companies that comprise the most vibrant national music industry in the world. RIAA members create, manufacture and/or distribute approximately 90% of all legitimate sound recordings produced and sold in the United States. In support of this mission, the RIAA works to protect intellectual property rights worldwide and the First Amendment rights of artists; conducts consumer, industry and technical research; and monitors and reviews state and federal laws, regulations and policies. The RIAA also certifies Gold , Platinum , Multi-Platinum , and Diamond sales awards, as well as Los Premios De Oro y Platino , an award celebrating Latin music sales. We are located at 1025 F ST N.W., 10th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20004. You can contact us at 202/775-0101. RIAA has implemented ACAP. For more information, please visit http://www.the-acap.org.
Chairman and CEO, Recording Industry Association of America
Mitch BainwolNumber of Employees 74
Contact Information
1025F St NW Fl 10
Washington, District of Columbia 20004
1 202 775 0101
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NAICS Code All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing: 339999
Recent Events
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Gym Class Heroes Go Gold; "AS CRUEL AS SCHOOL CHILDREN" Certified by RIAA as Acclaimed Hip-Hop Combo Receives Pair of Noms for 2007 MTV Video Music Awards; "Clothes Off!!" Shaping Up as Anthem of Summer '07 as Video Tops TRL Charts
- 2007-08-09
"AS CRUEL AS SCHOOL CHILDREN," the second album from Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen recording group Gym Class Heroes, has been certified gold by the RIAA, marking sales exceeding 500,000 units. The collection's breakthrough success is fuelled by a pair of hit singles, the #1 blockbuster, "Cupid's Chokehold/Breakfast in America" and the...
Music Industry Debuts New Educational Video for College, University Use This Fall; Leading Higher Education Organizations Support RIAA In Offering New Resource on Illegal Downloading, Legal Alternatives
- 2006-09-06
WASHINGTON -- Responding to a growing number of requests from campus officials for materials to help educate college students about intellectual property laws, the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA - in consultation with the American Council on Education ACE and EDUCAUSE - has developed a new video to help...
Right tone, Wrong tune?(letters to the editor)(Letter to the Editor)
- 2005-08-01
I couldn't agree more with your editorial, "Getting in Tune" (May 2005, pp. 6-7). Good video sometimes is best made by good audio. Question, though: I thought copyright restrictions still were an issue in regards to using copyrighte ...
Fantasia Trades 'Idol' Worship for Critical Praise - as Debut Album FREE YOURSELF Earns RIAA Platinum; 'Truth Is' Hits #1 at Urban Adult Radio; Video in Power Rotation on BET
- 2005-02-08
NEW YORK -- Last graph, second sentence of release should read: xxx climactic closing number of FREE YOURSELF, which also includes another memorable Idol show-stopper, the Gershwins' "Summertime." (sted xxx climactic closing number of FREE YOURSELF, which also includes two other memorable Idol show-stoppers, the Gershwins' "Summertime" and "Chain Of...
Music video's got the beat.(industry sales)(Brief Article)
- 2004-03-15
* The music industry's well-documented decline began to slow in 2003, with shipments of all music formats to stores falling by just 4.3% in dollars and 2.7% in units, according to the Recording Industry Association of America. Music video showed si * The music...
The war over Internet piracy: fearing lawsuits, college officials crack down on illegal downloading of music and videos on campus
- 2004-03-11
Sitting in a booth at Jones Dining Hall at Virginia State University in Petersburg, Quintus Ferguson and Dawn Diggs munch on lunchtime French fries and ponder the economics, convenience and ethics of pirating music on the Internet. "A lot of kids think, 'Why bother paying $18 for a CD...
Video has eye on P2P pandemonium: daily discord in music business as lawsuits fly.(the Recording Industry Association of America files lawsuits against 261 individuals)
- 2003-09-15
WASHINGTON -- As the video industry watched warily for portents of its own future, the music business turned into a mud-wrestling match last week. On Sept. 8, the Recording Industry Association America filed lawsuits against 261 individuals s ...
Who's sharing data? Tactics vary on handling music-industry subpoenas. (Broadband week[TM]: advanced technologies for video, voice and data services).
- 2003-08-04
To share or not to share? That is the question facing cable operators these days, as they process a flood of subpoenas from the music industry, seeking information on cable-modem customers suspected of illegally downloading music files. It al ...
EA's NBA Live 2003 Soundtrack Reaches RIAA Platinum; First Ever Video Game Soundtrack to go Platinum!
- 2003-03-14
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EA's NBA Live 2003 Soundtrack Reaches RIAA Platinum; First Ever Video Game Soundtrack to go Platinum!
- 2003-03-14
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Jonathan Lamy | Senior Vice President, Communications |
| Rafael Fernandez | Vice President of Latin Music |
| Vox Lumania | Vice President Music Richter Records |
| Billy Corgan | |
| Edito Classica | |
| Elton John | |
| Garth Brooks | Artist |
| Prawn Song | |
| Red Seal | |
| Sparrow Kids |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
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| Mitch Bainwol | Chairman and CEO, Recording Industry Association of America |
| Glen Barros | Board of Directors |
| Jeff Harlestond | Board of Directors |
| Kevin Liles | Board of Directors |
| Lawrence Kenswil | Board of Directors |
| Mel Lewinter | Board of Directors |
| Michael Fleisher | Board of Directors |
| Michael Koch | Board of Directors |
| Zach Horowitz | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Riaa | Chairman and CEO, Recording Industry Association of America | Current |
| Supreme Court of the United States | Former | |
| Rice University | M.B.A. | Former |
| Georgetown University | Undergraduate Degree | Former |
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| Riaa | Senior Vice President, Communications | Current |
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| Riaa | Vice President of Latin Music | Current |
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| Riaa | Vice President Music Richter Records | Current |
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| Riaa | Current |
Garth Brooks is the highest-certified solo artist in U.S. music history according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). With over 100 million albums certified since 1989, Mr. Brooks is the fastest-selling album artist in RIAA history and is the only male artist in RIAA history to have four albums top the 10 million mark. Mr. Brooks recently received the RIAA's newest honor, the Diamond Award, for albums selling over 10 million units in the U.S. The four titles earning this distinction are: No Fences, Ropin' the Wind, The Hits, and Double Live.
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| The American Austrian Foundation Inc. | Founder and CEO Koch Entertainment | Current |
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