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This guideline provides guidance about the suitability of music charts for inclusion in Wikipedia articles, both in article prose and in the standard tables of charts. It does not provide specifics of formatting tables, which is the subject of [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Record charts]].

== General guidelines ==
=== Suitable charts ===
A chart is normally considered suitable for inclusion if it meets all of the following characteristics:
#It is published by a recognized reliable source. This includes any IFPI affiliate, ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine, or any organization with the support of [[Nielsen SoundScan]]. Recognized national measurement firms, such as [[Crowley Broadcast Analysis]] for Brazil or [[Monitor Latino]] for Latin America, are legitimate sources of charts.
#It covers sales or broadcast outlets from multiple sources.
#It is static, that is, the data in the chart cannot change. This excludes dynamic "all-time" charts, such as the ones published by Hung Medien.

=== Single-vendor/single-network charts ===
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Charts which rank material from a single vendor or network are generally unsuitable for inclusion in articles. They should ''never'' be placed in discography tables or tables of charts. They may occasionally be mentioned in article prose if special circumstances warrant it. "Special circumstances" include notable controversies alleging chart manipulation, or cases where eligibility requirements prevented standard charts from recognizing the sales. This would include, for example, the noted resurgence of [[Michael Jackson]] related sales at the time of his death, when many chart rules prevented any of his album sales from being credited towards a chart position. Similarly, some charts representing the home country of the artist or composer (this can mean country of origin, country of residence, official nationality or any country where the artist or composer has lived for a substantial part of their lives) or releases with a strong link to the country in question (e.g. [[Eurovision]] entries), can be included if no other suitable charts can be located.

Note, however, that while single-network charts do not satisfy the charting criterion, some network charts may fulfill other NMUSIC criteria instead. For example, [[CBC Radio 2]]'s ''[[Radio 2 Top 20]]'' chart in Canada is not considered a pass of the charting criterion, but ''does'' constitute a pass of NMUSIC #11 as proof that the artist has been placed in rotation nationally by a major radio or music television network. Do not use this chart to support statements about specific chart positions or weeks-on, do not create or maintain "List of number-one hits on the Radio 2 Top 20" articles, and do not include it in discography listings as a record chart — use the chart solely to support statements about airplay on R2.

=== Dependent ("component") charts ===
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Charts are frequently related to one another mathematically. For example, the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 is derived by weighting positions on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 Airplay, the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 Sales and Digital Songs, and the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 Streaming Songs. This means that in the vast majority of cases, any song that charts on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 can be presumed to have charted on the other charts, and specifically mentioning the position will simply clutter an article. In unusual cases, the subordinate chart can be mentioned: take, for example, a single which had no airplay because of objectionable content, but still charted extremely high on the composite chart due to sales. This would be unusual enough to potentially warrant mention.

Examples of dependent/component/mathematically related charts:
*''' ''Billboard'' Hot 100 Airplay''' – related to ''Billboard'' Hot 100
*''' ''Billboard'' Hot 100 Sales charts''' – related to ''Billboard'' Hot 100
*''' ''Billboard'' Hot 100 Streaming Songs''' – related to ''Billboard'' Hot 100

=== Certifications ===
Certifications should be sourced directly to certifying agencies, most of which provide a searchable database. When such a database is not available, other reliable sources may be used, but they must directly state that the certifying agency has granted the certification. Many popular press articles will contain statements such as "... has gone gold ..." or "... has gone platinum ..." based on a sales figure, when, in fact, the certifying agency has not yet verified those sales and granted a certification.

=== Chart trajectories ===
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A song/album's chart trajectory should not be included in an article as this constitutes an [[WP:NOT#IINFO|indiscriminate collection of information]]. Chart trajectories may be mentioned in the article text when there is sufficient reason to do so (for example, a song debuted at number 100, became a [[sleeper hit]] and peaked at number 1). Key facts, some examples being the debut position, number of weeks spent at peak position, and/or number of weeks in total on the chart may be mentioned within the article text, but should not be included as routine data for all charts.

=== Charts with more than 200 positions ===
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In general, chart positions over 200 should not be listed, as this usually represents a minor amount of sales and is considered [[Wikipedia:Too much detail|excessive detail]]. This applies to any chart, be it single or album, weekly, yearly, decade or all-time.

