The International Standard Recording Code (ISRC), defined by ISO 3901, is an international standard code for uniquely identifying sound recordings and music video recordings. IFPI (http://www.ifpi.org/) has been appointed by ISO (http://www.iso.org/) as registration authority for this standard.

Format of an ISRC:

• ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code (2 characters)
• a three character alphanumeric registrant code, uniquely identifying the organisation which registered the code
• the last two digits of the year of registration
• designation code, five remaining digits

For example, GBEMI0300013.

An example, the song "Enquanto Houver Sol", from the Brazilian group Titãs, BRBMG0300729

• BR-BMG-03/00729

• BR for Brazil
• BMG for BMG
• 03 for 2003
• 00729 is the serial number for BR-BMG-03

Another example: USPR37300012 - the song "Love's Theme", from The Love Unlimited Orchestra.

• US-PR3-73/00012

• US for United States
• PR3 for the organisation
• 73 for 1973
• 00012 is the serial number for US-PR3-73

The Red Book CD digital audio standard enables the encoding of ISRCs onto CDs.

External links

• ISRC registration authority (http://www.ifpi.org/isrc/)
• International Organization for Standardization (http://www.iso.org/)