Template:Did you know nominations/List of number-one Billboard Dance/Electronic Songs
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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:46, 27 July 2017 (UTC)
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List of number-one Billboard Dance/Electronic Songs
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- ... that at 27 weeks, the longest running number-one song on the US Billboard Dance/Electronic Songs chart is "Closer" by The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey? [1]
5x expanded by Calvin999 (talk). Self-nominated at 19:37, 13 July 2017 (UTC).
@Calvin999: New enough (prose expanded July 10 and 11), long enough (1,665 characters), no neutrality issues, well-cited throughout, no plagiarism detected and a spot-check of refs didn't reveal any close para concerns. Hook is 152 characters, broadly interesting, cited to and in ref 6. QPQ still needs to be done and no image to worry about. Would it be possible to clarify the "most popular" ranking? I'd assume that the most popular song would just be the one on the top of the chart the longest in a given year. Is it Billboard who decide what's most popular? On what criteria? Once QPQ is done and if that can be cleared up if at all possible, this'll be good to go! Good work. Best, BobAmnertiopsis∴ChatMe! 19:15, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
- Bobamnertiopsis The longest running number-one song of the year is not always necessarily the most popular year-end song. If you look at 2013, "Harlem Shake" was the most popular year-end song, but "Wake Me Up" was number-one from mid-September until the end of the year, more than double the time "Harlem Shake" was number-one. Why? "Harlem Shake" had almost six months more of digital downloads, airplay impressions, streams and club play time contributing to overall units. Same in 2016, "Roses" spent one week longer at number-one than "Don't Let Me Down", but "Roses was released in June 2015, so a lot of sales etc. happened in the year it didn't count towards on the year-end chart. Billboard itself uses 'most popular' because the methods used to combine the data are not all paid methods, such as airplay impressions (some songs get played more than others) and club play (some DJs may play some songs more than others more frequently in nightclubs), so most successful or most sold/downloaded wouldn't be accurate. — Calvin999 08:14, 18 July 2017 (UTC)
Sure, makes sense; I encourage you to add something about that to the article to head off potential future confusion but for the purposes of this DYK, QPQ is done and hook is good to go. Best, BobAmnertiopsis∴ChatMe! 15:22, 19 July 2017 (UTC)
- I can't source that, it's just how it works. It applies to all US charts with use a combination now, no longer about physical sales or digital sales, all other platforms factor in, so now it's most popular, not most successful. — Calvin999 22:09, 19 July 2017 (UTC)
