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This template is used to cite sources in Wikipedia. It is specifically for recorded musical single releases: singles. A similar template for use when citing sources for musical albums can be found at Template:Album chart; however, for EPs or other releases, it has not yet been developed.

In general, the template expands to produce a table row with the information country, record chart, reference, and peak position for the given single on the particular chart. Tables of such information are commonly used in Wikipedia articles on singles, albums, discographies and artists.

This template does not verify any positions or chart appearances. It primarily provides a reference URL believed to be associated with a reliable source for a recognised chart. The reference URL itself is also not checked. Entering an incorrect or alternative spelling of a song title can produce a bad link, for example. Individual editors will need to follow the URLs generated by the template to verify their usefulness before walking away from an edited article.

Usage

This template outputs data suitable for inclusion within a record chart table. It will produce a referenced chart name and a position. It can be used as a part of a larger table, or a series of cells can be used to create a chart. This template does not create the surrounding table markup.

All field names used must be in lowercase.

You can copy a blank version to use. Remember to use the "|" (pipe) character between each field. Please delete any unused fields to avoid clutter in the edit window.

The template has the following syntax:

Template syntax for Template:Single chart
Full version (copy and paste text below and delete parameters you don't need)
`((single chart \|(Chart identifier) \|(Peak position) \|song= \|songid= \|artist= \|chartid= \|artistid= \|url= \|urltitle= \|date= \|year= \|week= \|note= \|publish-date= \|access-date= \|refname= \|refgroup= \|rowheader= ))` It is a good practice to always include "song=" and "artist=", even though some uses of the template do not require them. This makes it easier to modify the template in the future if there is a change in the archives referenced by the template. In addition, the artist parameter is used by default to name references for reuse elsewhere in the article. `rowheader` defaults to `false`. If set to `true`, the chart name will be output as a header, as indicated by WP:ACCESS#Data tables. In most cases, it should be true.

Fields

The parameters publish-date, access-date, and refname are optional. Whether the other parameters are required or not depend on the chart being referenced. See the tables in the Support section below.

(Chart identifier) (or first parameter, without name): Chart identifier. Must be one of the options listed under Chart ID in the tables of the Support section below. Often named as a country or nationality (e.g., Spain or Spanish), but sometimes named for a specific chart (e.g., Billboardjapanhot100). Some charts allow more than one identifier; the results produced are identical.
(Peak position) (or second parameter, without name): The number you found to be the peak position achieved by the single on the specific chart to date. If the song has not appeared on the chart (due to low popularity or lack of release in a country), you can enter a dash (–, not a hyphen -). Usually, it's better to omit the template completely.
song: Title of the single. Made-up words, slang, "hip" spellings, tricky punctuation, etc., can make this parameter difficult to correctly determine. Make sure to check the resulting reference URL (Preview) before saving the definitive version of the article.
songid: Numeric identifier used by some chart listings (see CIS below). Determined by performing a search at the chart listings' website for the single, The songid can be found in the Web address (URL) by inspection. For example, the page for "In My Mind" at tophit.ru has the URL https://tophit.ru/ru/tracks/88003/, so the songid to use is 88003.
id: Obsolete. Used in some cases in the same manner songid is used
artist: Name of the single's performer. As for the song parameter, odd spellings and clever stylings (e.g., Ke$ha) can make this parameter difficult to correctly determine. The German chart, for example, typically requires names in lastname,firstname format. Make sure to check the resulting reference URL (Preview) before saving the definitive version of the article. Also note that this parameter is required for all charts where you are reusing the references using the default naming (see Output section below). If you use the refname parameter, however, artist may not be absolutely necessary.
artistid: Numeric identifier used by some chart listings (see UKsinglesbyname below). Determined by performing a search at the chart listings' website for the artist, The artistid can be found in the Web address (URL) by inspection. For example, the page for Madonna at www.officialcharts.com has the URL https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/28948/madonna/, so the artistid to use is 28948.
chartid: Numeric identifier used by some chart listings, see support below
url: The URL of the reference where you found the song's peak position for the chart. Used only for particular charts (see Support tables) where there is no indexing system, not necessary (or even used) for others.
urltitle: The title of the page for the reference where you found the song's peak position for the chart. Used in combination with the url parameter, and only for particular charts (see Support tables) where there is no indexing system, not necessary (or even used) for others.
date: Date of the chart in the format YYYYMMDD or another format specified, indicating year (Y), month (M) and day (D). Used only for certain charts; not necessary (or even used) for others. This date is used solely to create the reference URL to the download chart, and is not displayed textually in the references list. For general citation of any chart's publication date, use the optional publish-date parameter.
year: Four-digit year indicating the year being reported by the chart. Used in combination with the week parameter and only for certain charts; not necessary (or even used) for others. Not necessarily the same as the publication date referred to by publish-date.
week: Two-digit week indicating the week being reported by the chart. Week is a number from 01 to 53, with a leading 0 for weeks 01-09 (some charts do not require the leading zero; consult Support tables below). Used in combination with the year parameter and only for certain charts; not necessary (or even used) for others. Not necessarily related to the publication date referred to by publish-date.
note: For adding a note about a particular version of a song, e.g., note=extended dance mix, or ((single chart|Australia|1|song=I'm the Urban Spaceman|artist=The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band|note=uncensored version)).
publish-date: Date of publication of the reference generated by the template, in the same format as other dates in citations in the same article. Optional parameter.
access-date: Date that the reference generated by the template was retrieved to determine peak position. Should be in the same format as other dates in citations in the same article. Optional parameter.
refname: Enables you to specify a name for the reference generated by the template. If no value is provided for refname the default reference name (in the form sc_Chartid_artist, see Output below) will be used. A reference with a name can be reused for claims elsewhere in the article. Optional parameter.
refgroup: Enables you to specify a name for the reference group. Optional parameter.
page: Used when referencing a book, see below where needed.

