The Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa (AFP; English: Portuguese Phonographic Association) is the recording industry association of the major labels in Portugal. Created in 1989, it succeeded GPPFV (Portuguese group of producers of phonograms and videograms) and UNEVA (Union of audio and video editors).
The AFP is the Portuguese group of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). The AFP gathers the main record publishers that operate in the Portuguese market and its affiliates represent more than 95% of the market.
In January 1994, AFP suspended the Portuguese singles chart but continued to publish the Portuguese albums chart.[1] The singles chart was not resumed until July 2000.[2]
Up until 2021, the main album chart only accounted for physical sales. Digital sales were included in 2021.[3] Streaming was included in 2024.[4]
The charted started in 1990 with 10 positions,[5] expanding to 30 in 2003,[6] 50 in 2016[7] and to 200 in 2024.[4]
Top Singles
From 1990 to 1994, AFP released the top 10 best-selling physical singles,[5] until it got discontinued. The chart was revived in July 2000 with a top 10 weekly chart being released until 2 March 2004.[8]
The chart was once again revived in 2016, expanding to 100 positions and including both sales and streaming.[7]
In 2020, the chart was expanded to 200 positions.[9] In 2024, although it is titled as a 10,000 positions chart, only 200 are posted to the public.[4]
Top Airplay
airplay
100
The chart was first published in 2020[10] as a year-end chart. From 2021 onwards, AFP-Audiogest started releasing weekly charts.[11]
Top Singles Streaming
streaming
200
The chart was first published as a year-end chart in 2017.[12]
The weekly chart started being published in 2018 with 100 positions,[13] and was expanded to 200 positions in 2020.[9] In 2024, although it is titled as a 10,000 positions chart, only 200 are posted to the public.[4]
Top Albums Streaming
200
The chart was first published in 2024 with 200 positions.[4]
The chart was first published in 2003[14] and, throughout its run, it was always a top 10 chart.
From 2013 to 2017, the chart was not publicly available, as both AFP's and Artistas & Espetáculos' websites went down permanently.
The chart started being weekly released to the public again in 2018[13] and was discontinued in 2024.[4]
Top DVDs
The chart was first published in 2004[15] and was discontinued in 2019.[16][17] The year-end DVDs chart, however, has also been published in 2020[18] and 2022.[19]
From 2013 to 2017, the chart was not publicly available, as both AFP's and Artistas & Espetáculos' websites went down permanently.
The chart started with 30 positions, but was reduced to 10 by 2018.[13]
Top Ringtones
ringtones
30
The chart was publicly published from 2007[20] to 2013.[21]
It is unknown when the chart stopped being published, as both AFP's and Artistas & Espetáculos' websites were down by the end of 2013. When AFP-Audiogest started updating the charts on their website in 2018, the chart no longer existed.
Top Digital Albums
digital downloads
—
In 2017,[22] 2018,[23] and 2019,[24] the year-end chart for the best-selling digital albums was released by AFP-Audiogest.
It is currently unknown if there was ever a weekly version of the chart, as the charts were not made public from 2013 to 2017.
Top Full Track Download
In 2017[22] and 2018,[23] the year-end chart for the best-selling digital songs was released by AFP-Audiogest.
It is currently unknown if there was ever a weekly version of the chart, as the charts were not made public from 2013 to 2017.
The television program Top+, broadcast by RTP1 on every Saturday afternoon, was a weekly charts program done in partnership with the AFP. It aired between 1990 and 2012.[33][34] At the time of cancellation, it was the longest-running television program in Portugal with the exception of RTP1's evening news programme Telejornal.[34]
^"Crise emagrece galardões discográficos" [Crisis reduces discographic award levels] (in Portuguese). DN Online. May 13, 2005. Archived from the original on May 24, 2005. Retrieved December 25, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
The Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa (AFP; English: Portuguese Phonographic Association) is the recording industry association of the major labels in Portugal. Created in 1989, it succeeded GPPFV (Portuguese group of producers of phonograms and videograms) and UNEVA (Union of audio and video editors).
The AFP is the Portuguese group of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). The AFP gathers the main record publishers that operate in the Portuguese market and its affiliates represent more than 95% of the market.
