Baba Yetu

2005 song by Christopher Tin ft. Ron Ragin and Stanford Talisman
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q29298
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Baba Yetu

Summary

Baba Yetu is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,022 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Baba Yetu received the Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals[3].
  • Baba Yetu received the Independent Music Awards[4].
  • Baba Yetu's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[5].
  • Baba Yetu's composer is recorded as Christopher Tin[6].
  • Baba Yetu was published by Alfred Music Publishing[7].
  • Baba Yetu's genre is video game music[8].
  • Baba Yetu's genre is world music[9].
  • Baba Yetu's based on is recorded as Lord's Prayer[10].
  • Among the performers on Baba Yetu was Stanford Talisman[11].
  • Baba Yetu was performed by Soweto Gospel Choir[12].
  • Among the performers on Baba Yetu was Ron Ragin[13].
  • Baba Yetu's record label is recorded as 2K[14].
  • Baba Yetu is part of Calling All Dawns[15].
  • Baba Yetu is part of The Dubai Fountain[16].
  • Baba Yetu's language of work or name is recorded as Swahili[17].
  • Baba Yetu's country of origin is recorded as United States[18].
  • Baba Yetu was released on October 2005[19].
  • Baba Yetu's present in work is recorded as Q2377[20].
  • Baba Yetu's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+210'}[21].
  • Baba Yetu's has lyrics is recorded as Lord's Prayer[22].
  • Baba Yetu's form of creative work is recorded as song[23].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[24]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 5a680e86-fbfc-3eb8-9d72-fe0584eb1d2c[25]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Baba Yetu was published by Alfred Music Publishing[7]. Performers include Stanford Talisman[11], Soweto Gospel Choir[12], and Ron Ragin[13].

Publication

Baba Yetu was published on October 2005[19]. Its language of work or name is recorded as Swahili[17]. Genres include video game music[8] and world music[9]. Part of include Calling All Dawns[15], an album[26] and The Dubai Fountain[16], a fountain[27], in United Arab Emirates[28].

Reception

Awards received include Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals[3], a Grammy Awards[29], in United States[30], founded in 1963[31] and Independent Music Awards[4], an award[32], founded in 2001[33].

Why It Matters

Baba Yetu ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,022 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

FAQs

What awards did Baba Yetu receive?

Honors received include Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals[3] and Independent Music Awards[4].

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. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] . independentmusicawards.com. Retrieved . independentmusicawards.com. Provenance: 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] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [28] . 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. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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