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*Wolfgang Wanders<ref name="GfK Entertainment">{{cite web |url=http://www.gfk-entertainment.com/impressum-mainmenu-39.html |title=Impressum |publisher=GfK Entertainment GmbH |language=de |access-date=3 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707143651/http://www.gfk-entertainment.com/impressum-mainmenu-39.html |archive-date=7 July 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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The '''GfK Entertainment charts''' are the official music charts in [[Germany]] and are gathered and published by GfK Entertainment (formerly Media Control and Media Control GfK International), a subsidiary of [[GfK]], on behalf of {{Lang|deu|[[Bundesverband Musikindustrie]]|italic=no}}. GfK Entertainment is the provider of weekly Top 100 single and album charts, as well as various other chart formats for genres like compilations, jazz, classical music, [[Schlager music|schlager]], hip hop, dance, comedy, and music videos.<ref name="Musikindustrie_Systembeschreibung">{{cite web|url=http://www.musikindustrie.de/fileadmin/bvmi/upload/02_Markt-Bestseller/Offizielle_Charts/Dokumente-zum-Download/bvmi-offizielle-deutsche-charts-systembeschreibung-4.4..pdf |title=Systembeschreibung der offiziellen Charts |trans-title=System Description of the Official Charts |publisher={{Lang|deu|[[Bundesverband Musikindustrie]]|italic=no}} |language=de |date=11 January 2017 |df=dmy }}</ref> Following a lawsuit in March 2014 by Media Control AG, Media Control® GfK International had to change its name.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.media-control.de/media-control-gfk-darf-namen-nicht-mehr-benutzen.html |title=GfK Entertainment: GfK darf Namen nicht mehr benutzen |trans-title=GfK Entertainment: GfK must no longer use name |language=de |publisher=Media Control GmbH |access-date= 3 July 2014}}</ref>
Dissemination of the charts is conducted by various media outlets, some of which include [[MTV Germany|MTV]] music channel, and the Swiss charts website.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.viva.tv/charts|title=VIVA: Charts|publisher=[[Viva (TV station)|VIVA]]|language=de|access-date=11 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.germancharts.de/|title=germancharts.com|publisher=hitparade.ch|language=de|access-date=11 January 2017}}</ref> Other entities that present the charts are MusicLoad and Mix 1, both of which are online associations that post almost all the charts published by GfK Entertainment on a weekly basis.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.musicload.de/web/charts|title=Musicload|publisher=musicload.de|language=de|access-date=11 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110231251/https://www.musicload.de/web/charts|archive-date=10 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mix1.de/charts/singlecharts.htm|title=Mix 1|publisher=mix1.de|language=de|access-date=11 January 2017}}</ref> Furthermore, GfK Entertainment also runs a dedicated website providing chart-related news and access to most of the charts.<ref name="Offizielle Deutsche Charts">{{cite web |url=http://www.offiziellecharts.de/|title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts |publisher=GfK Entertainment |language=de|access-date=11 January 2017}}</ref>
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