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1165:Middle East and North Africa
545:"Offizielle Deutsche Charts"
407:Bundesverband Musikindustrie
203:Bundesverband Musikindustrie
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38:. For control of media, see
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311:Top 20 Music video Charts
291:Top 30 Compilation Charts
195:in 1959, in the magazine
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288:Top 100 Streaming Charts
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297:Top 20 Classical Charts
36:influence of mass media
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300:Top 20 Schlager Charts
253:to GfK Entertainment.
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304:Top 20 Hip Hop Charts
32:media control symbols
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814:United Arab Emirates
525:(in German). mix1.de
314:Top 10 Comedy Charts
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220:in September 1977.
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214:Baden-Baden
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529:11 January
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