Wikipedia:Record charts/Sourcing guide

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Typical sources for record charts and archives, by country

Country	Charts					Archives				Comments
	Albums		Singles
	Sales	Certifications	Sales	Airplay	Certifications	Acharts.co	Charts-Surfer.de	Top40-Charts.com	Hung Medien
Argentina	CAPIF	CAPIF (until 2010)	CAPIF	Monitor Latino						Direct links to the charts are not available.
			Billboard (from 2018)
Australia	ARIA Charts Hung Medien	ARIA (from 1990 - annual/monthly) ARIA Charts (from 2019 - weekly)	ARIA Charts Hung Medien		ARIA (from 1990 - annual/monthly) ARIA Charts (from 2019 - weekly)					Recent charts are listed at Sourcing guide/Australia. Pandora has an archive, keyword searchable through Trove. Kent Music Report was the accepted chart from 1976 to June 1988, but is not available online. The Hung Medien Australian-charts.com may contain user-generated info (see RfC).
Austria	Austria Top 40 oe3.ORF.at Hung Medien	IFPI (from 1990)	Austria Top 40 oe3.ORF.at Hung Medien		IFPI (from 1990)
Belgium (Flanders)	Ultratop	Ultratop (from 1995)	Ultratop		Ultratop (from 1995)					Dutch- and French-speaking sections of Belgium are charted separately, but the certifications in each one are for the whole country.
Belgium (Wallonia)	Ultratop	Ultratop (from 1995)	Ultratop		Ultratop (from 1995)
Brazil	Billboard (until April 2017, manual archive required)	Pro-Música (from 1990)	União Brasileira de Compositores (weekly streaming chart) Pro-Música (monthly streaming chart)	See Notes Billboard (weekly until January 2019) Crowley Broadcast Analysis (since 2018)	Pro-Música (from 2008)					Crowley Broadcast Analysis's Top 100 Brasil chart is fully accessible by free log-in and archived. União Brasileira de Compositores weekly streaming chart and Pro-Música's monthly streaming chart both have accessible archives. The (now defunct) album chart is poorly formatted and difficult to navigate. Detailed navigation help is available here.The Hot 100 Airplay and Hot Pop Songs charts from Billboard Brasil magazine are acceptable, but not archived. These charts can be included only by referencing the physical magazine, not the online chart. The remaining charts from Billboard Brasil are from individual Brazilian states, and generally should not be used.
Bulgaria				Prophon
Canada	Billboard	Music Canada	Billboard		Music Canada					Acharts.coarchives Canadian Hot 100 only. Sales for albums and singles are archived at Billboard.
	RPM		RPM							RPM contains information for music from 1964–2000; charts are archived by Collections Canada, although some are missing from the collection. Prior to 1964, the CHUM Chart is a valid alternative to RPM, as it was considered the de facto national chart in that period; however, as of 1964, CHUM lost its special status and became just a regular single-station chart. (The CHUM Chart has been republished in book form, and ChumTribute.com archives an online version.)
	The Record		The Record							No known online archive exists; however, Canadian music historian Nanda Lwin has published several books covering the magazine's chart history.
Czech Republic	IFPI		IFPI	IFPI
Denmark	IFPI Hung Medien	IFPI (from 2001) IFPI (from 2011)	IFPI Hung Medien	IFPI	IFPI (from 2007) IFPI (from 2011)					Both IFPI and Hung Medien contain archives back to 2001. Prior to 2001 only known archive is from Billboard Magazine Hits of the World section.
Estonia	Eesti Tipp-40 - Eesti Ekspress		Eesti Tipp-40 - Eesti Ekspress							Both Eesti Tipp-40 single and album charts are posted weekly by the Eesti Ekspress journalist Siim Nestor. The journalist's Eesti Ekspress author page has the history of charts that have been published. Three charts are published every week - when clicking on each chart article, it opens automatically on the Eesti Lood Tipp-40 (the local Estonian chart), but at the top of the table you can access the Album Tipp-40 (album chart) and Singlid Tipp-40 (singles chart) by clicking on the aforementioned chart names.
Finland	Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland Hung Medien	IFPI (until 2015)	Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland Hung Medien	IFPI	IFPI (until 2015)					Search available at ifpi.fi. Click "Albumit - viikko xx/xxxx »" for albums or "Singlet - viikko xx/xxxx »" for singles. There is also a download chart at latauslista.fi, but this should be treated as a component chart: it should be used only when the main chart was not entered.
France	SNEP Hung Medien InfoDisc	SNEP InfoDisc	SNEP Hung Medien	SNEP	SNEP InfoDisc					SNEP charts are found under tab labelled "Les Tops".
