GfK Entertainment charts: Difference between revisions

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|GfK SE]], on behalf of [[Bundesverband Musikindustrie]] (Federal Association of the Phonographic Industry). GfK Entertainment is the provider of weekly Top 100 single & album charts, as well as various other chart formats for genres like compilations, jazz, classical 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=[[Bundesverband Musikindustrie]] |language=Germande |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=Germande |publisher=Media Control GmbH |accessdateaccess-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=Germande|accessdateaccess-date=11 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.germancharts.de/|title=germancharts.com|publisher=hitparade.ch|language=Germande|accessdateaccess-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=Germande|accessdateaccess-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=Germande|accessdateaccess-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=Germande|accessdateaccess-date=11 January 2017}}</ref>

*Wolfgang Wanders<ref name="GfK Entertainment GmbH">{{cite web |url=http://www.gfk-entertainment.com/impressum-mainmenu-39.html |title=Impressum |publisher=GfK Entertainment GmbH |language=Germande |accessdateaccess-date=3 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707143651/http://www.gfk-entertainment.com/impressum-mainmenu-39.html |archivedatearchive-date=7 July 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Digital-only releases came into existence on 13 July 2007, for online downloads only, which also altered the way the sales figures were conducted up to that point. Consequently, chart positions would no longer be affected by the number of sold music downloads as before, but rather, they would be affected by the sales value of the sold product. Thus, the best-selling albums would not necessarily be the ones ending up in the number-one position on the charts.<ref name="Reine Musik-Downloads erscheinen demnächst in den Charts">{{cite web |url=http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Reine-Musik-Downloads-erscheinen-demnaechst-in-den-Charts-144235.html|title=Reine Musik-Downloads erscheinen demnächst in den Charts |publisher=allbusiness.com|accessdateaccess-date=26 July 2011|date=26 June 2007}}</ref>

This is the list of categories, for each of which charts are provided by GfK Entertainment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gfk-entertainment.com/produkte/musik/charts.html |title=Musik-Charts |publisher=GfK Entertainment |access-date= |accessdate=3 July 2014 |language=Germande}}</ref>