List of music associations and organizations explained

This list includes music associations and music organizations from around the world.

• Academy of Country Music (ACM)
• Alliance of Artists and Recording Companies (AARC)
• American Association of Independent Music (A2IM)
• American Federation of Musicians (AFM)
• American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA)
• American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
• Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers (CAPIF)
• Asosiasi Industri Rekaman Indonesia (ASIRI)
• Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa (AFP)
• Associação de Músicos Artistas e Editoras Independentes (AMAEI)
• Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos (ABPD)
• Association of Independent Music (AIM)
• Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)
• Bureau International des Sociétés Gérant les Droits d'Enregistrement et de Reproduction Mécanique (BIEM)
• Billboard Magazine, known for the Billboard Hot 100
• British Phonographic Industry (BPI)
• Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI)
• Country Music Association (CMA)
• Emirati Musicians' Association (EMA) in UAE
• Federation of the Italian Music Industry (FIMI)
• GEMA in Germany
• Gospel Music Association (GMA)
• Hong Kong Recording Industry Alliance (HKRIA)
  • Harry Fox Agency Indian Music Industry (IMI)
• International Association of Collaborative Musicians (IACM)
• International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI)
• Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA)
• Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (LARAS)
• Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society (MCPS)
• Music Canada
• Musicians Benevolent Fund
• Musicians' Union (MU)
• Musicians' Union of Maldives
• National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS)
• National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM)
• National Music Publishers Association (NMPA)
• Philippine Association of the Record Industry (PARI)
• PRS for Music (PRSM)
• Recording Artists' Coalition (RAC)
• Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
• Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ)
• Recording Industry Association of Korea (RIAK)
• Recording Industry Association Singapore (RIAS)
• Recording Industry Association of Malaysia (RIM)
• Recording Industry of South Africa (RISA)
• Recording Industry Foundation in Taiwan (RIT)
• Recorded Music New Zealand (RMNZ)
• Society of European Stage Authors & Composers (SESAC)
• Italian Society of Authors and Publishers (SIAE)
• SoundExchange (SE)
• Soundreef
• Thai Entertainment Content Trade Association (TECA)
• Union of Authors and Performers (ZAI)