Dissemination of the charts is conducted by various media outlets, some of which include MTV music channel, and the Swiss charts website. Charts were first published in West Germany in , in the magazine Der Musikmarkt The Music Market , which has played an important role in the German music industry. Since , the growing desire to have a well-developed music program has made Bundesverband Musikindustrie work together with charts providers to improve the way the charts are determined. For this purpose, different research institutes were tested, out of which Media Control , based in Baden-Baden , was selected. Hence, the first official charts were made available in the magazine Der Musikmarkt in September Initially, there used to be 50 positions only, which later in January , was extended to 75 slots. In , Germany became one of the first music markets wherein sales charts reflect online digital downloads. Digital-only releases came into existence on 13 July , for online downloads only, which also altered the way the sales figures were conducted up to that point.


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