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Lordi

Finnish rock band
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Summary

Lordi is a musical group[1]. Lordi ranks in the top 5% of musical group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,107 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: First prize of the Eurovision Song Contest[3], Emma Award for Band of the Year[4]
  • Genre: hard rock[5], heavy metal music[6], shock rock[7], pop metal[8]
  • Record label: Sony Music[9], AFM Records[10], GUN Records[11], The End Records[12], Drakkar Entertainment[13], Bertelsmann Music Group[14]
  • Discography: Lordi discography[15]
  • Commons category: Lordi[16]
  • Country of origin: Finland[17]
  • Has part(s): Mr Lordi[18], Amen[19], Hella[20], Mana[21], Hiisi[22], Kone[23]
  • Inception: 1992[24]
  • Location of formation: Helsinki[25]
  • Official website: https://lordi.fi[26]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lordi[27]
  • Commons gallery: Lordi[28]
  • Participant in: Eurovision Song Contest 2006[29]
  • Nominated for: MTV Europe Music Award for Best Finnish Act[30]
  • Topic has template: Template:Lordi[31]
  • Official name: Lordi[32]
  • Native label: Lordi[33]
  • Different from: Lorde[34]
  • Start of work period: 1992[35]
  • Has list: list of band members of Lordi[36]
  • Member category: Category:Lordi members[37]

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[38]

  • Country: FI[39]

  • Began / founded: 1996[40]

  • Genre(s): hard rock, metal, speed metal[41]

  • Community tags: esc, finnish, hard rock, metal, speed metal[42]

  • MusicBrainz ID: b5b4ba6e-6e34-4669-a33b-0d813b4c3d83[43]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Lordi include Lordi's Square[44], a square[45], in Finland[46].

Why It Matters

Lordi has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] Lordi is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

Lordi has been cited as an influence by Sam Ryder[49], a singer[50], b. 1989[51], of United Kingdom[52].

Entities named for Lordi include Lordi's Square[44], a square[45], in Finland[46].

FAQs

What awards did Lordi receive?

Honors received include First prize of the Eurovision Song Contest[3] and Emma Award for Band of the Year[4].

Who did Lordi influence?

Lordi has been cited as an influence by Sam Ryder[49].

Related Entities

Bertelsmann Music Group Deadache Finland Get Heavy Helsinki Mr Lordi The Arockalypse The Monsterican Dream

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . fmq.fi. fmq.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . eurovisionworld.com. Retrieved . eurovisionworld.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . 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] ↑ . MusicBrainz. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . soundi.fi. Retrieved . soundi.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [38] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [41] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [42] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [43] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [52] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [46] ↑ . 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. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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