== Deprecated charts ==
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*'''Amazon''': Charts pertaining to only one specific retailer should not be used.
*'''America's Music Charts''': This chart's article was [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/America's Music Charts|deleted by deletion discussion]] as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.
*'''ARC Weekly Top 40''': This chart's article was [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/ARC Weekly Top 40|deleted by deletion discussion]] as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.
*'''Argentina Top 40''': This chart's article was [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Argentina Top 40|deleted by deletion discussion]] as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.
*'''Argentina Singles Top 100''' from charly1300.com. Per the chart description ''...otros factores que cada semana varían y se modifican en el Ranking. Los datos que proporcionamos no son 100% verificables'' (Other factors that vary from week to week modify the rankings. The data is not 100% verifiable).
*'''Argentina Top 100''' at argentinatop100.com.ar. Anonymous chart, with no explanation of methodology or source. Singles chart appears to be a one-week old copy of the chart from charly1300.com.
*:''Note: a valid Argentine albums chart exists at [http://www.capif.org.ar/ capif.org.ar] and a singles chart at [https://www.billboard.com.ar/chart billboard.com.ar].''
*'''Australia Country Tracks Top 30''': This chart has been determined as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology; see [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:2009_in_country_music&oldid=270155600 Talk:2009 in country music].
*:''Note: The Australian Country Albums chart is published by ARIA and therefore acceptable for use. Australia does not seem to have a valid country singles chart.''
*'''(Australia) hot100au.com''': See [http://www.hot100au.com/about/ hot100au.com/about/]. This is an iTunes chart. See iTunes listed below.
*'''Beatport''': Charts pertaining to only one specific retailer should not be used.
*'''The Big Top 40 Show''' Chart primarily based on iTunes data.
*'''Brazil Hot 100/Hot100Brasil''': This chart's article was [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hot100Brasil|deleted by deletion discussion]] as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.
*: ''Note: the chart archive in [https://web.archive.org/web/20181020032808/http://asdfg-menezes.org/bookBR.pdf this PDF file] is a mirror of Brazil Hot 100.''
*: ''Note: see [[#WP:GOODCHARTS]] for a discussion of the ''Hot 100 Airplay'' chart from ''Billboard Brasil'' which, if properly sourced, is acceptable.''
*'''Brazilian Singles Chart''' from allcharts.org is a mirror of Brazil Hot 100's "Hot 100 Songs and Tracks".
*'''Bulgarian National Top 40''': This chart's article was [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bulgarian National Top 40|deleted by deletion discussion]] as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.
*:''Note: the chart at [http://acharts.us/bulgaria_singles_top_40 αCharts.us] is a mirror of the Bulgarian National Top 40.''
*:''Note: A legitimate Bulgarian chart is located at http://www.prophon.org/display.php''
*'''Canadian Country Albums''' published by Jam!/Canoe. Chart positions are not archived and therefore impossible to verify.
*'''Charts Around the World''': Reproduces information that can be found on other reliable sources or sources whose origins are unknown. See [[Wikipedia talk:Record charts/Archive 19#Adding chartsaroundtheworld.com to WP:BADCHARTS|discussion]].
*'''Chile Hot 100''': This chart's article was [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chile Hot 100|deleted by deletion discussion]] as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.
*'''Chilean Singles Chart''' from Americatop100.com. This chart was [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/México Top 100|deleted by deletion discussion]] as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.
*'''Colombia Top 100''' from Americatop100.com. This charts was [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/México Top 100|deleted by deletion discussion]] as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.
*'''Creative Disc'''.  The chart was [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Creative Disc|deleted by deletion discussion]] as a non-notable chart.
*'''Croatian Airplay Chart'''. The chart was [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Croatian Airplay Chart|deleted by deletion discussion]] as a non-notable chart.
*'''Croatian Singles Chart''' at ehot50.blog.hr : blog sourced chart.
*'''Croatian Singles Chart''' at www.soundguardian.com. No apparent notability. Validation of this chart compared to the airplay charts it claims to aggregate does not validate the chart.
*'''Cyprus Super Radio Chart''' This chart is a radio chart and it has not received an official status.
*'''Dutch Top 40 Tipparade''': see '''Tipparade''' below.
*'''Euro 200/APC-stats''': This chart's article was [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bulgarian National Top 40|deleted by deletion discussion]] as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.
*:''Note: the following charts are known to be mirrors of these charts:''
**[http://acharts.us/portugal_singles_top_50 Portugal Singles Top 50 at αCharts.us]
**[http://acharts.us/italy_albums_top_50 Italian Albums Top 50 at αCharts.us]
**[http://acharts.us/italy_singles_top_50 Italian Singles Top 50 at αCharts.us]
*:''Note: a valid Portuguese albums chart, based on AC Nielsen data, can be found at [https://www.audiogest.pt/tops-semanais-2023?lang=pt www.audiogest.pt].''
*:''Note: valid Italian albums and singles charts, can be found at [https://www.fimi.it/#/ www.fimi.it]''
*'''FDR Charts''' This chart's article was [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/FDR Charts|deleted by deletion discussion]] as a non-notable chart.
*'''Greek Hot 75''','''Greek Dance''', '''Greek Hype''', '''Greek Pop''', '''Greek Rock''', '''Greek R&B & Latin''', '''Greek Radio1 DJs''': These charts from www.radio1.gr are all single network charts.
*'''Indonesian Top 50''': see "Creative Disc".
*'''Infodisc.fr''' : For singles (and albums before 1985 at http://www.infodisc.fr/Album_Historique.php), site uses various sources to recreate, through their own methodology, fictional chart positions.
