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alt-J

English indie rock band
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alt-J

Summary

alt-J is a musical group[1]. alt-J ranks in the top 3% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,699 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • alt-J received the James Joyce Awards[3].
  • alt-J received the Mercury Prize[4].
  • alt-J's instance of is recorded as musical group[5].
  • alt-J's genre is art rock[6].
  • alt-J's genre is indie rock[7].
  • alt-J's genre is indie pop[8].
  • alt-J's genre is folktronica[9].
  • alt-J's record label is recorded as Infectious Music[10].
  • alt-J's record label is recorded as Atlantic Records[11].
  • alt-J's discography is recorded as alt-J discography[12].
  • alt-J's Commons category is recorded as Alt-J[13].
  • alt-J's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[14].
  • 2008 marks the founding of alt-J[15].
  • alt-J's location of formation is recorded as Leeds[16].
  • alt-J's official website is recorded as http://www.altjband.com/[17].
  • alt-J's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alt-J[18].
  • alt-J's topic has template is recorded as Template:Alt-J[19].
  • alt-J's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'alt-J'}[20].
  • alt-J's start of work period is recorded as 2007[21].
  • alt-J's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+473298'}[22].
  • alt-J's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+457971'}[23].
  • alt-J's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+448806'}[24].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[25]

  • Country: GB[26]

  • Began / founded: 2007[27]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, art pop, art rock, blues rock, electronic rock, experimental rock, folktronica, indie pop, indie rock, indietronica, trip hop[28]

  • Community tags: 2010s, alternative, alternative rock, art pop, art rock, blues rock, british, electronic rock, experimental rock, folktronica, indie, indie pop, indie rock, indietronica, trip hop[29]

  • MusicBrainz ID: fc7bbf00-fbaa-4736-986b-b3ac0266ca9b[30]

Body

Founding

2008 marks the founding of alt-J[15]. alt-J's location of formation is recorded as Leeds[16].

Recognition

Awards received include James Joyce Awards[3], a literary award[31], in Ireland[32] and Mercury Prize[4], an award[33], in United Kingdom[34], founded in 1992[35].

Why It Matters

alt-J ranks in the top 3% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,699 views/month).[2] alt-J has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] alt-J is known by 72 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

FAQs

What awards did alt-J receive?

Honors received include James Joyce Awards[3] and Mercury Prize[4].

Related Entities

Atlantic Records Leeds United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . 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.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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