Motown

Summary

Motown is a record label^[1]. Motown ranks in the top 0.044% of record_label entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,126 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 {'lang': 'en', 'text': '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].

Body

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 {'lang': 'en', 'text': '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 (16,126 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 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[46]