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24-477: Thomas Hübner (born 9 April 1980), better known by his stage name Clueso ( pronounced [klyˈzo] ), is a German singer, rapper, songwriter, and producer. His first album, Text und Ton , was released in 2001. Since then, he has released seven more albums, of which the last three— Stadtrandlichter (2014), Neuanfang (2016) and Handgepäck I (2018)—reached number 1 of the German Top 100 . His music
48-453: A division of GfK with 1,000 staff dealing with client-specific projects for 105 million euros. In 2020, GfK launched gfknewron, a new AI-powered platform. Therefore, customers can access relevant data in real time and receive recommendations for action based on predictions. In July 2023, NIQ (formerly a part of Nielsen Holdings ), a U.S. market research and consumer intelligence company owned by Advent International , gained approval from
72-703: A label contract at Four Music and released Text und Ton in 2001. Around that time, he performed with Curfew at the MTV HipHop Open in Stuttgart and at Beats for Life in Cologne. In 2002, Clueso moved back to Erfurt and recorded the Rowdy-Club-Tape 2002 . One year later, he started producing his second album Gute Musik, which translates to "Good Music" (featuring Blumentopf , Steer M, Tilmann Jarmer, Delhia, Tim Neuhaus and Jürgen Kerth), which
96-508: A new album called Handgepäck I ("Hand Luggage I"), a collection of acoustic songs that he has written and collected over the last seven years during several trips and journeys around the world. GfK Entertainment charts The GfK Entertainment charts are the official charts for music, home video, and video games in Germany and are gathered and published by GfK Entertainment (formerly Media Control and Media Control GfK International),
120-477: A subsidiary of GfK , on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie . 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 , hip hop, dance, comedy, and music videos. Following a lawsuit in March 2014 by Media Control AG, Media Control GfK International had to change its name. Dissemination of
144-638: Is notable for being a mix of hip hop , pop and electronic music , and sometimes reggae . Born in Erfurt , Clueso—named after Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther —started making music in 1995. In 1998, he got to know his future manager Andreas Welskop and gave up his hairdressing apprenticeship. His first vinyl, Clüsolo , was released on BMG Ufa the same year. In 1999, he moved to the 10vor10-Studios in Cologne with Welskop. A year later, he signed
168-405: Is transmitted to GfK Entertainment via communication network channel, PhonoNet . This is the list of categories, for each of which charts are provided by GfK Entertainment. GfK GfK (originally GfK-Nürnberg Gesellschaft für Konsumforschung e.V. , 'Nuremberg Society for Consumer Research') is the largest German market research company. It provides data and intelligence to
192-466: The consumer goods industry and is headquartered in Nuremberg, Germany . The company is a subsidiary of NIQ . GfK was founded as GfK-Nürnberg Gesellschaft für Konsumforschung e. V. in 1934 by university lecturers from Nuremberg, among them the future German Minister of Economic Affairs and Federal Chancellor Ludwig Erhard . The concept was developed by co-founder Wilhelm Vershofen. Initially,
216-749: The European Union to acquire GfK after an antitrust investigation that began in June 2023. This approval was given under the condition of selling its consumer panel business, which went to the British market research company YouGov in July 2023. In April 2005, it acquired NOP World (originally National Opinion Polls), based mostly in the United Kingdom , the United States and Italy , which
240-560: The Top-100 album chart, if the video album contained at least 50% of audio recording. If not, then, the DVD album could qualify for the DVD chart only. In the same vein, if an audio CD contains at least 50% of video recording, then, it could qualify to chart on the DVD chart. In 2003, Media Control joined forces with GfK , thus the company's name officially being changed to Media Control GfK International GmbH . In 2004, Germany became one of
264-441: The Top-100 singles charts was modified to reflect the sales of the singles. Media Control developed "Music Video charts" in 2001, which later, in 2004, was renamed as "DVD charts". While music-videos have their own separate charts, in 2001, GfK Entertainment made it possible for the music-video singles to have the ability to enter the Top-100 singles chart. Similarly, in 2002, it was made available for music-video albums to chart on
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#1732802050033288-515: The association conducted 71 different studies, including: After the war, GfK’s activities from 1934 to 1945 were investigated by the American occupying powers. Following this investigation, GfK received a license to continue its activities in 1947. In 1984, commercial activities were spun off into GfK GmbH, which was renamed GfK AG on January 23, 1990. At that time, the “GfK Association” was limited to promoting market and sales research. In 2010,
