Usage
editThis template creates a {{Cite web}} citation for certification data from different regions. The citation created is as accurate as possible using the parameters given.
Fields
editartist– performing artist or grouptitle– title of worktype– album/single/videoaward– Gold/Platinum/Diamond etc.number– number of awards givencertyear– year in which certification was awarded, used for linking in some casescertmonth– month in which certification was awarded, used for linking in some casesid– documented where relevantrecent– documented where relevantdomestic– documented where relevantaccess-date– date in which the data was accesseddate– certification date
Usage examples
edit- To list all Linkin Park titles winning certification in Germany:
{{Cite certification |region=Germany |artist=Linkin Park}}
Produces
"Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Linkin Park)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
- To list certifications in the United States for Coldplay's A Rush of Blood to the Head (also using access-date):
{{Cite certification |region=United States |artist=Coldplay |title=A Rush of Blood to the Head |access-date=2010-10-29}}
Produces
"American certifications – Coldplay – A Rush of Blood to the Head". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2010-10-29.
- To list Australian certifications for U2's album Achtung Baby, note that although the album was released in 1991 the last certification (to date) was in 1998:
{{Cite certification |region=Australia |type=album |certyear=1998}}
Produces
"ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1998 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
Supported regions
edit| Region | Fields | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina | title artist type=album/video |
Information for old singles and compilation albums as well as new digital downloads is unavailable |
| Australia | certyear type=album/single/video |
Pre-1997 awards are not shown on ARIA website - these older references show text only without a URL link |
| Austria | title artist type |
Manual search required |
| Belgium | certyear type |
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| Brazil | artist type |
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| Canada | title artist type certmonth certyear |
certmonth and certyear are only used as backward compatibility if both title and artist are not supplied, in which case the old database is used (only valid from 2001)
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| Denmark | certyear recent id type |
If recent=false will use weekly charts, which is required before 2004. In that case certyear is the chart year and id is the chart month. Otherwise just uses certyear
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| Europe | certyear | Albums only |
| Finland | artist | |
| France | certyear award number type=album/single/video/compilation recent |
if recent=false will use non-official www.infodisc.fr tables, which require manual operation, however go back more than 1994
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| GCC | certyear | |
| Germany | title artist type=album/single/video/all* best=yes*/no |
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| Greece | id type |
Referenced from wayback machine archive here. id is the full 14 digit timestamp, e.g. 20070114174502
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| Hong Kong | certyear | Albums only |
| Hungary | certyear | |
| Ireland | award number certyear |
From 2005 only |
| Italy | type | From 2005 only |
| Japan | certmonth certyear digital |
Setting digital uses the digital download certifications
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| Mexico | artist title type |
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| Netherlands | artist type |
Manual search required |
| New Zealand | type=album/single/compilation id recent domestic |
Supports three sources: if recent=false uses Radioscope certifications which only go April 2007 to July 2011if recent=book uses User:Muhandes/cite Scapolo and id is the ID of the chart.Otherwise uses the new website at nztop40.co.nz which has charts from 1975. In this case id is the number of the chart and setting domestic=true will use the domestic charts.
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| Norway | artist certyear |
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| Poland | type=album/video award |
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| Portugal | id recent certyear |
if recent=true (from 2007) specify certyear.Otherwise id is in the format XXXXYY where XXXX is the year and YY is the week in which the title charted
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| Russia | certyear | Albums only |
| South Korea | type | From April 2018 only |
| Spain | type certyear week |
certyear and certmonth is mandatory. certyear is the year for the certification and certmonth is the week number on which the PDF is available from the dropdown available under the week tab.
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| Sweden | certyear | |
| Switzerland | title certyear |
Will use title if available, certyear otherwise
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| United Kingdom | id | Manual search required if id not specified
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| United States | title artist type |
You sometimes need to place the artist's name in quotes and put their surname first. Elton John for example should be written like this: artist="John, Elton" |
| Uruguay | certyear |