Template data

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Single chart in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Single chart

Creates a table row for a recognized single chart

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Chart identifier	`1`	Chart name: recognized values are listed at Template:Single chart/doc	String	required
Chart position	`2`	Peak position on the chart	Number	required
artist	`artist`	Artist name as listed on the source chart	String	required
song	`song`	Song title as listed on the source chart	String	required
reference name	`refname`	Names the reference created by the template so that it may be used elsewhere in the article	String	required
Notes	`chartnote`	Any special notes about this version here. Typically used to distinguish versions , i.e. 'reggae mix' vs. 'dubsteb version'	String	optional
year	`year`	Year in which the chart position occurred; format: yyyy; required for Czech Republic, all Hungarian charts, all Romanian charts, Ireland, Israeliairplay	Number	optional
week	`week`	Week number (1–53); required for Czech Republic, all Hungarian charts, all Romanian charts, Ireland, Israeliairplay	Number	optional
URL	`url`	Required for Bulgarian charts (must be from www.bamp-bg.org), and for Australiapandora (must be from pandora.nla.gov.au)	Number	optional
date of publishing	`publish-date` `publishdate`	Date of chart, as used in prose. Free-format date (using a format acceptable at MOS:DATE) indicating when the chart was released	String	optional
date	`date`	Date of chart, as used in a URL string. Required for Frenchdigital (format yyyymmdd with no spaces) or any UK chart (format yyyy-mm-dd )	Number	optional
access date	`access-date` `accessdate`	Free-format date (using a format acceptable at MOS:DATE) showing when this information was verified by an editor	String	optional
Row header control	`rowheader`	When set to true, the chart name will be treated as a row header	String	optional
refgroup	`refgroup`	no description	Unknown	optional
note	`note`	no description	Unknown	optional
urltitle	`urltitle`	no description	Unknown	optional
page	`page`	no description	Unknown	optional
chartid	`chartid`	no description	Unknown	optional
songid	`songid`	no description	Unknown	optional
artistid	`artistid`	no description	Unknown	optional
id	`id`	no description	Unknown	optional

Output

The template's expansion results in two output items:

a row of output for a two-cell table row, and
a reference

The output row includes the piping character to divide the left cell from the right cell. The left cell includes the country and/or chart name, with wikilinks to the chart article(s), as well as the reference note^[n] as if it were enclosed in <ref></ref> tags. Any note included with the note parameter is shown in the left cell as well. The right cell contains the peak position number, including the code to horizontally center the number in the table cell.

