Wikipedia talk:Record charts

Hot Dance/Pop Songs

So Billboard just launched its top 10 for their inaugural Hot Dance/Pop Songs chart. With a new chart to look out for, we should decide on where it falls on the WP:GOODCHARTS list. Elias 🦗🐜 ^{[Chat, they chattin', they chat]} 23:02, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

The Official Southeast Asia Charts

IFPI launched The Official Vietnam Chart (source: https://www.ifpi.org/ifpi-launches-official-southeast-asia-charts-hub-with-creation-of-new-charts-in-philippines-and-vietnam/). Is this chart suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia? Although this chart is new, it is published by IFPI and includes data from Apple Music, Deezer, Spotify and YouTube, so I think it is fine. Cherry Cotton Candy (talk) 12:56, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

It is, as the charts for Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam are published by IFPI.France3c0 (talk) 01:34, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

Thank you, I'll add these charts to the guide. Cherry Cotton Candy (talk) 02:55, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

TOSAC

Under the South African charts, it states that "Only if the song/artist has not charted on the TOSAC Local & International Streaming Chart, may the Billboard South Africa Songs or Local & International Radio charts be used." Any reason why the airplay charts cannot be used together with the streaming charts? We have this category, Category:South African Airplay Chart number-one singles, which includes the one songs on the radio charts only. It makes it difficult to work in this kind of condition and I still don't see a reason why they can't be used together when Costa Rica's Monitor Latino and FONOTICA; and way more (including Billboard's thousand charts) are acceptable. dxneo (talk) 03:37, 6 February 2025 (UTC)

First of all, WP:OTHERSTUFF isn't a valid argument. Monitor Latino shouldn't be used alongside Billboard or Fonotica. The general principle is that you use the PROVIDER which is nationally recognised in said country. Where there isn't a national provider, or the song hasn't charted on the national chart but has on a Billboard one, its okay to use that. Per WP:INDISCRIMINATE we should have endless lists or multiple different variants of the same information. >> Lil-unique1 (talk) — 22:11, 7 February 2025 (UTC)

Canada: Indigenous Music Countdown

Can the Indigenous Music Countdown please be added to the list for Canada? This is one of the national charts in Canada and is included as an acceptable chart under the 'Commercial' category on page 9 of the FACTOR Artist Profile Additional Information Guide. FACTOR is highly reputable, and one of the only major music funding organizations in Canada.

I saw this item was deleted but didn't see any comment about why so I'm reposting in case it was missed. Stacysaurusrex (talk) 00:23, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Croatia's Top lista Charts

Hello,

I would like to suggest adding Top lista, the official Croatian charts, to the #GoodCharts section.

Top lista is the official chart system in Croatia, operated by the Croatian Phonographic Association, an official IFPI member. It provides the country's official charts alongside the Billboard Croatia Songs chart. It consists of four main charts: Airplay and Albums, each divided into Domestic and International segments. The classification depends on whether the music was released through a local label (Domestic) or distributed by a local label (International).

There have been some misconceptions regarding the Airplay Radio Chart (International Airplay). It was first published by HRT (Croatian Radiotelevision) but was repeatedly deleted from Wikipedia and deemed non-notable. However, in August 2017, Top lista officially certified the chart. Since then, HRT has published the full chart weekly, while Top lista posted an abbreviated version (Top 40). As of this year, the full chart is only available on Top lista's website, with HRT broadcasting a countdown that includes new entries, highest gainers, and Top 40 placements.

The HR Top 100 (Domestic Airplay) follows the same methodology but has always been a Top lista chart, making it less confusing in terms of history.

The current album charts are also divided into Domestic and International categories. Wikipedia still lists them under the old name, Top of the Shops, which was the previous name before 2017 when it was rebranded as the "Best Selling List" (Domestic/International). It would be great to reach a consensus on updating the album chart name, as Top of the Shops hasn’t been used in almost a decade.

The methodology for the charts is as follows:

• Airplay Charts – Based on spins/plays
• Album Charts – Based purely on sales (physical + digital copies)

Currently, there is no official streaming chart in Croatia, which is why I believe it's valuable to include the Billboard Croatia Songs chart, as it is the only chart that measures streaming data in the country.

I would appreciate any feedback and thoughts on this. Thank you! Greeneyed soul (talk) 07:44, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

Israeli Mako Hit List

Hi, I recently saw that since May 2023 Mako publishes charts, that according to them are the first official Israeli chart. Their statement (taken from here) says: "There has never been a body in Israel that would truly measure the "power of songs" in the country and include all existing platforms: from radio, through YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music and social networks like TikTok. In the 70s and 80s, songs were rated by listeners in letters and postcards, in the 90s they upgraded to teletext, and in the 2000s, people vote online. This is while all over the world, the charts have always been based on single sales and in recent years on streaming. In other words, there has never been a real chart in Israel that was free from any manipulation by voters or editors. Until today! Mako is proud to be the first media outlet to present Israel's real parade by developing a unique algorithm that weighs the tastes of hundreds of thousands of Israelis who listen to songs every day on a variety of platforms. The data is collected, among other things, using Soundcharts."

So, if I understood correctly, it sounds like a definitely combined Israeli chart, then not only airplay but both radio+streaming... Am I correct? I would consider adding the new weeks to the singles articles in the future, but I wanted to ask here first before I begin. Greetings! Szyign (talk) 00:08, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

@Cherry Cotton Candy looking above I guess I could ping you here :) Szyign (talk) 00:10, 13 March 2025 (UTC)