Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Drew G. Montalvo

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AN old article which has been around since 2011 but has only one reference which is itself an interview with the subject. Searches found nothing reputable and reliable. No evidence of any notability. Much of this content is found elsewhere on the net without attribution and may well be copyvios. Fails WP:GNG  Velella  ^{Velella Talk}   08:59, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. MassiveYR ♠ 09:04, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. MassiveYR ♠ 09:04, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. MassiveYR ♠ 09:04, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

I am a new editor. But I came across this page yesterday after I added a link from a LeAnn Rimes album page. I then made a small change on this page. I was surprised to see this article as up for deletion when I went back to check my update. So I took it as an opportunity as a new editor to see if I could address the issue. It seems that there is a significant amount of supporting information specifically regarding the subject of the article's music production. I removed much of the promotional and hyperbolic tone of the article. I feel that the subject meets the criteria of notability. I would welcome any feedback on my edits. --BrainSprinkle (talk) 03:32, 7 October 2017 (UTC)

• Delete Despite {{u|BrainSprinkle}}'s efforts, the references are not reliable sources for notability purposes. The vast majority of them are music links for iTunes, etc. and the rest are either not independent of the subject or mere passing mentions in articles about some other artist or event. Neither WP:NMUSIC nor WP:GNG appears to have been met. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 02:39, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

Despite Eggishorn's assessment, the subject does, in fact, meet WP:NMUSIC. The criteria for musicians and ensembles says that having a single or album on a national music chart alone may meet notability criteria. As shown on the Billboard chart history (citation 17) the subject has 3 charted singles on the Billboard Dance Charts. For the most recent single release, Billboard wrote an article about the song, the artists, and the impressive debut on the Dance chart (citation 12). I would also challenge the assumed trivial nature of the subject's mention in Billboard articles. These articles are written about very prominent artists like Beyonce, LeAnn Rimes, Blondie, Ed Sheeran, and Madonna and their charting on the Dance charts. The entry for Dance Club Songs shows that remix producers and remix albums are a primary way artists achieve success in dance music. Naming the top remixers in this context, while brief, would hardly be considered trivial. I would also ask why the iTunes links were dismissed? These links show that this artist has been featured on commercially released remix albums for a number of prominent artists and on a number of major record labels.

BrainSprinkle (talk) 09:05, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

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