The citation generated by this template will appear in the list in place of <references /> or the ((reflist)) template, like any other references. The reference produced will be given a name in the form "sc_Chartid_artist" by default, i.e., if the article uses

then the citation could be used to support other statements on the page using a reference as in

...some fact supported by the same source.<ref name="sc_Australia_Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band"/>

Alternatively, the name can be overridden using the refname parameter, i.e.,

which could then be used as a citation to support other statements on the page using a reference as in

...some fact supported by the same source.<ref name=bonzosinoz/>

Note that the refname parameter does not require the use of quotation marks, but names with spaces in them will necessitate quotation marks in the name parameter of <ref> (for example, you would need to use <ref name="bonzos in oz"/> if you used spaces in the name).

Brief examples of output with different parameters

A few quick examples of template usage and the corresponding output are shown here. More detailed examples with surrounding table code are in the Examples with table layout section below.

Example no. Coding (assumed inside a table row) Output (assumed with <references /> added)

Example 1

((single chart
  |Australia
  |18
  |artist=Shakira
  |song=She Wolf
  |rowheader=true))

Australia (ARIA)^[1]	18

^ "Shakira – She Wolf". ARIA Top 50 Singles.

Example 2

((single chart
  |Billboardcanadianhot100
  |5
  |artist=Shakira
  |rowheader=true))

Canada (Canadian Hot 100)^[1]	5

^ "Shakira Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard.

Example 3

((single chart
  |Frenchdigital
  |4
  |artist=Shakira
  |song=She Wolf
  |date=20091017
  |rowheader=true))

France Download (SNEP)^[1]	4

^ "lescharts.com – Français" (in French). Les classement de telechargement single.

Example 4

((single chart
  |Italy
  |3
  |artist=Shakira
  |song=Loba
  |note="Loba" (Spanish version)
  |refname=Italy1
  |rowheader=true))
|-
((single chart
  |Italy
  |11
  |artist=Shakira
  |song=She Wolf
  |note="She Wolf" (English version)
  |refname=Italy2
  |rowheader=true))

Note the use of the refname parameter to avoid causing a duplicate reference definition.

Italy (FIMI)^[1] "Loba" (Spanish version)	3
Italy (FIMI)^[2] "She Wolf" (English version)	11

Example 5

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Chart performance for "She Wolf"
|-
!scope="col"| Chart (2009)
!scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
((single chart |Flanders|16
  |artist=Shakira |song=She Wolf|rowheader=true))
|-
((single chart |Wallonia|5
  |artist=Shakira |song=She Wolf|rowheader=true))
|-
!scope="row"|[[Billboard Brasil|
Brazil ''Billboard'' Hot 100 Airplay]]<ref>
"Brazil Hot 100 Airplay" (in Portuguese).
Billboard Brasil (Brazil: bpp) (2): 79. November 2009.
ISSN 977-217605400-2</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
((single chart |Hungary|5|year=2009|week=14|rowheader=true))
|-
((single chart |Ireland|2 |year=2009 |week=40|rowheader=true))
|-
((single chart |Billboardjapanhot100|9
  |artist=Shakira|rowheader=true))
|-
((single chart|Poland|2|year=2013|chartid=532|rowheader=true))
|}

Chart performance for "She Wolf"
Chart (2009)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[1]	16
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)^[2]	5
Brazil Billboard Hot 100 Airplay^[3]	1
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)^[4]	5
Ireland (IRMA)^[5]	2
Japan (Japan Hot 100)^[6]	9
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)^[7]	2

^ "Shakira – She Wolf" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
^ "Shakira – She Wolf" (in French). Ultratop 50.
^ "Brazil Hot 100 Airplay" (in Portuguese). Billboard Brasil (Brazil: bpp) (2): 79. November 2009. ISSN 977-217605400-2
^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
^ "Chart Track: Week 40, 2009". Irish Singles Chart.
^ "Shakira Chart History (Japan Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ "Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video". Polish Airplay Top 100.

Error messages

As an aid to template users, certain checks are made to verify that the necessary parameters have been entered. (The actual references are not checked for whether they correctly support the peak position claimed or even if the link is functional, but some parameter entries are checked for appropriateness.) When a check determines that a required parameter is missing, an error message is generated in red. For example, if you forget the week or year value for the Hungary chart, the result in the article will look like:

Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)YEAR AND WEEK MANDATORY FIELDS FOR HUNGARIAN CHARTS	19

This is an (additional) incentive to preview the article page before saving your edits. Check the charts table as well as the references section for (typically red) error messages.

