Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of artists who have achieved simultaneous UK and US number-one hits

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The result was keep. Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:52, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

List of artists who have achieved simultaneous UK and US number-one hits[edit]

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What's the point of this intersection? It's trivial and original research. None of the sources mention the songs or artists being number one in both countries. This kind of list can be done with any two (or more) countries. But if that's ok, so be it. Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars (talk) 01:11, 21 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Non-notable intersection. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Otters want attention)} 01:30, 21 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Nice list. These are the two largest English-language sales charts, so it stands to reason that this is a matter of significant interest to rock historians. Carrite (talk) 02:05, 21 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Interesting list. It's a well recorded fact that getting into both charts is both difficult, and a major goal for English-language artists, so this list has importance that a random intersection of two other countries would not have. --Korruski (talk) 10:13, 21 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Having sources to back that statement would be a big help for your argument. --Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars (talk) 20:48, 21 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep List has clear inclusion, really should be tagged for cleanup. Lugnuts (talk) 18:00, 21 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Carrite. And certainly books/articles about the Beatles at least have noted their simultaneous topping of the US and UK charts. Rlendog (talk) 01:56, 22 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Coldplay's album achievement got press, which also referenced Radiohead's.[1] MusicWeek also noted that very few artists have managed to top both the US and UK single and album charts at the same time: "The Beatles, The Monkees, Simon & Garfunkel, Rod Stewart, Men At Work, Michael Jackson and Beyonce remain the only artists in chart history to score simultaneous number one singles and albums in the UK and the USA, after Coldplay are knocked off the US singles perch."[2] So this isn't really improper synthesis, so I reckon we should keep. Fences&Windows 12:31, 22 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:30, 22 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:30, 22 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per the above arguments. This could well be made into an FL, should the effort be expended, and the above findings have demonstrated that this is not an unencyclopedic cross-characterization. Jclemens (talk) 01:26, 23 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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