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Boney M.

German and Caribbean disco and funk group
Organization musical_group Q156298
Boney M.
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Summary

Boney M. is a musical group[1]. Boney M. ranks in the top 0.23% of musical group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38,538 views/month, #48 of 20,490).[2]

Key Facts

  • Notable work: Baby Do You Wanna Bump[3], Daddy Cool[4], Sunny[5], Ma Baker[6], Belfast[7], Rivers of Babylon[8], Rasputin[9], Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord[10], Painter Man[11], Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday 1979[12], El Lute[13], I'm Born Again[14], I See a Boat on the River[15], Children of Paradise[16]
  • Award received: Goldene Stimmgabel[17]
  • Founder: Liz Mitchell[18], Marcia Barrett[19], Maizie Williams[20], Bobby Farrell[21]
  • Genre: Eurodisco[22], soul[23], pop music[24], reggae[25], Italo disco[26], disco[27], Hi-NRG[28]
  • Record label: Atlantic Records[29], Hansa Records[30], Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH[31], MCI[32], Ariola[33]
  • Discography: Boney M. discography[34]
  • Commons category: Boney M[35]
  • Country of origin: Germany[36], West Germany[37]
  • Has part(s): Liz Mitchell[38], Bobby Farrell[39], Maizie Williams[40], Marcia Barrett[41], Reggie Tsiboe[42]
  • Inception: 1975[43]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1986[44]
  • Location of formation: West Germany[45]
  • Official website: https://www.boney-m.tv[46]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Boney M.[47]

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[48]

  • Country: DE[49]

  • Began / founded: 1975[50]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1986[51]

  • Genre(s): dance-pop, disco, europop, pop, soul[52]

  • Community tags: dance-pop, disco, europop, pop, soul[53]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 5403bf6e-bc1d-4e62-b31f-926a2bf66a14[54]

Why It Matters

Boney M. has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] Boney M. is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]

FAQs

What awards did Boney M. receive?

Honors received include Goldene Stimmgabel[17].

Related Entities

Atlantic Records Bobby Farrell Germany West Germany

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [48] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [49] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [51] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [52] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [53] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [54] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [55] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [56] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic has template → Template:Boney M.
    Svkkl authority id → k0003638-Boney-M-hudebni-skupina
    Official website → https://www.boney-m.tv
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