Musikmarkt was a magazine of the music industry in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, based in Munich.
[1] Die Welt, a German newspaper, described the magazine as the music industry’s thermometer.
[3][4][5] Uwe Lencher served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine for 23 years from 1973 to his death in April 1996.
[2] Musikmarkt determined the official German charts from its start in 1959 to the 1970s, when Media Control assumed the responsibility.
[2] Under the editorship of Uwe Lencher the circulation of Musikmarkt was nearly 12,000 copies, making it a significant publication for German entertainment industry.