Template:Cite certification/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Cite certification.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

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 group
title – title of work
type – album/single/video
award – Gold/Platinum/Diamond etc.
number – number of awards given
certyear – year in which certification was awarded, used for linking in some cases
certmonth – month in which certification was awarded, used for linking in some cases
id – documented where relevant
recent – documented where relevant
domestic – documented where relevant
accessdate – date in which the data was accessed
date – 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}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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
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
Austria	title artist type	Manual search required
Belgium	certyear
Brazil	artist type
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)
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`
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
GCC	certyear
Germany	title artist type=album/single/video/all* best=yes*/no
Greece	id type	Referenced from wayback machine archive here. `id` is the full 14 digit timestamp, e.g. 20070114174502
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
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.
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 2011 if `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.
Norway
Poland	type=album/video award
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
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 charted Albums only
Sweden	certyear
Switzerland	title certyear	Will use `title` if available, `certyear` otherwise
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"