Support

The large number of charts published by Billboard allows for some uniformity in how one accesses their information. However, the other charts and archives used as references on Wikipedia, produced by a multitude of publishers, call for a varied approach when looking up chart positions. Below are two tables, the first for non-Billboard charts, the second for Billboard charts, currently supported by the ((single chart)) template. The parameters necessary to generate reference citations are shown in both tables for each supported chart.

Non-Billboard charts

Non-*Billboard* charts used in Template:Single chart
Chart ID	Actual chart name	Website used as archive	Required parameters	Notes
Australia Australian	ARIA	www.australian-charts.com	artist song
Australiapandora	ARIA	pandora.nla.gov.au	url urltitle artist*	This forces the use of the National Library of Australia archive for an Australian chart position. This is the only method of retrieving archived positions above 50.
Australiaurban	ARIA	pandora.nla.gov.au	url urltitle artist*	This forces the use of the National Library of Australia archive for an Australian chart position. This is the only archive for the Australian Urban chart.
AustraliaKent	Kent Music Report	none	page	Uses Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992: 23 years of hit singles & albums from the top 100 charts. St Ives, N.S.W, Australia: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. as the source
Austria Austrian	Ö3 Austria Top 40	www.austriancharts.at	artist song
Belgium (Wallonia) Wallonia	Ultratop 50	www.ultratop.be	artist song	Adding "Tip" after chart name (e.g., "Wallonia Tip") forces Ultratip reference or "Tip Bubbling Under" after chart name (e.g., "Wallonia Tip Bubbling Under") forces Ultratip Bubbling Under.
Belgium (Flanders) Flanders	Ultratop 50	www.ultratop.be	artist song	Adding "Tip" after chart name forces Ultratip reference or "Tip Bubbling Under" forces Ultratip Bubbling Under.
Bulgaria Bulgarian	IFPI at bamp-bg.org	www.bamp-bg.org	url urltitle artist*	The url parameter is validated to point at bamp-bg.org. The urltitle parameter should match the title from the page at that url. Unfortunately, the Bulgarian chart cannot be indexed automatically.
Canadaadultcontemporary	RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks	www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm	chartid	After searching, click on the desired result, then click on the chart to display a larger image. Use the chartid from the larger image.
Canadacountry	RPM Country Tracks	www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm	chartid	After searching, click on the desired result, then click on the chart to display a larger image. Use the chartid from the larger image.
Canadadance	RPM Dance/Urban	www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm	chartid	After searching, click on the desired result, then click on the chart to display a larger image. Use the chartid from the larger image.
Canadarock	RPM Rock/Alternative	www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm	chartid	After searching, click on the desired result, then click on the chart to display a larger image. Use the chartid from the larger image.
Canadatopsingles	RPM Top Singles	www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm	chartid	After searching, click on the desired result, then click on the chart to display a larger image. Use the chartid from the larger image.
CIS	Tophit Radio & YouTube Hits	tophit.ru	songid
Czech Republic	ČNS IFPI (Rádio Top 100)	www.ifpicr.cz	year week artist*	Year and week indicate the referenced chart. Week is a number from 01 to 53, with a leading 0 for weeks 01 to 09. A comment is generated in the reference to show what should be entered in the search table to produce the correct chart. Note that database includes only data since January 2006, thus data for songs released prior to January 2006 are incomplete.
Czechdigital	ČNS IFPI (Singles Digitál Top 100)	www.ifpicr.cz	year week artist*
Danish Denmark	Hitlisten	danishcharts.dk	artist song	When year and week are not present, this form (requiring artist and song) will provide a reference pointing to danishcharts.dk, which may vary from official positions for older songs. Includes chart positions from 2001.
Danish Denmark	Hitlisten	hitlisten.nu	artist song week year	Official Danish single charts. Cannot be used for chart positions before November 2007.
