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album

grouping of album releases by an artist usually released at the same time with the same title and tracks but in different formats for consumption (digital, CD, LP)
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album

Summary

album is a music release type[1]. album draws 5,254 Wikipedia views per month (music_release_type category, ranking #2 of 9).[2]

Key Facts

  • album's instance of is recorded as music release type[3].
  • album is a type of release group[4].
  • album's Commons category is recorded as Music albums[5].
  • album comprises album release[6].
  • album's significant event is recorded as launch[7].
  • album's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Albums[8].
  • album's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox album[9].
  • album's equivalent class is recorded as http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Album[10].
  • album's equivalent class is recorded as https://musicbrainz.org/doc/Release_Group/Type#Album[11].
  • album's properties for this type is recorded as P175[12].
  • album's properties for this type is recorded as P1476[13].
  • album's properties for this type is recorded as P407[14].
  • album's properties for this type is recorded as P7937[15].
  • album's properties for this type is recorded as P577[16].
  • album's properties for this type is recorded as P264[17].
  • album's properties for this type is recorded as P483[18].
  • album's properties for this type is recorded as P136[19].
  • album's properties for this type is recorded as P291[20].
  • album's properties for this type is recorded as P162[21].
  • album's properties for this type is recorded as P658[22].
  • album's properties for this type is recorded as P2047[23].
  • album's properties for this type is recorded as P2635[24].
  • album's properties for this type is recorded as P437[25].
  • album's properties for this type is recorded as P2291[26].
  • album's properties for this type is recorded as P444[27].

Body

Definition and Type

album's instance of is recorded as music release type[3]. album is a type of release group[4].

Use and Application

album comprises album release[6].

Why It Matters

album draws 5,254 Wikipedia views per month (music_release_type category, ranking #2 of 9).[2] album has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] album is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Anticeri · 2026-06-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → album release
    Subclass of → —
    Significant event → launch
    Instance of → music release type
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Cleanup: remove wikimedia refs; downgrade preferred ranks ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
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