312-474: The charts is conducted by various media outlets, some of which include MTV music channel, and the Swiss charts website. 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. Furthermore, GfK Entertainment also runs a dedicated website providing chart-related news and access to most of
336-671: The charts. Charts were first published in West Germany in 1959, in the magazine Der Musikmarkt (The Music Market), which has played an important role in the German music industry. Since 1959, 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 ,
360-439: The company was the world's fourth-largest market research company by revenue. In December 2016, investment company American private equity group Kohlberg Kravis Roberts made a takeover bid for 18.54 percent of the company's shares. Since March 2017, GfK SE has been majority-owned (96.7%) by the investment fund Acceleratio Capital N.V., a holding company of KKR. In the autumn of 2018, GfK’s French competitor Ipsos acquired
384-409: The first music markets wherein sales charts reflect online digital downloads. 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
408-482: The same year he was nominated by 1 live for the 1 live radio listener's award, the 1LIVE Krone, in the category "Best Live Act". In September 2007, the single "Lala", a song, which was especially recorded for the movie Leroy , was released. On 14 February 2008, Clueso again represented Thuringia in Stefan Raab 's Bundesvision Song Contest . With his song "Keinen Zentimeter", he came second, only one point behind
432-461: The sold product. Thus, the best-selling albums would not necessarily be the ones ending up in the number-one position on the charts. In March 2014, GfK announced that the official chart provider's name in Germany will change from Media Control GfK International GmbH to GfK Entertainment. There are currently 3,000 outlets that report their sales on weekly bases in Germany. The weekly sales data
456-416: The winner. On 30 May 2008, his fourth album So sehr dabei was released. In December 2010 Clueso released a book Clueso. Von und über ("Clueso. Made By and About"). The fifth studio album An und für sich ("In and of itself") was released on 25 March 2011. The same year, Clueso collaborated with Udo Lindenberg performing the song "Cello" on the album MTV Unplugged – Live im Hotel Atlantic. The song
480-483: Was also released as a single and reached number 4 in the German charts . After having released number 1 album Stadtrandlichter in 2014, Clueso parted ways with his long-standing band and management team. He wrote his following album about this period of separation and fittingly named it Neuanfang "("New Beginning"). The album reached number 1 of the German charts. After the release of Neuanfang , he started working on
504-589: Was finished by 2004. It does not contain any English tracks and concentrates on singing rather than rapping. In 2005, Clueso represented Thuringia in the Bundesvision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Kein Bock zu gehen", placing seventh with 63 points. The same year, he was the partner of Start Ab, the "biggest non-commercial remix contest in Europe". On 19 May 2006, his third album, Weit weg ,
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#1732802050033528-833: Was rated the world's ninth largest market research business. In May 2008, it acquired an equity stake in Deep-Packet Inspection company Qosmos in order to track and monitor Internet usage for marketing research. The management team consists of nine individuals (as of 22 February 2024): GfK's core business is collecting and processing data on consumer behavior. It includes advising companies using technology-based applications. GfK industry area include technology and consumer durables, retail, consumer goods, automotive, financial services, media and entertainment. It collects data on over 180 million SKUs and surveys over two million people in 15 countries, working in compliance with market and social research associations (such as
552-693: Was released. In conjunction with the STÜBAphilharmonie , a Thuringian orchestra, Clueso gave a concert in the Fritz-Club in Berlin on 3 February 2007, where he performed his songs together with the orchestra and his band in an arrangement for more than 70 instruments. This concert was also released on the DVD Clueso Live or Clueso – Weit weg – Live . In May and June 2007, Clueso was the opening act of Herbert Grönemeyer 's 12-Tour and in
576-516: Was selected. Hence, the first official charts were made available in the magazine Der Musikmarkt in September 1977. Initially, there used to be 50 positions only, which later in January 1980, was extended to 75 slots. Since 1989, however, GfK Entertainment has adapted the international standards providing 100 positions, now called "Offizielle Top 100 Charts" [Official Top 100 Charts]. In 2001,
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