Danish Airplay Denmark Airplay	Hitlisten	hitlisten.nu	artist song week year	Official Danish airplay top 20 chart.
Dutch100	Single Top 100	www.dutchcharts.nl	artist song	Note that the table row for this Chart ID will expand as "Netherlands" and may appear incorrectly placed if you position it under "D" in an alphabetically sorted table.
Dutch40	Dutch Top 40	www.top40.nl	artist song	When year and week are not present, this form (requiring artist and song) will provide a reference pointing to a search results page without positions. Note that the table row for this Chart ID will expand as "Netherlands" and may appear incorrectly placed if you position it under "D" in an alphabetically sorted table.
Dutch40	Dutch Top 40	www.top40.nl	year week artist*	Year and week indicate the referenced chart. Week is a number from 1 to 53, without a leading 0 for weeks 1-9. Note that the table row for this Chart ID will expand as "Netherlands" and may appear incorrectly placed if you position it under "D" in an alphabetically sorted table.
Finnish Finland	Suomen virallinen lista	www.ifpi.fi	artist song
Finnishdownload latauslista	Suomen virallinen latauslista	www.ifpi.fi	artist	Non-Finnish artists: If the release has charted on the comprehensive chart above, this chart is to be omitted. Finnish artists: If the release has charted on the comprehensive chart (above) and not abroad, this chart can be added.
Finnishairplay radiosoittolista	Suomen virallinen radiosoittolista	www.ifpi.fi	artist	Non-Finnish artists: If the release has charted on the comprehensive chart above (Finnish/Finland), this chart is to be omitted. Finnish artists: If the release has charted on the comprehensive chart above (Finnish/Finland) and not abroad, this chart can be added.
Finnish2 Finland2	Suomen virallinen lista	finnishcharts.com	artist song
French France	SNEP	www.lescharts.com	artist song
Frenchdigital	SNEP	www.lescharts.com	artist song date	This forces a reference to the download chart, which is not returned in the summary results. date is an 8 digit number, YYYYMMDD
German Germany	Official German charts	www.offiziellecharts.de	artist song songid	Use West Germany for singles peaking before German reunification (October 3, 1990). songid is found by searching www.offiziellecharts.de for the song title, clicking on the correct (artist) version, then using the numeric part of the resulting URL.
West Germany	Official German charts	www.offiziellecharts.de	artist song songid year	For songs before German reunification – this chart identifier creates the same citation information as Germany, however it is labeled "West Germany" instead of "Germany". Specify the year for singles peaking before 1978 – this adds instructions in the text of the citation so the user can see the peak position. songid is found by searching www.offiziellecharts.de for the song title, clicking on the correct (artist) version, then using the numeric part of the resulting URL. Note that as long as a highest position (Höchstposition) is shown on this page, the year parameter is not needed.
Hungary Hungarian	Mahasz (Rádiós Top 40)	www.mahasz.hu	year week	This is the main, fully indexable Top 40 Radio airplay chart. A link is generated to the individual chart.
Hungarysingle	Mahasz (Single Top 40)	www.mahasz.hu	year week	A link is generated to the individual chart.
Hungarydance	Mahasz (Dance Top 40)	www.mahasz.hu	year week	A link is generated to the individual chart.
Hungarystream	Mahasz (Stream Top 40)	www.mahasz.hu	year week	A link is generated to the individual chart.
Ireland Irish	IRMA	www.chart-track.co.uk	year week artist*	Obsolete. Allowable values for week range from 1 to 53. Single-digit values do not need to be preceded with a 0. Only from 2000 to 2016
Ireland2	IRMA	irishcharts.ie	artist or song	If the song parameter is present, it provides a reference pointing to search results for the song, otherwise, it provides a URL including search results for the specified artists.
Ireland3	IRMA	www.irish-charts.com	artist	A link is generated to the artist's discography page.
Ireland4	Official Charts Company	www.officialcharts.com	date artist song	Date is formatted YYYYMMDD.
Italian Italy	FIMI	www.italiancharts.com	artist song
Japan Oricon	Oricon	https://www.oricon.co.jp	date	Links to the weekly single rankings. Page linked to does not contain the top position, but can be found by going to the individual song page, which can be linked directly through Japan2.
