" Home Taping Is Killing Music " was the slogan of a 1980s anti-copyright infringement campaign by the British Phonographic Industry ( BPI ), a British music industry trade group.

Members include the Association of Independent Music ( AIM ), the British Academy of Composers & Songwriters ( BAC & S ), BPI ( British Recorded Music Industry ) Limited, PRS for Music, the MMF, the Music Publishers Association Limited ( MPA ), the Musicians Union ( MU ) and Phonographic Performance Limited ( PPL ).

In February 1992 Derek Green quit the BPI over their stance on the independent chart, whilst the label distribution went major in 1997 when it was acquired by Warner Music.

For only £ 110 Hit Music printed the singles chart ( Top 75 + 25, i. e. with compressed positions 76 to 100 ), artist albums ( Top 100 ), compilation albums ( Top 50 ), rock chart and dance chart ( Top 20s ), US Top 10s, plus details on Top 75 new entries, chart statistics, year-to-date charts ( singles, albums, singles acts, album acts, Top 30s ) listings of BPI awards, and number ones.

Yet, others have found that BPI is a valuable tool in a process of gradual change to a business.

The labor force may resist BPI because of fears of layoffs ; however, an organization using BPI on a regular basis, argue many proponents, will already have the proper work force to meet existing business challenges.

This aspect of business analysis is also called " business process improvement " ( BPI ), or " reengineering ".

A business process improvement ( BPI ) typically involves six steps:

* Becoming X ( 1996 ) – # 27 UK, # 111 U. S., # 1 U. S. Heatseekers – BPI: Gold

* 1977 – 6 May 1996 – Platinum ( BPI )

* Nu-Clear Sounds – 5 October 1998 – Platinum ( BPI )

* Free All Angels – 23 April 2001 – Platinum ( BPI )

* Meltdown – 17 May 2004 – Platinum ( BPI )

* Rory Gallagher – 1971 ( BPI: 100, 000 )

* Deuce – 1971 ( BPI: 100, 000 )

* Blueprint – 1973 ( BPI: 100, 000 )

* Tattoo – 1973 ( BPI: 100, 000 )

* Against the Grain – 1975 ( BPI: 100, 000 ) Rolling Stone review

* Calling Card – 1976 ( BPI: 60, 000 ) Rolling Stone review

* Photo-Finish – 1978 ( BPI: 60, 000 )

* Top Priority – 1979 ( BPI: 60, 000 )

* Jinx – 1982 ( BPI: 60, 000 )

* Defender – 1987 ( BPI: 60, 000 )

* Fresh Evidence – 1990 ( BPI: 60, 000 )

A Milan court has also ordered Fazio – who headed the Bank of Italy from 1993 to 2005 – to pay a 1. 5 million euro ($ 2. 14 million ) fine for his role in the takeover saga pitting Dutch Bank ABN AMRO against Italy's Banca Popolare Italiana ( BPI ).

* BPI Family Bank ( with Family ) 2005 – 2006

* British Phonographic Industry ( BPI ) searchable database

', as a related action to DDoS attacks on the RIAA, MPAA and British Phonographic Industry ( BPI ) websites.

* BPI, the British Phonographic Industry ( website ) is the UK music industry association.

It then spent three consecutive weeks at the top, stayed 15 weeks on the chart, and was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry ( BPI ) in August 1986 for shipment of 400, 000 copies of the single.

Released as the album's second single in October 1996, it became their second number-one single in the United Kingdom, and was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry ( BPI ).

Additionally, it was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry ( BPI ), and performed well internationally, reaching the top ten in many European countries and New Zealand, and the top twenty in Australia, France, and Norway.

Released as the group's debut single in July 1996, " Wannabe " topped the UK Singles Chart for seven weeks and received a platinum certification by the British Phonographic Industry ( BPI ).

It has since been certified platinum in the US by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) and in the UK by British Phonographic Industry ( BPI ).

It stayed at number one for two weeks, remaining inside the top forty for seven weeks and the top seventy-five for fifteen weeks, and was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry ( BPI ) in December 1997.

According to the British Phonographic Industry ( BPI ), it has shipped over 600, 000 copies there, being certified Platinum.

After one re-entry, the album spent a combined forty-three weeks in the albums chart, being certified double-platinum by the British Phonographic Industry ( BPI ).

The tightening of laws and increased enforcement by police on behalf of the British Phonographic Industry ( BPI ), Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) and other industry groups — often for peripheral issues such as tax evasion — gradually drove the distributors of for-profit vinyl and CD bootlegs further underground.

The awards are organised by the British Phonographic Industry ( BPI ) and were inaugurated in 2000 " in recognition of the achievements of classical musicians and the growth of classical music sales in the UK.

It was later certified silver in the UK by the British Phonographic Industry ( BPI ).

" Stop " stayed three weeks inside the top ten, eight weeks inside the top forty, and eighteen weeks in total, earning a silver certification by the British Phonographic Industry ( BPI ) in March 1998.

It spent fourteen weeks on the chart and was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry ( BPI ) for the shipments of 200, 000 copies.

It received a platinum certification from the British Phonographic Industry ( BPI ) and the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) and a three-time platinum certification by the Canadian Recording Industry Association ( CRIA ).

" Fantasy " was certified silver in France and the United Kingdom, by the Syndicat National de l ' Édition Phonographique ( SNEP ) and British Phonographic Industry ( BPI ), respectively.

It stayed one week at number one, twelve weeks inside the top forty, fifteen inside the top seventy-five, and was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry ( BPI ) in October 1997.