Talk:The Songs of My Mother

Reasons against deletion

The {{dated prod}} notice (which I have removed from the article page to object to the proposed deletion) cited WP:N and WP:ALBUM concerns. The relevant page Wikipedia:Notability (music) states:

This page in a nutshell:

• A musician or ensemble is notable if it has had some sort of recognition by professional organizations, such as music charts.

• Notability is met if the musician has been the subject of a broadcast by a media network.

I don't think Russia actually has weekly music charts, but Vitas' website claims:

he released nine albums ("Philosophy of Miracle", "Smile!", "Mother", "The Songs of My Mother", "Kiss As Long As Eternity", "Return Home. Part 1", "Return Home. Part 2", "XX-th Century HITS", "Light Of A New Day") which were entered into the Top Three most popular albums in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. (according to the official sales) - he released two singles ("Opera # 2" and "Goodbye"). According to the official sales results, the single "Opera # 2" was awarded a Russian Prize (established by the producers of phonograms "Record") as the bestselling single of 2001, 2002 and 2003

and his televised concert in Bucharest, Romania on 25 Feb 2009 fulfils the second criterion above.

The WP:ALBUM section states:

In general, if the musician or ensemble that recorded an album is considered notable, then officially released albums may have sufficient notability to have individual articles on Wikipedia.

Album articles with little more than a track listing may be more appropriately merged into the artist's main article or discography article, space permitting.

Vitas' discography on Wikipedia is currently a section within the main Vitas article. He has released 9 studio albums, 2 singles and 7 DVDs (including a CD + DVD set), so I do not consider merging full track listings into the main article to be practical. I intend to expand on the existing Vitas album articles, this one included, as well as writing articles for those albums which do not already have their own, so we're going to end up with way too much information to include comfortably in the main article. It is perfectly normal for major releases by notable artists to have their own Wikipedia articles, and this is as it should be. Since this album consists of cover versions of popular Russian songs, it's possible that some of the songs may even qualify as individually notable. Contains Mild Peril (talk) 10:56, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

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