Motown
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Motown
Summary
Motown is a record label[1]. Motown ranks in the top 0.044% of record_label entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,556 views/month, #1 of 2,290).[2]
Key Facts
- Motown is in the country of United States[3].
- Motown's instance of is recorded as record label[4].
- Motown's founder is recorded as Berry Gordy[5].
- Motown is owned by Capitol Music Group[6].
- Motown's genre is soul[7].
- Motown is operated by Motown Record Corporation[8].
- Motown's headquarters location is recorded as Los Angeles[9].
- Motown's child organization or unit is recorded as Rare Earth Records[10].
- Motown's child organization or unit is recorded as Soul[11].
- Motown's child organization or unit is recorded as Tamla[12].
- Motown's discography is recorded as Motown catalog[13].
- Motown's Commons category is recorded as Motown[14].
- January 12, 1959 marks the founding of Motown[15].
- Motown's parent organization or unit is recorded as Universal Music Group[16].
- Motown's parent organization or unit is recorded as Republic Corps[17].
- Motown's distributed by is recorded as Capitol Music Group[18].
- Motown's distributed by is recorded as Virgin EMI Records[19].
- Motown's distributed by is recorded as Universal Music Group[20].
- Motown's official website is recorded as https://www.motownrecords.com[21].
- Motown's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Motown[22].
- Motown's short name is recorded as Motown[23].
- Motown's different from is recorded as Motown[24].
- Motown's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+58535'}[25].
- Motown's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+68284'}[26].
- Motown's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+60517'}[27].
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Founding
Motown's founder is recorded as Berry Gordy[5]. January 12, 1959 marks the founding of Motown[15].
Identity
Motown's short name is recorded as Motown[23].
Operations
Motown's headquarters location is recorded as Los Angeles[9]. Parent organizations include Universal Music Group[16], a record company[28], in United States[29], founded in 1934[30], headquartered in Santa Monica[31] and Republic Corps[17], a record label group[32], in United States[33], founded in 2024[34], headquartered in New York City[35]. Subsidiaries include Rare Earth Records[10], a record label[36], founded in 1969[37], headquartered in Detroit[38]; Soul[11], a record label[39], in United States[40], founded in 1964[41]; and Tamla[12], a record label[42], in United States[43], founded in 1959[44]. Motown is operated by Motown Record Corporation[8].
Ownership
Motown is owned by Capitol Music Group[6].
Why It Matters
Motown ranks in the top 0.044% of record_label entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,556 views/month, #1 of 2,290).[2] Motown has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] Motown is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]