Template:Cite certification
Usage
This 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
artist
– 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 relevantaccessdate
– date in which the data was accesseddate
– certification date
Usage examples
- 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.{{cite web}}
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- To list certifications in the United States for Coldplay's A Rush of Blood to the Head (also using accessdate):
{{Cite certification|region=United States|artist=Coldplay|title=A Rush of Blood to the Head|accessdate=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". Australian Recording Industry Association.
Supported regions
Region | Fields | Notes |
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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 |
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Austria | title artist type |
Manual search required |
Belgium | certyear | |
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 |
Albums only |
Mexico | artist title type |
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Netherlands | id | To find id search http://www.nvpi.nl/nvpi/pagina.asp?pagkey=60463 for the artist, then select the album/single and look for documentid in the URL.
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New Zealand | type=album/single/compilation id recent domestic |
Suppoers three sources: if recent=true uses Radioscope certifications which only go April 2007 to July 2011if recent=website uses the new website at nztop40.co.nz which has charts from November 2011. In this case id is the number of the chart and setting domestic=true will use the domestic charts.Otherwise, uses the older record charts at rianz.org.nz which go up to October 2011 and id is the number of the chart.
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Norway | ||
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 |
Spain | type id |
id is in the format XX_YY where XX is the year and YY is the week in which the title chartedAlbums only |
Sweden | certyear | |
Switzerland | title certyear |
Will use title if available, certyear otherwise
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United Kingdom | artist type |
Manual search required |
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" |
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