Template:Cite certification/doc

< 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 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)

{{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"