Talk:Johnny Mathis

Native American?

He's in Native American categories, but there's nothing in the article to support this. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 23:51, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Removed the categories. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 21:13, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

Brazilian origin?

In the "Early life and education" it is written that Johnny Mathis "is from Brazilian and Spanish origins." I had never heard about his brazilian origins! From which source comes this info? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.61.108.131 (talk) 21:02, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

Sold 360M+ records worldwide?

I could not find this fact in other sources, and it is not cited here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.68.81.189 (talk) 05:56, 7 July 2019 (UTC)

I'd removed it before, then an IP restored. Have removed again. I will have to watch this page more closely. Rodericksilly (talk) 23:29, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

This information is in the top-level paragraph again, describing him as the third best-selling artist of the 20th century, but that seems completely inaccurate based on any other sources I can find. The paragraph says "According to Guinness Music writer and charts historian Paul Gambaccini" but there is no citation. 2600:4041:5BFD:6F00:5441:1056:2946:B4B7 (talk) 16:05, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

Just removed the sentence. 2600:4041:5BFD:6F00:5441:1056:2946:B4B7 (talk) 16:08, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

Johnny Mathis Singer ..,deceased 2011.

Update info: Singer Johnny Mathis is deceased since Sept 2011. 97.34.70.38 (talk) 22:22, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

Nonsense. He's still performing. https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/keith_spera/article_8076278a-99fc-11ec-b684-4729ffc4f26d.html

Don't cause trouble on Wikipedia. Binksternet (talk) 00:48, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

according to a recent google search, Johnny mathis retired after doing a 2025 concert, citing memory loss and old age. Thank you.

Google search. 69.130.242.94 (talk) 03:22, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

Highly erroneous over-stating of sales in leading paragraph

Lead paragraph states 'Mathis is one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century' but Wikipedia's own, heavily-sourced 'List of best-selling music artists' lists over 100 20th century artists and Mathis is not one of these. The articles referenced here for this statement are not statistical references but articles that are talking up Mathis. His discography page on Wikipedia lists 6 albums that were Platinum in the USA, with a combined total of 12 million certified units and only one Platinum award outside the US, for 300,000 in the UK. Whilst significant, this is barely 3% of the claimed 360 million albums in the source article. Singles data is similar - significant in its own right, but dwarfed by many artists. Please can alternative statements be used in the leading paragraphs, with no over-blown sales references - unless such sales can be suitably sourced on the best-selling artists and Mathis discography pages. ~2025-42486-39 (talk) 00:29, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

i would agree with you that it is strange the claim is not evidenced by exact sales data, but it does appear that a reasonable number of reliable sources have repeated the figure, so if the data is false, it's propagated quite a bit. this could be due to outlets reporting the figure *from* Wikipedia, or from the Variety article cited here. i believe further investigation is warranted here Blaithnaid (talk) 00:58, 23 December 2025 (UTC)