Germany	GfK Entertainment	BVMI	GfK Entertainment	Nielsen Radio Monitor Top 100	BVMI
Greece	IFPI Hung Medien (2010-2011)	IFPI (until 2013)	IFPI	IFPI	IFPI					The IFPI chart only shows the current week, to see previous weeks and years use archive.org. However this has only been sporadically archived but the chart table does include Best Position which may be helpful for any missing weeks. In their ancient charts, IFPI also listed any certifications given under the Awards column. G=gold, P=platinum 2P=2×platinum etc. Again use archive.org to see previous certifications. Webcitation.org also has a number of cached pages going back to January 2010.
Hungary	MAHASZ	MAHASZ (from 2000)	MAHASZ	MAHASZ	MAHASZ					Archived at MAHASZ. The Editors' Choice Top 40 should not be used: this is a critic's list, not a reflection of sales or airplay.
India		IMI	IMI		IMI
Indonesia			Billboard Indonesia							Actually, Indonesia has record tracking organization called "ASIRI" (Indonesia Recording Industry Association) but they are not actively tracking record sales.
Ireland	IRMA OCC Top 50	IRMA (2005–2013)	IRMA OCC Top 50	Radio Monitor Top 100						Archived at IrishCharts.ie (only for singles).
Israel				Media Forest
Italy	FIMI Hung Medien	FIMI (from 2009)	FIMI Hung Medien		FIMI (from 2009)					Archived at FIMI. NOTE: FIMI site shows full charts for albums and singles, while Hung Medien only shows Top 20 for both chart types.
Japan	Oricon Billboard	RIAJ (from 1989)	Oricon Billboard RIAJ Digital Track Chart		RIAJ (from 1989)					Detailed navigation help is available due to language difficulties/explanations; on what each chart (Oricon/Billboard/RIAJ) are specifically used for, click here.
			Japan Hot 100 Singles
Korea	Music Industry Association of Korea (monthly from 1999 to mid-2008) Circle Album Chart (weekly from 2010)	Circle (from 2018)	Circle Digital Chart (from 2010)		Circle (from 2018)					Note: The Circle Chart was known as the Gaon Chart from its founding in 2010 until July 7, 2022. When sourcing peak chart positions, use the weekly Circle Digital Chart (for singles) and the weekly Circle Album Chart (for albums). For singles sales prior to 2018, see the weekly, monthly, and yearly Circle Download Chart; as of 2018, Circle does not publish singles sales data. For album sales, see the monthly or yearly Circle Album Chart; as of July 7, 2022, Circle also publishes weekly album sales data. Prior to 2019, there were three tabs above every chart: 종합 (cumulative chart), 국내 (domestic chart), and 국외 (foreign chart). Use cumulative chart positions. Clearly note if the "foreign chart" is used instead. (Note: the foreign chart includes releases by non-Korean artists, as well as foreign-language releases by Korean artists.)
			Billboard K-pop Hot 100 (2011 to 2014, and 2017 to 2022)							K-Pop Hot 100 charts dating from November 2, 2019 to April 30, 2022 are available on the Billboard website. Archived links to these and older charts can be found here.
Mexico	AMPROFON Hung Medien (2007-2011)	AMPROFON (from 1999)		Mexican Airplay (manual archive required)	AMPROFON					Both current charts need to be manually archived. NOTE: The certifications posted on the Mexican Airplay chart are from the RIAA, not AMPROFON.
Netherlands	NVPI GfK	NVPI	NVPI GfK Dutch Single Top 100		NVPI					Weekly archive incorporated directly into charts.
			Dutch Top 40	Dutch Top 40
New Zealand	RMNZ Hung Medien	RMNZ RadioScope archive (2007-04-22 to 2011-07-17) Adabow has access to a book which lists most peak chart positions and certifications up to 2006	RMNZ Hung Medien		RMNZ RadioScope archive (2007-05-20 to 2011-08-21) Adabow has access to a book which lists most peak chart positions and certifications up to 2006					To link to an individual chart (January 2003 onward), select from the "Chart Archive" in the top right corner. You will be taken to a new URL which is a direct link. For old charts (prior to November 2011), use the format http://rianz.org.nz/rianz/oldchart.asp?chartNum=XXXX&chartKind=Y with XXXX as a chart number and Y as the kind of chart (S=singles, A=albums, D=DVDs, C=compilations, H=heatseekers [up to 2007-05-21]/ radio airplay [2007-05-28 to 2011-10-31])
Norway	VG-lista IFPI Hung Medien	IFPI (1993–2011) IFPI (from 2011 to date)	VG-lista IFPI Hung Medien	IFPI	IFPI (1993–2011) IFPI (from 2011 to date)					The complete archive (except Midprice and Airplay chart) is on VG-lista
Philippines			Philippines Songs (Billboard)							In February 2022, Billboard inaugurated Philippines Songs, a chart documenting the streaming and digital download activity in the Philippines.
