Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/February 8 to 14, 2015

=Top 25 Report: Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (February 8 to 14, 2015)=

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February is for Lovers: This week saw the 57th Annual Grammy Awards (#13) held on February 8 dominating the chart, as music lovers checked out Sam Smith (#3) pick up four awards, and Beck take album of the year, and watched performers including Sia (#9), Madonna (#11), and Annie Lennox (#16). But Valentine's Day (#1) proved the perfect time for the release of Fifty Shades of Grey (film), with the movie coming in at #5, the book of the same name at #2, and the primary actors at #14 and #15.

As prepared by Milowent, for the week of February 8 to 14, 2015, the 25 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the report of the most viewed pages, were:


 * {| class="wikitable"

! Rank ! Article ! Class ! Views ! Image ! Notes
 * 1
 * Valentine's Day
 * Symbol c class.svg
 * align="right"|2,215,877
 * Antique Valentine 1909 01.jpg
 * As in 2013 and 2014, Valentine's Day makes it annual appearance at the top of the chart.
 * 2
 * Fifty Shades of Grey
 * Symbol b class.svg
 * align="right"|2,168,619
 * Color icon gray v2.svg
 * Unquestionably the film based on this book picked the right weekend to be released.  As of Sunday February 15 (one day after this Report's coverage period), the film had grossed over $239 million worldwide.  On this chart, it is up from #8 and 713,992 views last week.
 * 3
 * Sam Smith (singer)
 * Symbol c class.svg
 * align="right"|1,331,959
 * Sam_Smith_in_Boston.jpg
 * At the 57th Annual Grammy Awards held on February 8, 2015, Smith won four awards including Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "Stay with Me", Best New Artist and Best Pop Vocal Album. Speaking of "Stay with Me", it is clear that Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne cashed in at the right time, recently settling a dispute with Smith to get a cut of royalties from the song based on coincidental similarities to a part of 1989's "I Won't Back Down".  Lots of songs have similar riffs to earlier songs, since there are only so many combinations of notes and chords in pop music that appeal to us.  But being similar to a song of the year is apparently worth paying a lawyer to complain about a bit.
 * 4
 * Beck
 * Symbol support vote.svg
 * align="right"|1,317,196
 * Detour_2006_-_Beck.jpg
 * Beck's album Morning Phase won Album of the Year at the Grammys. And Kanye West took issue with Beck winning over Beyonce, which got himself placed at #18 this week.
 * 5
 * Fifty Shades of Grey (film)
 * Symbol start class.svg
 * align="right"|1,204,926
 * Dakota Johnson 2014 (cropped).jpg
 * See #2. The film stars Dakota Johnson (#14) (pictured) and Jamie Dornan (#15).
 * 6
 * Better Call Saul
 * Symbol start class.svg
 * align="right"|1,130,822
 * Bob_Odenkirk_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg
 * A television show spinoff of Breaking Bad (a former chart favorite on Wikipedia) starring Bob Odenkirk (pictured), it debuted on AMC on February 8, 2015.
 * 7
 * Chris Kyle
 * Symbol b class.svg
 * align="right"|1,121,178
 * Chris Kyle January 2012.jpg
 * Down from 1.59 million views last week, but still quite strong. If there's one thing America loves, it's a good, old fashioned culture war. Clint Eastwood's latest directorial effort American Sniper may not be wowing the critics (Rotten Tomatoes places it 13th among the films he has directed), nor drawing the crowds overseas (its international box office take is currently less than a third its domestic take) but it has played spectacularly well in America's conservative heartland, leading politicians on the left and right to, well, snipe at each other about what the film and its popularity say about America, its people, and in particular its subject, the now deceased sniper Chris Kyle. While interest seems to be winding down (viewing figures for this article peaked at 5.3 million two weeks ago) the topic still has enough oxygen to keep it in the Top 10.
 * 8
 * Stephen Hawking
 * Symbol b class.svg
 * align="right"|935,172
 * Stephen Hawking.StarChild.jpg
 * The former Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, black hole theorist and latter-day science icon makes his 15th straight appearance in the Top 25 this week. Interest is only likely to increase in the run-up to the Oscars, thanks to Eddie Redmayne's likely Best Actor win for portraying him.
 * 9
 * Sia (musician)
 * Symbol c class.svg
 * align="right"|	872,633
 * Sia at Seattle.jpg
 * The popular singer hid her face once again, but performed at the Grammys on February 8.
 * 10
 * Facebook
 * Symbol b class.svg
 * align="right"|822,844
 * Ad-tech London 2010 (5).JPG
 * A perennially popular article.
 * 11
 * Madonna
 * Symbol support vote.svg
 * align="right"|789,813
 * Madonna_à_Nice_30_2.jpg
 * Madonna also performed at the Grammys on February 8.
 * 12
 * Bruce Jenner
 * Symbol start class.svg
 * align="right"|766,004
 * Bruce Jenner 2012.jpg
