It was established in 1992, when major corporate labels left the previously existing Associazione dei Fonografici Italiani (AFI).

From January 2010, the FIMI Album Chart's positions have been derived from GfK Retail and Technology Italia sales data.

The chairman of the Italian Music Industry Federation, Enzo Mazza, explained this decision declaring that "the long-time partnership with Nielsen, started in 1995, was satisfying, but in a moment marked by a deep transformation and innovation of the market, we thought that the service offered by Nielsen was no more adequate".

[8] In January 1997, the Italian Music Industry Federation also started an official singles chart.

[5] The last number one on the physical FIMI Singles Chart was Elvis Presley's song "Baby Let's Play House" remixed by Spankox.

The first Italian DVD Chart listed only the first ten positions, and was headed by Sting's Inside the Songs of Sacred.

[17] On 10 April 2006, FIMI published the first chart listing the best-selling digital singles in Italy.

[20] Singles, similarly, were required to sell 1 million units to reach the Gold level in the mid-1970s.

The following is a list of the highest certified albums by the Italian Music Industry Federation (FIMI), began when certification system became available since 2009.

The albums released from 2005 until the end of 2011 were qualified for Diamond award upon reaching five-times Platinum.

FIMI, however, changed this rule in January 2012, and began to base the Diamond award on ten-times Platinum.