Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Be Happy (Rina Aiuchi album)


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The result was keep. Nomination withdrawn. (non-admin closure)  InsertCleverPhraseHere  11:00, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

Be Happy (Rina Aiuchi album)

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Unremarkable album. No indication of Notability per WP:GNG or WP:MUSIC. InsertCleverPhraseHere  05:47, 9 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 15:27, 9 October 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Redirect to artist - David Gerard (talk) 23:16, 9 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep is the direction I'm leaning, as the article says it reached #3 on the Oricon chart, and the Japanese Wiki article adds that it was certified platinum. I'm trying to hunt down sources to verify those two facts, but prima facie that would satisfy WP:NMUSIC. AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 03:02, 14 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I looked at the Oricon listing and it didn't mention chart position - do you have one that does? 'Cos top 10 Oricon is clear keep - David Gerard (talk) 08:03, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 10:12, 16 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Comment, Oricon's search page seems to only allow searches back to 2005, which doesn't help us with this 2001 album. But the RIAJ website allows older searches. I assume you can read Japanese, so if you search here for the album's title you can see it was certified gold in January 2001. I don't know how to turn this search result into a useable reference within the article though. The fact that it went gold is enough to satisfy WP:NMUSIC. As it was released on the 24th January and went gold within the same month, I think we can take the Japanese Wikipedia article on good faith that it ranked pretty highly in that final week of January too.
 * Looking at her list of albums at the Oricon site, none of her pre-2006 albums have any ranking details. But Rina Aiuchi discography says they were all top ten. I note that two of her other early albums POWER OF WORDS and A.I.R. are also currently at AFD. AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 08:00, 19 October 2016 (UTC)


 * I can't read Japanese, I skim by on Google Translate and knowing a bit about music charts :-) If the claim is verified, that's excellent. (I didn't know Oricon only went back to 2005, might be worth noting somewhere on WP:CHARTS.) We don't necessarily need a specific online link to make the claim, though I know sometimes people link search engines and note the search needed to get the result - David Gerard (talk) 08:14, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep per Athomeinkobe's verification of the fast gold status - David Gerard (talk) 08:14, 19 October 2016 (UTC)


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