 * The former track and field Olympian and current honorary Kardashian remains in the news and on this chart for another week, though this article currently doesn't tell readers why he is so popular, due to an application of WP:BLP policies.
 * 13
 * 57th Annual Grammy Awards
 * N/A
 * align="right"|762,411
 * St._Vincent_2014.jpg
 * Although many less-known winners like St. Vincent (pictured) (Best Alternative Music Album) didn't make the chart this week, there is no doubt that the Grammys were dominant.
 * 14
 * Dakota Johnson
 * Symbol start class.svg
 * align="right"|743,011
 * Dakota Johnson 2014 (cropped).jpg
 * See #5. She plays the lead role in Fifty Shades of Grey (film)
 * 15
 * Jamie Dornan
 * Symbol start class.svg
 * align="right"|707,140
 * Jamie_Dornan_2014.jpg
 * See #5. He plays the lead male role in Fifty Shades of Grey (film)
 * 16
 * Annie Lennox
 * Symbol c class.svg
 * align="right"|685,975
 * Annie_Lennox_SING_campaign,_Vienna_2010_b.jpg
 * She also performed at the Grammys.
 * 17
 * Brian Williams
 * Symbol c class.svg
 * align="right"|622,537
 * Brian_Williams_2011_Shankbone.JPG
 * Announced on February 10, the American newscaster was suspended from his evening newscast for six months, due to some troubling revelations that Williams likes to stretch the truth when it comes to his own involvement in newsworthy events. We all probably know people like this, but thankfully they are usually not news reporters.
 * 18
 * Kanye West
 * Symbol support vote.svg
 * align="right"|539,439
 * Detour_2006_-_Beck.jpg
 * Sorry Kanye, but Beck still won, so we're not even putting your picture here.
 * 19
 * The Walking Dead (TV series)
 * Symbol support vote.svg
 * align="right"| 538,754
 * The Walking Dead 2010 logo.svg
 * See #22.
 * 20
 * Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
 * Symbol b class.svg
 * align="right"|531,562
 * Syria and Iraq 2014-onward War map.png
 * The battle-ravaged non-country called the "Islamic State" has proved remarkably persistent, even after the brutal Siege of Kobanî, which purged ISIS from the town at the cost of utterly destroying it. Back on the chart for a second week as more killings occur.
 * 21
 * Deaths in 2015
 * Symbol list class.svg
 * align="right"|507,760
 * Skullclose.jpg
 * Back on the Top 25 after the American Super Bowl pushed it off for one week. The viewing figures for this article have been remarkably constant; fluctuating week to week between 450 and 550,000, apparently heedless of who actually died.
 * 22
 * The Walking Dead (season 5)
 * Symbol support vote.svg
 * align="right"|501,872
 * The Walking Dead 2010 logo.svg
 * Season Five of this popular show continued after a break since late November, with a new episode on February 8.
 * 23
 * List of Presidents of the United States
 * align="right"|500,304
 * WhiteHouseSouthFacade.JPG
 * Big jump in views on February 13. Reddit?
 * 24
 * BDSM
 * Symbol b class.svg
 * align="right"|482,285
 * Gags_bit_01.JPG
 * The content matter of Fifty Shades of Grey (film) (See #2, #5, #14, #15) also edges onto this report. We've chosen to display one of the least controversial of the many photos on that article page here.  I'm now a bit afraid to go see the movie.
 * 25
 * Arvind Kejriwal
 * Symbol b class.svg
 * align="right"|476,971
 * The Chief Minister of Delhi, sworn in for a second term on February 14.
 * }
 * The Walking Dead (season 5)
 * Symbol support vote.svg
 * align="right"|501,872
 * The Walking Dead 2010 logo.svg
 * Season Five of this popular show continued after a break since late November, with a new episode on February 8.
 * 23
 * List of Presidents of the United States
 * align="right"|500,304
 * WhiteHouseSouthFacade.JPG
 * Big jump in views on February 13. Reddit?
 * 24
 * BDSM
 * Symbol b class.svg
 * align="right"|482,285
 * Gags_bit_01.JPG
 * The content matter of Fifty Shades of Grey (film) (See #2, #5, #14, #15) also edges onto this report. We've chosen to display one of the least controversial of the many photos on that article page here.  I'm now a bit afraid to go see the movie.
 * 25
 * Arvind Kejriwal
 * Symbol b class.svg
 * align="right"|476,971
 * The Chief Minister of Delhi, sworn in for a second term on February 14.
 * }
 * Symbol b class.svg
 * align="right"|476,971
 * The Chief Minister of Delhi, sworn in for a second term on February 14.
 * }
 * }

Exclusions

 * This list excludes the Wikipedia main page, non-article pages (such as redlinks), and anomalous entries (such as DDoS attacks or likely automated views). Since mobile view data became available to the Report in October 2014, we also exclude articles that have almost no mobile views (2% or less) or almost all mobile views (95% or more) because they are very likely to be automated views based on our experience and research of the issue. Please feel free to discuss any removal on the talk page if you wish.


 * Note: If you came here from the Signpost article, please take any discussion of exclusions to this article's talk page.

Specific exclusions this week:


 * Saint Valentine's Day Massacre: 9% mobile views, but huge spike on February 14 suggests this is bot driven by some broken-hearted folks.