The organisation was founded in 1976 as the Singapore Phonogram Videogram Association (SPVA) and renamed in 2001.

[2] RIAS awards certificates for music records in Singapore based on sales.

The levels are: As of 2021[update], RIAS also accepts digital sales.

[6] As of January 2025, RIAS runs the following weekly charts:[7] The first number-one song of the RIAS Charts was "Perfect" by Ed Sheeran on January 4, 2018.

As of the issue for the week ending July 1, 2021, the RIAS Charts has had 52 different number-one songs.