*'''ISAIMV'''.  The chart was [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/ISAIMV|deleted by deletion discussion]] as a non-notable chart.
*'''Italian Singles''' at αCharts.us: see '''Euro 200/APC-stats'''.
*'''Israeli Singles Chart''' at www.charts.co.il, http://www.glgltz.co.il/, http://pizmonet.co.il/ or https://90s.co.il/israel-number1. These charts are all single network charts, and incorporate user voting.
*'''iTunes''': Charts pertaining to only one specific retailer should not be used.
*'''Latin Areschart''': This chart's article was [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Latin Areschart|deleted by deletion discussion]] as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.
*'''Latvian Airplay Top''', '''Latvian Singles Chart''' This chart's article was [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Latvian Airplay Top|deleted by deletion discussion]] as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.
*'''LCC Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs''' and other Lithuania Charts Company charts: This chart's article was [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lithuania Charts Company|deleted by deletion discussion]] as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.
*'''Lithuanian Airplay Chart''': This chart's article were [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lithuania Charts Company|deleted by deletion discussion]] as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.
*'''Lithuanian Top 40''' from music.lt. This chart is based on membership voting, and does not reflect verifiable sales or airplay.
*'''Los 40 Principales'''. Single network chart documenting playlist frequency on the same network.
*'''México Top 100''' from Americatop100.com. This chart was [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/México Top 100|deleted by deletion discussion]] as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.
*'''Mu-Mo''': Charts pertaining to only one specific retailer should not be used.
*'''MYX Hit Chart''', '''MYX Daily Top 10''', '''Pinoy MYX Countdown''': These charts were [[Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/MYX_Hit_Chart|deleted by deletion discussion]] as non-notable charts with dubious methodology.
*'''Odyssey Albums Chart''': Single vendor charts should not be used.
*'''Polish National Top 50''': This chart's article was [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Polish National Top 50|deleted by deletion discussion]] as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.
*:''Note: a valid Polish albums chart can be found at [http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/archiwum.asp?lang=en olis.onyx.pl].''
*'''Portuguese Singles''' at αCharts.us: see '''Euro 200/APC-stats'''.
*'''Radio Disney''': Charts from countdown shows should not be used as they are not derived from verifiable sales and/or airplay totals. Now defunct.
*'''Recochoku''': Charts pertaining to only one specific retailer should not be used.
*'''Record Land''': Charts pertaining to only one specific retailer should not be used.
*'''Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums''': Chart allows albums to chart prior to release based solely on song streams and sales. See: [[wt:Record_charts/Archive 15#Albums charting before their release|discussion]].
*'''Serbian Pop Top Lista''': "TOP 50 SRBIJA" chart at poptoplista.com. Rankings are apparently combinations of radio airplay in Serbia with votes of Web site visitors.
*'''Spanish Singles Chart''' on allcharts.org. This is a mirror of Los 40 Principales, which is listed above.
*'''Spotify''': Charts pertaining to only one specific retailer should not be used.
*'''[[TikTok Billboard Top 50|TikTok ''Billboard'' Top 50]]'''. Charts pertaining to data from one website should not be used. See [[WP:SINGLENETWORK]].
*'''[[Tipparade]]''': Starting in 2015, top40.nl allow songs to chart before their official release based on [https://www.top40.nl/samenstelling "trends in social media"], therefore Tipparade positions for songs released from 2015 to present shouldn't be included in articles.
*'''Tokio Hot 100''' [[J-Wave#Tokio Hot 100 | Single network airplay chart]].
*'''Top Latino''': This chart's article was [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Top Latino|deleted by deletion discussion]] as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.
*'''Ukraine''': see '''FDR Charts''' above.
*'''United States [[Billboard Twitter Real-Time|''Billboard'' Twitter Real-Time]]''' charts: See [[WP:SINGLENETWORK]].
*'''United World Chart, Global Top 40 Albums, Media Traffic''': This chart's article was [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/United World Chart|deleted by deletion discussion]] as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology. This chart is also used to compile the data for the winners of the [[World Music Awards]], which as of 2021 have been on a seven-year hiatus.
*'''[[ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks]] Countdowns (''[[VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown]]'', ''[[TeenNick Top 10]]'' and ''[[CMT Hot Twenty]]'', among others)''': Both the CMT and VH1 programs (the VH1 program ended in December 2015) formerly used a mix of network airplay and radio popularity with some minor viewer feedback to compile their lists, but now only depend entirely on viewer text messaging and internet voting to compile their lists and encourage [[ballot stuffing|multiple votes]], along with a limited pool of videos chosen by viewers to fill the list. TeenNick's countdown was subject to the same issues, along with producer and host input (the host, [[Nick Cannon]], had a full executive role with the network and has used the network to promote his produced acts in the past) to influence how the videos chart; it ended in 2018, leaving ''CMT Hot Twenty'' as the only active program among the three.
*'''Vietnamese YanTV We10''': A music chart which is published by [[YanTV]] and based on viewer's choice.
*'''Worf Music Awards''': Probably non-existent award, mass-added to various artist pages at one point. See [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2007 Worf Music Awards|deleted by deletion discussion]].
*'''World Albums Top 40'''/'''World Singles Top 40''': These listings on acharts.us are mirrors of the United World Chart.

