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== Usage ==<br />
This template returns the URL for the page about the artist on the Billboard site. <br />
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If called with the bio flag set to true, it will create a link to the artist's biography page, i.e. {{tlx|BillboardURLbyName|artist=Diddy|bio{{=}}true}} yields {{BillboardURLbyName|artist=Diddy|bio=true}}.<br />
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If the bio flag is not set, the chart paramenter will generate a link to the page showing the given artist's performance on a specific chart. For example, {{tlx|BillboardURLbyName|artist{{=}}Shakira{{!}}chart{{=}}Hot 100}} will generate {{BillboardURLbyName|artist=Shakira|chart=Hot 100}}. The chart name mapping is documented at {{tl|BillboardChartNum}}. The artist name is case insensitive, but, aside from that, 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. <br />
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If the chart is specified as "all", the link will be to the main chart page for the artist, using Billboards default "main chart". All charts are selectable from there.<br />
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The Billboard name may not match Wikipedia's naming: for example, an article about a song by [[Kesha]] needs to use {{tlx|BillboardURLbyName|artist{{=}}Ke$ha{{!}}chart{{=}}Hot 100}}, because Billboard uses "Ke$ha" for the artist's name. That generates {{BillboardURLbyName|artist=Ke$ha|chart=Hot 100}}, while {{tlx|BillboardURLbyName|artist{{=}}Kesha{{!}}chart{{=}}Hot 100}} will generate {{BillboardURLbyName|artist=Kesha|chart=Hot 100}}. Because the artist name is case insensitive, other strings that will work include "[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=KE$HA|chart=Hot 100}} KE$HA]", "[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=ke$ha|chart=Hot 100}} ke$ha]" and even "[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=kE$hA|chart=Hot 100}} kE$hA]".<br />
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This template is normally used within citations, i.e.<br />
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*<nowiki><ref>{{cite web |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=Jennifer Lopez|chart=Hot 100}}|title=Jennifer Lopez Album & Song Chart History|work=Billboard|accessdate=June 10, 2011}}</ref></nowiki><ref>{{cite web |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=Jennifer Lopez|chart=Hot 100}}|title=Jennifer Lopez Album & Song Chart History|work=Billboard|accessdate=June 10, 2011}}</ref><br />
*<nowiki><ref>[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=Jennifer Lopez|chart=Hot 100}} Jennifer Lopez Album & Song Chart History]</ref></nowiki><ref>[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=Jennifer Lopez|chart=Hot 100}} Jennifer Lopez Album & Song Chart History]</ref><br />
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== Maintenance categories ==<br />
This template will automatically categorize articles with invalid artist names in [[:Category:Articles using Billboard ID with invalid artist]]. An invalid artist name is one that the template is unable to find in the {{tl|BillboardID}} subtemplate corresponding to the first letter in that artist's name.<br />
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Articles with invalid chart names are placed in [[:Category:Articles using BillboardChartNum with invalid chart name]].<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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