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The result was Snow Keep. Mark Arsten (talk) 18:27, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Strong keep A very notable artist featured in "Thrift Shop" that has become a universal hit single topping US Billbord Hot 100, Rap and R&B charts, has reached #2 in the UK, was or still is #1 in Australia, Canada, France, Norway, New Zealand also charting in Top 5 in Belgium, Ireland, Netherlands, Switzerland and on and on. Wanz has had a long musical career prior to the famous song. To establish the huge level of interest in this notable artist, please also refer to the number of those who consult the Wanz page through http://stats.grok.se/en/latest/Wanz who want to know about him specifically independently of what they find in the song and Macklemore pages of Wikiepdia. The statistics show between 3,000 and 4,200 consultations of this specific Wanz page DAILY. Hardly non-notable... Here is what Billboard magazine described him [1] in the article dedicated to him as an artist: "Wanz Q&A: Meet the 'F-ing Awesome' Singer in 'Thrift Shop'" also informing its readers of an upcoming EP werldwayd (talk) 09:11, 9 February 2013 (UTC) werldwayd (talk) 09:25, 9 February 2013 (UTC) werldwayd (talk) 09:18, 11 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Was featured in the song "Thrift Shop." Passes WP:GNG. Sources are sufficient. Mr. C.C.Hey yo!I didn't do it! 22:27, 10 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. We could quibble about exactly how notable Wanz is (most of his fame of late is derived from the one particular performance in the Macklemore song), but it would be extremely dubious to say that he is not notable at all: there is undoubtedly significant coverage of him and his role in the song, coming from independent and reliable sources (Billboard in particular closes this case for me). An additional interview that can be used as a source for notability, which I don't believe has been mentioned, is the interview in XXL Magazine on the 9th of this month. — chro • man • cer 18:19, 11 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Here's the aforementioned XXL interview as well as a CBS Radio write-up. There appears to be enough in-depth coverage on this person in reliable sources to support a standalone article, and keeping makes more sense to me than, say, merging into the "Thrift Shop" article. Gong show 09:11, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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