==Websites to avoid==
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*[http://www.americatop100.com americatop100.com] – Sourcing for these charts is indeterminate.
*[http://www.charly1300.com Charly1300.com] – Reproduces some data available from [[Wikipedia:Record_charts#Recommended_charts|Recommended charts]]. Other available chart information is of unsystematic or uncertain origin.
*[http://www.chartblue.com/index.html Chartblue.com] – Indeterminate methodology.
*[https://chartdata.org chartdata.org] – Reproduces some data available from [[Wikipedia:Record_charts#Recommended_charts|Recommended charts]]. Other available chart information is of unsystematic or uncertain origin. Also applies to their [https://twitter.com/chartdata Twitter account].
*[http://chartmasters.org chartmasters.org] – Falls under WP:SPS, and there's no indication of where the figures are from.
*[https://chartsaroundtheworld.com/ chartsaroundtheworld.com] – Reproduces information that can be found on other reliable sources or sources whose origins are unknown. See [[Wikipedia talk:Record charts/Archive 19#Adding chartsaroundtheworld.com to WP:BADCHARTS|discussion]].
*[http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/ hitparadeitalia.it] – Hobbyist web site, uses various sources to recreate, through his own methodology, fictional national charts.
*[http://kworb.net kworb.net] – Mostly compiles airplay data from [[Mediabase]] along with normalized popularity values for tracks in the [[iTunes Store]]; in particular, the [http://kworb.net/cc/ustotals.html sales estimates] page should not be cited under any circumstance, as the provided figures on the page are merely estimated and are not based on official data.
*[http://www.madonna-charts.com Madonna-charts.com] – Fan site, indeterminate methodology.
*[http://www.mariah-charts.com Mariah-charts.com] – Fan site, indeterminate methodology.
*[http://www.mediatraffic.de/ mediatraffic.de] – Unclear methodology, unknown sourcing.
*[https://oldtimemusic.com/best-songs/ Oldtimemusic.com] — Supposedly reproduces some ''Billboard'' charts, but its accuracy has been questioned (see [[WT:CHARTS#Oldtimemusic.com|discussion]]).
*[http://www.slokylie.com slokylie.com] – Fan site, indeterminate methodology.
*[http://top40-charts.com top40-charts.com] – Unclear methodology, unknown sourcing.
*[http://tsort.info/music/ Tsort.info/music/] – In general, reproduces information available directly from sources listed in [[Wikipedia:Record_charts#Recommended_charts|Recommended charts]]. Exceptions appear to be sourced from single-station airplay or single-vendor sales figures.
*[http://twitter.com/chartnews twitter.com/chartnews] – In general, reproduces information available directly from sources listed in [[Wikipedia:Record_charts#Recommended_charts|Recommended charts]]. Sales figures appear to be obtained from a mixture of reliable and unreliable sources, including mediatraffic.de; in some cases, provided sales figures do not match those from recommended sources provided concurrently.
*[http://uk-charts.top-source.info uk-charts.top-source.info], [https://www.uk-charts.co.uk www.uk-charts.co.uk] – Hobbyist web site, indeterminate sourcing and methodology. 
*[http://ukchartsplus.co.uk UKchartsplus.co.uk] – In general, reproduces information available directly from sources listed in [[Wikipedia:Record_charts#Recommended_charts|Recommended charts]]. Uncertain methodology as to annual figures, which do not match recommended sources.
*[http://www.worldmusicawards.com worldmusicawards.com] – Although this is an actual (sometimes) televised [[World Music Awards|awards show]] (with an admittedly shaky history), the articles found under the "News" section of its official website should not be cited, as the text of these articles is copied verbatim from mediatraffic.de, including the dubious sales data.

