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AFIM is the Association for Independent Music. It was founded in 1972 as NAIRD (the National Association of Record Distributors and Manufacturers) to bring the independent music community (i.e., independent labels, distributors, wholesalers, producers, artists, retailers, and virtually anyone doing business in the independent music industry) together through shared information and education. Our mission is to make sure that independents continue to thrive and flourish.

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.