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Beautiful People (Chris Brown song)

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I've listed this article for peer review because I would like to take it to GA status. Any comments and suggestions on how to improve the article would be great. Thanks, Ozurbanmusic (talk) 04:35, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

Comments from Adabow (talk · contribs)
These are things I'd pull up in a GA review:

Lead

• File:Beautiful People.jpg needs a more reliable source
  •  Done Ozurbanmusic (talk) 10:20, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
• The lead could do with a little expansion, but wait until you have brushed up the rest of the article first
  •  Done Ozurbanmusic (talk) 00:27, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

Background and composition

• "It was released to iTunes Stores from March 11, 2011." → Are you sure that it was iTunes-exclusive? Check Amazon and 7digital etc, and rewrite as "digital download". Also mention the other release formats here
  •  Done Ozurbanmusic (talk) 10:20, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
• "and thought it was the most electro house song they've ever heard from Brown" - not really offering any criticism. "We like the song, though we don't see anything inherently 'Chris Brown' about this track — it really could have been recorded by anybody with similar results." is probably a better quote to sample, although try to paraphrase the second half.
  •  Done Ozurbanmusic (talk) 10:20, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
• One must be careful when writing about genres, as there is a difference between what genre(s) a song is, and what it is influenced by. Genres (per sources) are electro-house, dancehall and Europop, and it has influences of R&B.
  •  Done Ozurbanmusic (talk) 10:20, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Critical reception

• "Ed Easton Jr. from 92.3 Now said that "Beautiful People" "is a softer and..." - rewrite so that you don't have two quote marks next to each other. Also "Ed Easton Jr. from 92.3 Now wrote that..."
  •  Done Ozurbanmusic (talk) 10:20, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
• "Joanne Dorken from MTV UK said" → wrote
  •  Done Ozurbanmusic (talk) 10:20, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
• "Robert Copsey from Digital Spy awarded the song five stars" - out of how many stars?
  •  Done Ozurbanmusic (talk) 10:20, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Chart performance

• "becoming Brown and Benassi's first single to top the chart" → and became the first number-one single for both Brown and Benassi
  •  Done Ozurbanmusic (talk) 10:20, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
• You should mention the Bubbling Under performance in prose (unless it later appears on the Hot 100)
  •  Done Ozurbanmusic (talk) 00:27, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
• "It has since reached a new peak of number twenty-five." → It later peaked at number twenty-five, and spent x weeks on the chart.
  •  Done Ozurbanmusic (talk) 10:20, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
• "top-ten" should be used when describing a song (ie "top-ten single", "fifth top-ten UK hit"), but when a noun, it should be "top ten" (ie "reached the top ten")
  •  Done Ozurbanmusic (talk) 10:20, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
• "the song debuted at number fourteen, before peaking at number seven."
  • Not sure what you mean here but I've added its debut date. Ozurbanmusic (talk) 10:20, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
    • Hmm, not sure what I meant either! Adabow (talk · contribs) 04:41, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
• "Eventually, the song certified Platinum" - missing "was"
  •  Done Ozurbanmusic (talk) 10:20, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Music video

• Name the director
  • I've searched for the director many times but theres nothing I could find. Ozurbanmusic (talk) 10:20, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
• Is there a bit of a storyline in the video? Don't people ride scooters to the club or something?
  • No theres no storyline. Just random scenes of Chris' everyday life I guess (performing, studio, clubbing etc). Ozurbanmusic (talk) 00:27, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

Live performances

• Is there any critical response or further info on the DWTS performance? Eg what he wroe, how he performed etc
  • I've added information about what he and his backup dancers wore. Ozurbanmusic (talk) 00:27, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

General comments

• Try to use the song's title a bit more rather than "the song" or "it"
  •  Done Ozurbanmusic (talk) 00:27, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
• Do another web search to see if you can pull up some more sources
  •  Done Ozurbanmusic (talk) 00:27, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

I am watching this peer review, so reply here if you want any more comments or clarification. Enjoy! Adabow (talk · contribs) 07:51, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for reviewing Adabow! I think the article needs copy-edit and should there be a screenshot of the music video? Ozurbanmusic (talk) 00:27, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

I will take another look soon for prose/MoS issues. No, after watching the music video I can't see any screenshot passing WP:NFCC. Adabow (talk · contribs) 04:41, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

Second round

Lead

• "Brown worked on the song in hopes of inspiring people with dance music, and for the world to come together as a whole and stop the negativity." - awkward grammar; rewrite. What is "the negativity"?
  • I've removed this sentence. Brown said he wanted the world to stop the negativity but didn't say what the negativity was. Ozurbanmusic (talk) 22:59, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
• "Musically, "Beautiful People" is an uptempo song which derives genres from electro house, dancehall and Europop, and contains influences of R&B." - link [[tempo|uptempo]]. "derives genres from" → "draws from the genres of" or "is derived from the genres of"
• "keep their heads up" is a bit colloquial; can you introduce a quote or rephrase?
• "The song was generally well received by most music critics" - remove either 'generally' or 'most'
• "managed to peak" → peaked/reached/topped
  •  Done Ozurbanmusic (talk) 22:59, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

Background and composition

• "Before the release of the album" - name the album
• Em dashes should not be spaced
• Link ransom note effect
• "it is composed of pulsing synths that build under Benassi and Brown's staccato and auto-tuned melodies, as stated by James Dean Wells from AOL Radio Blog." - you either need to paraphrase this or add quote marks. 'According to' is better than 'as stated by'
  •  Done Ozurbanmusic (talk) 22:59, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

Critical reception

• Critics don't say, they write
• "when he unites with Benassi "for the electronic throb of Beautiful People"" - enclose the title in inverted commas per WP:MOS#Quotation marks
  •  Done Ozurbanmusic (talk) 22:59, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

Live performances

• Linking to Tron: Legacy is a bit WP:EASTEREGG and WP:OR
• Can you give one or two sentences about the domestic violence incident behind the unhappiness of Brown being on DWTS?
  •  Done Ozurbanmusic (talk) 22:59, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

References

• Don't state the country which the iTunes Store ref is from. "iTunes Store. Apple Inc." is sufficient

Adabow (talk · contribs) 05:38, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

 Done Ozurbanmusic (talk) 22:59, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

Nice work. I believe that this article is now at or close to GA standards. Adabow (talk · contribs) 04:47, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

Cool. Just one more thing, does a good article have to mention the video director? Because I've been searching for this song's director a million times and still nothing comes up. Ozurbanmusic (talk) 06:41, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

No, if the info's just not out there, it is unreasonable to expect it to be included, especially only at GA level. Adabow (talk · contribs) 07:17, 6 July 2011 (UTC)