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Usage

This template returns the URL for the page on the Billboard site showing a given artist's performance on a specific chart. For example, {{BillboardURLbyName|artist=Shakira|chart=Hot 100}} will generate https://www.billboard.com/music/shakira/chart-history/hot-100. The chart name mapping is documented at {{BillboardChartNum}}. The artist name must match the one used on the Billboard site precisely: no allowances are made for cases like "&" vs. "and", and Billboard is extremely inconsistent about the use of a leading "The" in a band's name.

The Billboard name may not match Wikipedia's naming: for example, an article about a song by Kesha needs to use {{BillboardURLbyName|artist=Ke$ha|chart=Hot 100}}, because Billboard uses "Ke$ha" for the artist's name. That generates https://www.billboard.com/music/ke$ha/chart-history/hot-100, while {{BillboardURLbyName|artist=Kesha|chart=Hot 100}} will generate https://www.billboard.com/music/kesha/chart-history/hot-100

This template is normally used within citations, i.e.

  • <ref>{{cite web |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=Jennifer Lopez|chart=Hot 100}}|title=Jennifer Lopez Album & Song Chart History|work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=June 10, 2011}}</ref>[1]
  • <ref>[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=Jennifer Lopez|chart=Hot 100}} Jennifer Lopez Album & Song Chart History]</ref>[2]
  1. "Jennifer Lopez Album & Song Chart History". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
  2. Jennifer Lopez Album & Song Chart History

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