Template:Certification Table Entry/doc

This set of templates is used for creating certification tables for albums, singles, etc.

Note that WP:ALBUM/CERT recommends the creation of a table only when an album has achieved multiple certifications.

• Certification Table Top – for the top of the table
• Certification Table Entry – for table entries
• Certification Table Summary – for starting the summary section
• Certification Table Bottom – for the bottom of the table

Fields

Mandatory

• artist – performing artist or group
• title – title of work
• award – Silver/Gold/Platinum/Diamond
• type – album/single/video

Non mandatory

• accessdate – The date in which the source verifying the certification was retrieved, for web sources
• date – The date of certification
• format – Accepts 3col for the default 3 column format, 2col for a format omitting the sales column or 2colthin for a format omitting the sales column and using a thinner form, linking to the certifying authority without naming it
• nosales – set to any value if no sales figure is to be displayed
• nocert – set to any value if no certification is to be displayed. This can be used to specify sales figured from other sources
• certref – for specifying a different source for the certification. Enclose with <ref></ref>.
• number – number of awards given. For example, for Double Platinum enter 2.
• relyear – release year, used to calculate sales
• relmonth – release month (number), used to calculate sales in some cases
• relday – release day (number), used to calculate sales in some rare cases
• certyear – year in which certification was awarded, used for linking and to calculate sales in some cases
• certmonth – month (number) in which certification was awarded, used to calculate sales in some rare cases
• certday – month (number) in which certification was awarded, used to calculate sales in some even rarer cases
• salesamount – override sales amount with a sales figure from a reliable source. It can also be used to override the sales amount if you believe the template is not calculating it correctly. Please let us know!
• salesref – source for overridden sales amount if it is not the certification itself
• id – external ID required for citation. Explained where relevant.
• discount – true for discount albums, influences certification levels in some regions
• domestic – true for domestic titles, influences certification levels and citation in some regions
• multidisc – the number of discs in a multi-disc package
• recent – true for recent certification, see below
• Spanish – true for Spanish-speaking albums, see United States below
• digital – true for digital downloads, check for support below
• streaming – true for streaming, check for support below
• note – Additional notes, e.g. specific edition certified
• best – see Germany below
• refname – enables you to specify a name for the reference generated by the template