== Recommended charts ==
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The following charts are recommended for use, although some archives of these charts are specifically deprecated. These are charts which are believed to meet all requirements for inclusion, and have reliable, licensed archives of positions which allow for stable and reliable referencing.

Many reliable charts are not included on this list, primarily due to archiving problems. The Romanian Top 100, for example, appears to be a reliable chart, but no stable searchable archive is available. These charts can be included so long as care is taken in providing a reliable source for the information.

If only the latest version of a chart is published online, please add it to [[Wikipedia:Record charts/List]]. The list is archived to the [[Wayback Machine]] at least twice every week.

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==Acceptable charts==

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The following charts are acceptable and are deemed as reliable sources for use. However these charts do not have a searchable database or are archived by the website. In order to prevent [[WP:LINKROT]], the source '''must''' be manually archived using the [https://archive.org/ Internet Archive] or another similar service. 

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|+Typical sources for record charts, by country
!rowspan="3" scope="col"| Country
!colspan="5" scope="col" style="border-right: 2px solid darkgray;"| Charts
!rowspan="3" scope="col"| Comments
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!colspan="2" scope="col" style="border-right: 2px solid darkgray;"| Albums
!colspan="3" scope="col" style="border-right: 2px solid darkgray;"| Singles
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!scope="col"|Sales
!scope="col" style="border-right: 2px solid darkgray;"|Certifications
!scope="col"|Sales
!scope="col"|Airplay
!scope="col" style="border-right: 2px solid darkgray;"|Certifications
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!scope="row"|Colombia
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|[http://www.national-report.com/ National-Report]
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|Use only "Top Nacional" as listings by cities are not allowed.
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!scope="row"|Mexico
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|[http://charts.monitorlatino.com/Login/Index?ReturnUrl=%2ftop20%2fMexico%2fGeneral Monitor Latino]<br>
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|Not to be confused with the above Mexican Airplay posted by ''Billboard'' which is under WP:GOODCHARTS.
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!scope="row"|South Africa
|[http://www.rsg.co.za RISA]
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!scope="row"|Venezuela
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|[http://www.recordreport.com.ve/ Record Report]
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=== ''Billboard'' charts ===
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