Japan2 Oricon2	Oricon	https://www.oricon.co.jp	artistid songid song	Links to the individual song page. URL structure is `https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/XXXXXX/products/XXXXXXX/1/` the first number is the artistid and the second the songid.
New Zealand	Recorded Music NZ	www.charts.nz	artist song
Norway	VG-lista	http://lista.vg.no/	artist song week year	When year and week are present, this form will provide a reference pointing to lista.vg.no/.
Poland	Polish music charts	http://bestsellery.zpav.pl/	chartid year	Archived from March 2010 to December 2022. `\|chartid=` is the end of the url for the chart, for example the chart of 25 December 2022 is at http://bestsellery.zpav.pl/airplays/top/archiwum.php?year=2022&idlisty=4318 so use `\|chartid=4318`
Poland2	Polish music charts	https://www.olis.pl/	date	From January 2023. Use `\|date=` in the format DD.MM.YYYY.
Polishdance	Polish Dance Chart	http://ozz.zpav.pl/	chartid	Archived from April 2010 to August 2018. `\|chartid=` is the end of the url for the chart, for example the chart of 16 November 2015 is at http://ozz.zpav.pl/muzykawbiznesie/toplistyprzebojow.php?idtypu=11&idlisty=1808 so use `\|chartid=1808`
Portugal	Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa	https://portuguesecharts.com/	song artist
Portugalairplay	Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa	https://www.audiogest.pt/	chartid	Archived from 2018. The value of `\|chartid=` is the end of the url for the chart, for example for the 22 December 2022 chart is at https://www.audiogest.pt/uploads/files/file_2023-01-02-04-18-58.pdf so use `\|chartid=file_2023-01-02-04-18-58.pdf`
Romaniaradioairplay	Romanian Radio Airplay Chart	mediaforest.ro	year week artist*	Year and week indicate the referenced chart. Week is a number from 01 to 53, with a leading 0 for weeks 01 to 09. To retrieve peak positions, the user may combine the "Romanian" and "International" columns by the number of broadcasts.
Romaniatvairplay	Romanian TV Airplay Chart	mediaforest.ro	year week artist*
Russia	Tophit	tophit.ru	date artist*	Date is formatted YYYY-MM-DD.
Scotland	Official Charts Company	www.officialcharts.com	date artist song	Date is formatted YYYYMMDD.
Slovakia Slovakian	ČNS IFPI (Rádio Top 100)	www.ifpicr.cz	year week artist*	Year and week indicate the referenced chart. Week is a number from 01 to 53, with a leading 0 for weeks 01 to 09. A comment is generated in the reference to show what should be entered in the search table to produce the correct chart. Hitparadask contains Rádio Top 100 archives from 200635 to 201634 and Singles Digitál Top 100 archives from 201426 to 201634, while Hitparada contains Rádio Top 100 and Singles Digitál Top 100 archives from 201643 onwards.
Slovakdigital	ČNS IFPI (Singles Digitál Top 100)	www.ifpicr.cz	year week artist*
South Africa	EMA	www.sa-ema.com	date	Date is formatted YYYY-MM-DD
Spain Spanish	PROMUSICAE	www.spanishcharts.com	artist song
Sweden Swedish	Sverigetopplistan	www.swedishcharts.com	artist song
Swiss Switzerland	Schweizer Hitparade	www.swisscharts.com	artist song
Swiss Romandy Romandy Suisse romande	Media Control	lescharts.ch	artist song
UK United Kingdom	Official Charts Company Main singles chart	www.officialcharts.com	date artist song	Date is formatted YYYYMMDD.
UKsinglesbyname	Official Charts Company Main singles chart	www.officialcharts.com	artist song artistid	This accesses the artist information page on officialcharts.com.
UKdance	Official Charts Company Dance singles chart	www.officialcharts.com	date artist song	Date is formatted YYYYMMDD.
UKdownload	Official Charts Company Download chart	www.officialcharts.com	date artist song	Date is formatted YYYYMMDD.
UKindependent UKindie	Official Charts Company Independent singles chart	www.officialcharts.com	date artist song	Date is formatted YYYYMMDD.
UKrandb	Official Charts Company R&B chart	www.officialcharts.com	date artist song	Date is formatted YYYYMMDD.
UKrock UKrockandmetal	Official Charts Company Rock and metal chart	www.officialcharts.com	date artist song	Date is formatted YYYYMMDD.
UKstreaming	Official Charts Company Streaming chart	www.officialcharts.com	date artist song	Date is formatted YYYYMMDD.
Ukraine	Tophit	tophit.ru	date artist*	Date is formatted YYYY-MM-DD.