Supported regions

Region	Notes	Source for thresholds	Sales/Shipments
Argentina	type can only be album/video Sales require relyear Certifications currently unavailable	[1]	Sales
Australia	requires certyear Specifying recent=book uses Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia’s Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. and id is the page number.	[2]	Shipments
Austria	Manual search required Sales require relyear and sometimes relmonth.	[3]	Sales
Belgium	requires certyear supports domestic=true Sales require certyear and relyear and sometimes relmonth and certmonth. Unknown thresholds for albums between 2006 and March 2007.	[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]	Sales
Brazil	Sales require relyear Supports domestic=true. Supports <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">digital=true</syntaxhighlight> for albums.	Pro-Música Brasil#Sales certification	Sales
Canada	Sales require relyear and sometimes relmonth For correct sales for digital singles, set digital=true	[11]	Shipments
Denmark	Specifying recent=false uses charts, certyear is the chart year and id is the chart week. Otherwise will use the certification database. Specifying <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">id</syntaxhighlight> will direct to the "node" (available from the URL after search). Otherwise will direct to the general database, and <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">certyear</syntaxhighlight> can be specified for better directions. Sales require <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">certyear</syntaxhighlight> and may require <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">certmonth</syntaxhighlight>, <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">certday</syntaxhighlight>, <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">relyear</syntaxhighlight>, <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">relmonth</syntaxhighlight> and <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">relday</syntaxhighlight>. Supports streaming=true for streaming certifications between January 7, 2011 and November 17, 2014	[12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]	Shipments
Europe	requires certyear Albums only Use only in the summary section	[18]	Sales
Finland	requires salesamount data from reported source	[19]
France	requires certyear type can be also be compilation Sales require certyear and may require certmonth and certday for some release dates set recent=false for certification dates before 1994	[20] [21] [22] [23]	Sales
GCC	requires certyear. Supports domestic=true, but without automatic citation.	[24]	Sales
Germany	type can be also be jazz Sales require relyear and sometimes relmonth and relday In cases where the best certification does not show up (known bug), set best=no to show the entire certification history	[25]	Shipments
Greece	Referenced from wayback machine archive here require id, the full 14 digit timestamp, e.g. 20070114174502 Sales require relyear and sometimes relmonth. Supports domestic certifications.	[26] [27] [28] [29] [30]
Hong Kong		[31]	Sales
Hungary	requires certyear Sales require relyear and sometimes relmonth and relday with unknown thresholds on some date ranges for albums	[32] [33]	Unsure
Ireland	requires certyear Certifications currently unavailable Certifications from 2005 to 2013 available on irishcharts.ie	?	Unsure
Italy	requires relyear for sales	[34] [35] [36] [37]	Shipments
Japan	requires certyear and certmonth Sales require relyear and sometimes relmonth Automatic citation for albums only	[38] [39]	Shipments
Mexico	Sales require relyear and sometimes relmonth Supports award=Platinum+Gold,award=Diamond+Gold,award=Platinum+Diamond and even award=Platinum+Diamond+Gold	[40]	Shipments
Netherlands	Manual search required Sales require relyear and sometimes relmonth	[41] [42] [43] [44]	Sales
New Zealand	type can be also be compilation Specifying recent=false uses Radioscope certifications which go April 2007 to July 2011. Specifying recent=book uses Scapolo, Dean (2007). The Complete New Zealand Music Charts: 1966 – 2006. Wellington: Maurienne House. ISBN 978-1877443-00-8. and id is the page number. Otherwise, uses nztop40.co.nz which has charts from 1975. id required, the chart number and domestic=true is supported. Sales require <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">relyear</syntaxhighlight> and sometimes <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">relmonth</syntaxhighlight>.	[45] [46]	Depends
Norway	Sales require relyear and sometimes relmonth	[47] [48] [49] [50]	Sales
Philippines	Sales require <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">certyear</syntaxhighlight> and sometimes <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">certmonth</syntaxhighlight> Supports <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">domestic=true</syntaxhighlight>	Philippine Association of the Record Industry#Certification levels	Sales
Poland	type can only be album/video Sales require relyear and sometimes relmonth requires certyear supports domestic=true	[51] [52]	Sales
Portugal	if recent=true (from 2007) specify certyear. Otherwise requires id in the format XXXXYY where XXXX is the year and YY is the week in which the title charted	[53] [54] [55]	Unsure
Russia	requires certyear Sales require relyear and sometimes relmonth supports domestic=true Automatic citation for albums only	[56]	Sales
South Korea		[57]	Sales
Spain	Requires <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">certyear</syntaxhighlight>, the year in which the certification was made, and <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">certmonth</syntaxhighlight>, the week in which the title charted. Sales require relyear and sometimes relmonth and <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">relday</syntaxhighlight> For Original Tones and Digital Downloads, set <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">digital=true</syntaxhighlight>	Productores de Música de España#Certifications	Shipments
Sweden	requires certyear Sales require relyear and sometimes relmonth	[58] [59]	Depends
Switzerland	Sales require relyear Set domestic=true for repertoire in French and Italian	[60]	Unclear
United Kingdom	Manual search required if <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">id</syntaxhighlight> not specified Sales for singles require relyear Set discount=true for correct discount album sales figure. For albums, sales correct only from 1979	[61] [62]	Shipments
United States	Supports multidisc for multi-disc packages set Spanish for Spanish speaking Sales for singles require certyear To show correct sales/shipments footnote for digital singles, set digital=true For correct Spanish album sales figures, use certyear and sometimes certmonth and even certday	[63] [64] [65] [66]	Shipments
Uruguay	requires certyear	[67] [68] [69] [70]	Unclear

IFPI summary tables: September 2010, January 2009, October 2007, 2005/2006

Tracking categories

• Category:Pages using certification Table Entry with unknown parameters (41)
• Category:Pages using Certification Table Entry-Sales with missing information (9)
• Category:Certification Table Entry usages for unsupported region without source (1)
• Category:Pages using certification Table Entry without certification (25)
• Category:Certification Table Entry usages for unsupported region (23)
• Category:Cite certification used with missing parameters (76) (indirectly, through calling {{cite certification}})

Unless nocat is set, the template categorizes the page in which it was used in a category "Certification Table Entry usages for X", where X is the region. This is used to keep track of template usage and to ease maintenance in case all certifications for a region must be corrected. See Category:Certification Table Entry usages (40).

See also

• {{Certification}}
• {{Cite certification}}