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This guideline is a part of the English Wikipedia's Manual of Style. Editors should follow it, except where common sense and the occasional exception will improve an article. Before editing this page, please make sure that your revision reflects consensus. |
This page gives some guidelines for using and displaying record chart information in music-related articles. The chart positions should be organized into one table, and the table should be formatted using class="wikitable sortable".
Billboard component charts should not be used in the tables, unless the song fails to enter the main chart, but appears on an airplay or sales chart. Charts pertaining to only one specific retailer (such as iTunes, Amazon.com or Wal-Mart) should not be used. In addition, unofficial charts from countdown shows (such as MTV's TRL or BET's 106 & Park) should not be used as they are not derived from verifiable sales and/or airplay totals.
Within the table, no peak positions should be boldfaced, as this violates Wikipedia's policy regarding neutral point of view and breaches WP:MOSBOLD. Weeks spent at peak position should be mentioned within the article text and not inserted into the table.
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 | 1 |
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 1 |
| Canadian Singles Chart | 1 |
| French Singles Chart | 1 |
| German Singles Chart | 1 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 1 |
| UK Singles Chart | 1 |
The specific charts included should change depending upon the genre of the song. For hip hop music, the dance chart should be replaced with Hot Rap Tracks. For an R&B ballad, the dance chart should be replaced with the adult contemporary chart. For rock music, both the R&B and dance charts should be replaced with Mainstream Rock Tracks and Modern Rock Tracks. The number of charts should include no more than ten official national charts, and up to ten additional or secondary charts, but no more than eighteen charts total.
Albums and singles which appear on different charts during different years are formatted with the charts for the most recent year furthest down the table:
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 | 1 |
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 1 |
| Canadian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Spanish Singles Chart | 1 |
| UK Singles Chart | 1 |
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream | 1 |
| Japanese Airplay Chart | 1 |
Alternative versions, such as remixes or radio edits, of the same song should be indicated on the table with superscript numbers:
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 | 1 |
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 1 |
| German Singles Chart 1 | 1 |
| UK Singles Chart 2 | 1 |
1 German radio version
2 Extended dance remix
Chart trajectories
A song/album's chart trajectory should not be included in an article, even if it is verifiable. Including the chart trajectory constitutes an indiscriminate collection of information. Chart trajectories should instead be briefly described in the text of the article or in a table for charts.
Deprecated charts
This is a list of charts which should not be included in Wikipedia articles. These charts fail one or more criteria found above, or have, through a community discussion, been deemed unreliable and unsuitable for inclusion.
- Argentina Top 40: This chart's article was deleted by deletion discussion as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.
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- Note: a valid Argentinian chart exists at http://www.capif.org.ar/
- Brazil Hot 100/Hot100Brasil: This chart's article was deleted by deletion discussion as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.
- Bulgarian National Top 40: This chart's article was deleted by deletion discussion as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.
- Chile Hot 100: This chart's article was deleted by deletion discussion as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.
- Euro 200/APC-stats: This chart's article was deleted by deletion discussion as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.
- iTunes: Charts pertaining to only one specific retailer should not be used.
- LCC Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and other Lithuania Charts Company charts: This chart's article was deleted by deletion discussion as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.
- Lithuanian Airplay Chart: This chart's article was deleted by deletion discussion as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.
- Philippines Hot 100: This chart's article was deleted by deletion discussion (multiple times) as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology. There are no charts for Philippines that are known to be acceptable.
- Polish National Top 50: This chart's article was deleted by deletion discussion as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.
- Radio Disney: Charts from countdown shows should not be used as they are not derived from verifiable sales and/or airplay totals.
- United World Chart/Global Top 40 Albums: This chart's article was deleted by deletion discussion as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.