Other non-Billboard charts are not currently supported by ((single chart)) and their use will need to be formatted and referenced manually (see the Brazil listing in Example 5 above). Be sure, however, not to use one of the deprecated charts.

* These charts require the artist parameter solely for the purposes of internal reference naming using the default format (see Output above). If you are using the refname parameter to override the default naming, or you are sure that the references are not being reused in the article, you omit artist for the marked charts. The use of song and title are recommended for all charts, however.

Billboard charts

Billboard charts all require the artist name.

*Billboard* charts used by Template:Single chart
Chart ID	Actual chart name	Website used as archive	Required parameters	Notes
~~Billboardbrasilhot100~~	Brasil Hot 100 Airplay	www.billboard.com	artist	defunct
Billboardcanadianhot100 Canada	Canadian Hot 100	www.billboard.com	artist
Billboardcanadaac	Canada AC	www.billboard.com	artist
Billboardcanadachrtop40	Canada CHR/Top 40	www.billboard.com	artist
Billboardcanadacountry	Canada Country	www.billboard.com	artist
Billboardcanadahotac	Canada Hot AC	www.billboard.com	artist
Billboardcanadarock	Canada Rock	www.billboard.com	artist
Billboardeurodigital	Euro Digital Songs	www.billboard.com/biz	artist
~~Billboardeuropeanhot100~~	European Hot 100 Singles	www.billboard.com	artist	defunct
Billboardjapanhot100	Japan Hot 100	www.billboard.com	artist
~~Luxembourgdigitalsongs~~	Luxembourg Digital Songs	www.billboard.com/biz	artist	defunct
~~Philippines~~	Philippine Hot 100	www.billboard.ph	date	defunct
~~Portugaldigitalsongs~~	Portugal Digital Songs	www.billboard.com/biz	artist	defunct
Billboardglobal200	Billboard Global 200	www.billboard.com/music	artist
Billboardhot100	Billboard Hot 100	www.billboard.com	artist
Billboardbubbling100	Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles	www.billboard.com	artist
Billboarddigitalsongs	Digital Songs	www.billboard.com	artist
Billboardradiosongs	Radio Songs	www.billboard.com	artist
Billboardchristiansongs	Hot Christian Songs	www.billboard.com	artist
Billboardcountrysongs	Hot Country Songs	www.billboard.com	artist
Billboarddanceelectronic	Hot Dance/Electronic Songs	www.billboard.com	artist
Billboardlatinsongs	Hot Latin Songs	www.billboard.com	artist
Billboardrandbhiphop	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	www.billboard.com	artist
Billboardrapsongs	Hot Rap Songs	www.billboard.com	artist
Billboardrocksongs	Hot Rock & Alternative Songs	www.billboard.com	artist
Billboardadultalternativesongs	Adult Alternative Songs	www.billboard.com	artist
Billboardadultcontemporary	Adult Contemporary	www.billboard.com	artist
Billboardadultrandbsongs	Adult R&B Songs	www.billboard.com	artist
Billboardadultpopsongs	Adult Top 40	www.billboard.com	artist
Billboardalternativesongs	Alternative Airplay	www.billboard.com	artist
Billboardchristianairplay	Christian Airplay	www.billboard.com	artist
Billboardcountryairplay	Country Airplay	www.billboard.com	artist
Billboarddanceclubplay	Dance Club Songs	www.billboard.com	artist
Billboarddanceairplay	Dance/Mix Show Airplay	www.billboard.com	artist
Billboardlatinairplay	Latin Airplay	www.billboard.com	artist
Billboardlatinpopsongs	Latin Pop Airplay	www.billboard.com	artist
Billboardmainstreamrock	Mainstream Rock	www.billboard.com	artist
Billboardpopsongs	Mainstream Top 40	www.billboard.com	artist
Billboardrandbhiphopairplay	R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay	www.billboard.com	artist
Billboardregionalmexican	Regional Mexican Airplay	www.billboard.com	artist
Billboardrhythmic	Rhythmic	www.billboard.com	artist
Billboardrockairplay	Rock Airplay	www.billboard.com	artist
Billboardsmoothjazzsongs	Smooth Jazz Songs	www.billboard.com	artist
Billboardlatintropical	Latin Tropical Airplay	www.billboard.com	artist
Billboardlatinrhythm	Latin Rhythm Airplay	www.billboard.com	artist
~~Billboardsinglessales~~	Hot Singles Sales	www.billboard.com	artist	defunct
~~Billboardbubblingrandbhiphop~~	Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	www.billboard.com	artist	defunct

Other Billboard charts are not currently supported by ((single chart)) and their use will need to be formatted and referenced manually (see the Brazil listing in Example 5 above). Be sure, however, not to use one of the deprecated charts.

