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The result was Withdrawn. SL93 (talk) 02:12, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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I found zero sources. The band won a rookie award and only released one song according to the article. That was back in 2003. The official website is a dead link. Fails WP:MUSIC. SL93 (talk) 03:17, 3 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment - A basic Google returned the correct URL for the site, which I have now fixed on the page, so the "dead link" comment should no longer be valid. Still, I couldn't find any reliable sources either, but that might just be because I'm not hitting the right terms. Really could do with somebody from Japan having a look and lending local expertise. --Ritchie333 (talk) 12:31, 3 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. —Tom Morris (talk) 17:48, 3 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Response - I checked the Oricon website in Japan (Oricon produces the primary music chart used in Japan) and found that Jam-9 has produced four singles that have charted, the highest reaching no. 122 (see here). The Oricon chart expanded to 200 in 2002. They've only produced one album with a major label, and that reached no. 77 on the album chart (see here). If we follow WP:BAND, this would seem to satisfy criteria 2: "Has had a single or album on any country's national music chart"--even though the charting was not that high. I looked for something on their rookie award, but that seems to be a mistake. Their own official site profile states that a song from their indie album "Rookie Players" was selected as the support song for the Shimizu S-Pulse football team (Jam-9 comes from that area of Japan). That doesn't appear to be exactly right. The S-Pulse website does not list it as the official support song, but mentions that it was a tie-up song for one of their official events (see here). Michitaro (talk) 01:17, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • It looks like it might pass WP:BAND because of the music chart. If that is found to be the case, I will withdraw this. SL93 (talk) 01:40, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • Do you need another source to confirm the charts? I provided links to Oricon's own database. Being new to band-related AfDs, I just want to make sure. Since they charted pretty low, it might be hard to find other sources. Michitaro (talk) 02:02, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
      • I don't think so. I've seen AfDs just pass because of a verified chart rating. SL93 (talk) 02:11, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
      • Because it appears to pass WP:BAND, I will withdraw. SL93 (talk) 02:12, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. —Michitaro (talk) 01:22, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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