Poland	OLiS (2000-2023) OLiS (from 2023)	ZPAV – Gold ZPAV – Platinum ZPAV – Diamond OLiS	OLiS	Airplay Top 20 (archive) OLiS	ZPAV – Gold ZPAV – Platinum ZPAV – Diamond OLiS
Portugal	Audiogest Hung Medien	AFP 1 (2004–2012 - weekly) AFP 2 (2007–2010 - annual) Audiogest (from 2018)	Audiogest Hung Medien	Audiogest	Audiogest (from 2018)					Charts from 2018 to date can be found on the tab "Tops Musicais".
Romania				Romanian Top 100 (1996–2012) Airplay 100 (2012–2021) UPFR (2008–2011, since 2021) Media Forest (since 2009) Romania Songs (since 2022)						The radio airplay chart Romanian Top 100 is to be used for Romanian peaks until its cancellation in February 2012 (archives can be found here). Beginning with 26 February 2012 and ending 28 November 2021, the Airplay 100 — based on both radio and television airplay throughout Romania — replaced the Romanian Top 100 and served as the country's national singles chart (archives can be found here). Media Forest, the compiler of both the Romanian Top 100 and the Airplay 100, also weekly publishes split radio and television airplay charts on their website, which can be used as further charts (see this, this and this) alongside the Romanian Top 100, Airplay 100, charts published by Uniunea Producătorilor de Fonograme din România (UPFR). UPFR had briefly published airplay charts from 2008 to 2011, which may be used if the Romanian Top 100 lacks archives, and resumed the publication of charts in November 2021 (archives can be found here). Is there no other chart available for a specific date, then the Media Forest charts should be used as the main ones. In February 2022, Billboard inaugurated Romania Songs, a chart documenting the streaming and digital download activity in Romania; this ranking can be used interchangeably with the UPFR charts (archives for Romania Songs can be found here).
Russia				Tophit.com
Slovakia	IFPI		IFPI	IFPI
South Africa		RISA	TOSAC (from 2021)	EMA (2015-2016) TOSAC (from 2021)	RISA					Only if the song/artist has not charted on the TOSAC Local & International Streaming Chart, may the Billboard South Africa Songs or Local & International Radio charts be used.
Spain	PROMUSICAE El portal de Música Hung Medien	PROMUSICAE El portal de Música (from 2009) El portal de Música (from 1994)	PROMUSICAE El portal de Música Hung Medien	PROMUSICAE El portal de Música	PROMUSICAE El portal de Música (from 2009) El portal de Música (from 1994)	Prior to January 12, 2009, the charts published at PROMUSICAE, www.spanishcharts.com, and Acharts.co were identical, and were based on physical sales. After that date, PROMUSICAE began to publish a more comprehensive chart, which included downloads, but www.spanishcharts.com and Acharts.co continued to publish only the physical chart. This means that for songs which charted prior to January 12, 2009, either source can be used. After January 12, 2009, if a song charted on both, then the PROMUSICAE chart should be used. Spanishcharts.com/Acharts.co should be used only for charting information after January 12, 2009, if the song did not chart on PROMUSICAE. Links to individual charts on PROMUSICAE can be made by using the search function, and then linking to the resulting PDF file. On July 5, 2009, Spanishcharts.com began publishing the more comprehensive chart as well including the complete archive back to January 2009.
Sweden	Sverigetopplistan (IFPI) Hung Medien	Sverigetopplistan (IFPI)	Sverigetopplistan (IFPI) Hung Medien		Sverigetopplistan (IFPI)					IPFI Sweden stopped adding new certifications to its official website some time ago but these old certifications can be accessed using archive.org All certifications, including historical ones can be seen on Sverigetopplistan but you will need to know or find the week & year the record was certified, or click in "Sök" at the top right corner to search an artist and check certifications along best positions. Individual weeks can now be linked to by copying the url.
Switzerland	Hung Medien	Hung Medien (from 1989)	Hung Medien	Hung Medien	Hung Medien (from 1989)					Weekly archive built into main list.
Switzerland (Romandy)	Hung Medien		Hung Medien
United Kingdom	OCC Top 100	BPI	OCC Top 100	Radio Monitor Top 100	BPI					Archives available at OCC. Note that for the period 1994–2001 Singles positions 76–100 found on the OCC website do not match the charts published at the time in the OCC-licensed magazine Hit Music (archived at Chart Log UK).
United States	Billboard 200	RIAA	Billboard Hot 100	Billboard Radio Songs	RIAA					Books published by Joel Whitburn cover many of the major Billboard genre-specific charts.
Country	Charts					Archives				Comments
	Albums		Singles
	Sales	Certifications	Sales	Airplay	Certifications	Acharts.co	Chart-Surfer.de	Top40-Charts.com	Hung Medien

Nielsen SoundScan International

Many countries have a digital songs chart compiled by Nielsen SoundScan International and published in Billboard Magazine in the Hits of the World page.