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International Federation of the Phonographic Industry

Organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 12, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a non-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland. It operates a secretariat based in London, with regional offices in Brussels, Hong Kong, Miami, Abu Dhabi, Singapore and Nairobi.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “International Federation of the Phonographic Industry” as organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around International, Federation and Phonographic.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current 49-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with International, Federation and Phonographic providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “International Federation of the Phonographic Industry”, the useful work is to connect “organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 12, 2026.

Critical limits

Later fame can flatten the distinction between original context, subsequent adaptation and institutional collecting history. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  2. Expand the search: follow International Federation of the Phonographic Industry primary sources, International Federation of the Phonographic Industry archive and International research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “International Federation of the Phonographic Industry” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.