In January 1994, AFP suspended the Portuguese singles chart but continued to publish the Portuguese albums chart.[1] The singles chart was not resumed until July 2000.[2]
Record charts
Current charts
Chart title
Chart type
Number of positions
Notes
Top Albums
sales + streaming
200
Up until 2021, the main album chart only accounted for physical sales. Digital sales were included in 2021.[3] Streaming was included in 2024.[4]
The charted started in 1990 with 10 positions,[5] expanding to 30 in 2003,[6] 50 in 2016[7] and to 200 in 2024.[4]
Top Singles
From 1990 to 1994, AFP released the top 10 best-selling physical singles,[5] until it got discontinued. The chart was revived in July 2000 with a top 10 weekly chart being released until 2 March 2004.[8]
The chart was once again revived in 2016, expanding to 100 positions and including both sales and streaming.[7]
In 2020, the chart was expanded to 200 positions.[9] In 2024, although it is titled as a 10,000 positions chart, only 200 are posted to the public.[4]
Top Airplay
airplay
100
The chart was first published in 2020[10] as a year-end chart. From 2021 onwards, AFP-Audiogest started releasing weekly charts.[11]
Top Singles Streaming
streaming
200
The chart was first published as a year-end chart in 2017.[12]
The weekly chart started being published in 2018 with 100 positions,[13] and was expanded to 200 positions in 2020.[9] In 2024, although it is titled as a 10,000 positions chart, only 200 are posted to the public.[4]
Top Albums Streaming
200
The chart was first published in 2024 with 200 positions.[4]
Discontinued charts
Chart title
Chart type
Number of positions
Notes
Top Compilations
physical sales
10
The chart was first published in 2003[14] and, throughout its run, it was always a top 10 chart.
From 2013 to 2017, the chart was not publicly available, as both AFP's and Artistas & Espetáculos' websites went down permanently.
The chart started being weekly released to the public again in 2018[13] and was discontinued in 2024.[4]
Top DVDs
The chart was first published in 2004[15] and was discontinued in 2019.[16][17] The year-end DVDs chart, however, has also been published in 2020[18] and 2022.[19]
From 2013 to 2017, the chart was not publicly available, as both AFP's and Artistas & Espetáculos' websites went down permanently.
The chart started with 30 positions, but was reduced to 10 by 2018.[13]
Top Ringtones
ringtones
30
The chart was publicly published from 2007[20] to 2013.[21]
It is unknown when the chart stopped being published, as both AFP's and Artistas & Espetáculos' websites were down by the end of 2013. When AFP-Audiogest started updating the charts on their website in 2018, the chart no longer existed.
Top Digital Albums
digital downloads
—
In 2017,[22] 2018,[23] and 2019,[24] the year-end chart for the best-selling digital albums was released by AFP-Audiogest.
It is currently unknown if there was ever a weekly version of the chart, as the charts were not made public from 2013 to 2017.
Top Full Track Download
In 2017[22] and 2018,[23] the year-end chart for the best-selling digital songs was released by AFP-Audiogest.
It is currently unknown if there was ever a weekly version of the chart, as the charts were not made public from 2013 to 2017.
The television program Top+, broadcast by RTP1 on every Saturday afternoon, was a weekly charts program done in partnership with the AFP. It aired between 1990 and 2012.[33][34] At the time of cancellation, it was the longest-running television program in Portugal with the exception of RTP1's evening news programme Telejornal.[34]
References
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^"Top National Sellers - Portugal" (PDF). Music & Media. July 8, 2000. p. 10. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
^"Top AFP-Audiogest 01/2021" (ASP). audiogest.pt. Portugal. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
^ a b c d e f"Top AFP-Audiogest 04/2024" (ASP). audiogest.pt. Portugal. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
^ a bMusic & Media, vol. 21, issue 11; March 8, 2003
^"Portuguese Charts - Top 30 Albums" (ASP). portuguesecharts.com. Portugal. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
^ a b"Portuguese Charts - Top 50 Albums" (ASP). portuguesecharts.com. Portugal. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
^"Portuguese Labels Pull Plug On Singles Chart 04/03/04". Billboard. Vol. 116, no. 14. Nielsen Business Media. 4 March 2006. p. 55. ISSN 0006-2510.
^ a b"Top AFP-Audiogest 02/2020" (ASP). audiogest.pt. Portugal. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
^"Music & Media (26-12-1987)(page-43)" (PDF). Music & Media. December 26, 1987. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
^Galopim, Nuno (13 May 2005). "Crise emagrece galardões discográficos" (in Portuguese). SAPO. Archived from the original on 2005-05-24. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ a b"International Certification Award levels" (PDF). IFPI. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 25, 2008. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
^"Crise emagrece galardões discográficos" [Crisis reduces discographic award levels] (in Portuguese). DN Online. May 13, 2005. Archived from the original on May 24, 2005. Retrieved December 25, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ a b"International Certification Award levels" (PDF). IFPI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-22. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
^ a b"Regulamento dos Serviços de Monitorização das Tabelas de Vendas "Top Audiogest" e de Emissão de Galardões" (PDF). Audiogest. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-02-09. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
^"Quais os álbuns e singles mais vendidos em Portugal?". ESC PORTUGAL (in Portuguese). 25 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
^"Regulamento dos Serviços de Monitorização das Tabelas de Vendas "Top Audiogest" e de Emissão de Galardões" [Regulation of the Monitoring Services of the Sales Charts “Top Audiogest” and of the Issuance of Awards] (PDF). Audiogest (in Portuguese). 2025. p. 18. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
^"Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa" Archived January 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa.
^ a b"'Top+' vai acabar no final do ano". www.cmjornal.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-04-22.