Examples with table layout

Example with dummy data

Since this template produces only individual rows within a table, you will need to add (or already have) the table's framework in the article. Here is a sample table with its corresponding output:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Chart performance for "I'm the Urban Spaceman"
|-
!scope="col"| Chart
!scope="col"| Peak position
|-
!scope="row"| row 1, cell 1
| row 1, cell 2
|-
!scope="row"| row 2, cell 1
| row 2, cell 2
|-
 ((single chart|Australia|6|song=I'm the Urban Spaceman|artist=Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band|note=Happy Meal edition|rowheader=true))
|-
 ((single chart|Belgium (Wallonia)|4|song=I'm the Urban Spaceman|artist=Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band|rowheader=true))
|}

expands into:

Chart performance for "I'm the Urban Spaceman"
Chart	Peak position
row 1, cell 1	row 1, cell 2
row 2, cell 1	row 2, cell 2
Australia (ARIA)^[1] Happy Meal edition	6
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)^[2]	4

^ "Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band – I'm the Urban Spaceman". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
^ "Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band – I'm the Urban Spaceman" (in French). Ultratop 50.

Example with realistic data

This example is excerpted from actual usage at "Doesn't Mean Anything", with a couple of minor additions.

{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+Chart performance for "Doesn't Mean Anything"
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (2009)
!scope="col"|Peak<br />position
|-
((single chart|Australia|96|artist=Alicia Keys|song=Doesn't Mean Anything|rowheader=true))
|-
((single chart|Billboardcanadianhot100|66|artist=Alicia Keys|rowheader=true))
|-
((single chart|Czech Republic|31|artist=Alicia Keys|song=Doesn't Mean Anything|year=2010|week=01|rowheader=true))
|-
((single chart|Germany|8|artist=Keys,Alicia|song=Doesn't Mean Anything|songid=625466|note=Angela Merkel rap edition|rowheader=true))
|-
((single chart|Billboardjapanhot100|3|artist=Alicia Keys|rowheader=true))
|-
((single chart|Dutch100|43|artist=Alicia Keys|song=Doesn't Mean Anything|access-date=2010-02-28|rowheader=true))
|-
((single chart|New Zealand|22|artist=Alicia Keys|song=Doesn't Mean Anything|rowheader=true))
|-
((single chart|Slovakia|31|artist=Alicia Keys|song=Doesn't Mean Anything|week=52|year=2009|rowheader=true))
|-
((single chart|UKsinglesbyname |8|artist=Alicia Keys|song=Doesn't Mean Anything|artistid=10931|rowheader=true))
|-
((single chart|Billboardhot100|60|artist=Alicia Keys|rowheader=true))
|-
((single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|14|artist=Alicia Keys|rowheader=true))
|}

expands into:

Chart performance for "Doesn't Mean Anything"
Chart (2009)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[1]	96
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)^[2]	66
Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100)^[3]	31
Germany (Official German Charts)^[4] Angela Merkel rap edition	8
Japan (Japan Hot 100)^[5]	3
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[6]	43
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[7]	22
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)^[8]	31
UK Singles (OCC)^[9]	8
US Billboard Hot 100^[10]	60
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[11]	14

^ "Alicia Keys – Doesn't Mean Anything". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
^ "Alicia Keys Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Change the chart to CZ – RADIO – TOP 100 and insert 201001 into search.
^ "Keys,Alicia – Doesn't Mean Anything" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
^ "Alicia Keys Chart History (Japan Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ "Alicia Keys – Doesn't Mean Anything" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
^ "Alicia Keys – Doesn't Mean Anything". Top 40 Singles.
^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 200952 into search.
^ "Alicia Keys: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
^ "Alicia Keys Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ "Alicia Keys Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.

Limitations

Each Chart ID corresponds to only one output name — in the case of charts which have been renamed, this is usually the current/most recent name. This may be anachronistic for a given single. A workaround is to use |note= e.g.

Maintenance categories

To help maintain music articles, this template will automatically categorize articles that call it based on the parameters used in the reference.

Single chart used with missing parameters

Category:Single chart used with missing parameters contains a list of articles that have failed error checking because of missing parameters.

Single chart usages for chartname

This set of categories lists the calls for each possible chart name, i.e. Category:Single chart usages for Billboardhot100 contains all articles that have used the template to build a reference for the Billboard Hot 100. Note that alternate names are not handled gracefully: Category:Single chart usages for Denmark and Category:Single chart usages for Danish are separate categories.