Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of best-charting music artists in the United States


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete.  Sandstein  08:50, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

List of best-charting music artists in the United States

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This was nominated once before over 10 years ago (see Articles for deletion/List of best-charting U.S. music artists), and I believe the issues raised then are still a concern today. It was kept then because it was new, a work in progress, and a thought that it could be improved.

It's basically a list of acts with the most Hot 100 chart entries while indicating how each act did on various charts. To me, this is WP:OR, WP:IINFO, and a huge expansion of List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones, which already provides a smaller list of acts with the most Hot 100 entries. This list is incomplete, out of date, poorly sourced, unclear inclusion criteria (the Clash are listed with only 3 Hot 100 hits) and cherry picks what other charts are included. Star cheers peaks news lost wars Talk to me 17:50, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. Star cheers peaks news lost wars Talk to me 17:50, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Star cheers peaks news lost wars Talk to me 17:50, 14 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete per nomination and WP:INDISCRIMINATE. It’s best to track these things at their individual articles, where the info is in a manageable state. Sergecross73   msg me  19:12, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and Sergecross. Unclear criteria for inclusion of artists and what data is to be included. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 19:38, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:LISTN the list is informational and aides in navigation. The list is not indiscriminate in that it is focussed on (best-charting music artists in the U.S.) Lightburst (talk) 21:09, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
 * How is something as vague as “best-charting” something you consider “focused”? With all of the music and charts in existence? And any of the notable ones already being documented in their own articles? Sergecross73   msg me  23:00, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
 * If you think a name change is warranted please propose one. Lightburst (talk) 00:52, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
 * I don’t have have a problem with the name, I have a problem with the notion that this article has a focused scope. It’s ridiculously wide. Sergecross73   msg me  02:51, 16 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:NOTIINFO and WP:NOR. Majority of this content is not verifiable. I also disagree with the previous commentor describing the article as useful for navigation. It's useful for almost nothing. Ajf773 (talk) 02:20, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete - I must agree with the WP:INDISCRIMINATE argument, as "best charting" is an unclear term. The list article does not define the term sufficiently nor does it include any criteria for how far the list will go. Under its own design, the only way for this list to make sense is to include every artist who ever charted, and that is both unwieldy and unnecessary. The List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones article does a much better job at a similar task. ---  DOOMSDAYER 520 (Talk&#124;Contribs) 14:48, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOR. Also poorly sourced and lacks any criteria as Metropolitan90 stated. Also due to the long amount of time this article has existed and not been improved. Anonymous 7481 (talk) 23:42, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete An interesting (if incomplete) statistical exercise, but it does not pass WP:LISTN. Cheers, 1292simon (talk) 07:53, 22 March 2020 (UTC)


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