Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ricky J

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure)CAPTAIN RAJU (✉) 22:17, 7 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ricky J

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Article does not assert the importance or notability of the subject and therefore may not meet the notability criteria for musicians. The article does mention that the subject has a single that has peaked the "Billboard Canada single sales chart" but it's not verifiable since there's no citation. JayCodec (talk) 11:39, 28 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Has featured on Billboard charts twice.[1][2] Qualifies on NMUSIC. Lourdes 13:20, 28 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. The chart in question is not Canada's national sales chart, or one of them as there seems to be three that we recognize here (The Billboard Canadian Hot 100 would be the Billboard chart to look for), but there is an Allmusic bio ([3]), this, and another brief mention in Billboard here. Releases seem to be mainly on small labels or self-released (CD BABY). Seems possibly notable but I'm not sure there's enough coverage to have much of an article. --Michig (talk) 14:04, 28 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep As far as I can tell, Ricky J also reached #2 on the standard Canadian chart. See [4] (Michig has also linked this, I see). Even if he had only reached #2 on the singles sales chart, in 2001, he'd be by far notable; that's a huge achievement which inevitably would result in media coverage. Chubbles (talk) 20:45, 28 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep meets WP:MUSICBIO. JayCodec, upon further reflection, would you consider withdrawing your nomination? Boleyn (talk) 14:29, 1 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 21:55, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 21:55, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Quebec-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 21:55, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep the article for this "White watered-down hip hop artist" (Raphael, Mitchel (24 April 2001), "Hip hop, well ... hop anyway", National Post). Hit #2 on Billboard’s Canadian Singles chart with No Means No even if it was "despicably awful" (Sperounes, Sandra (29 January 2003), "Bubbles and Trailer Park crew a sidelight to Raine's outpouring", Edmonton Journal) and was accompanied by a bad music video (15 of the worst Canadian music videos). Whatta Night also made it to #42. For more coverage see Remember When This Date Rape Anthem Was The #2 Song In Canada?, Yes man and Paint the Town: CM Interviews Ricky J, A Rapper With His Own Genre. Not spectacularly so but Mr. Oss is notable.duffbeerforme (talk) 03:17, 6 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Passes WP:GNG.CAPTAIN RAJU (✉) 18:53, 7 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:SNOW - The GNG has been met, as has WP:NMUSIC. A WP:BEFORE search would have shown this. Exemplo347 (talk) 18:55, 7 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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