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New Order

British band
MusicGroup rock_band Q214990
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Summary

New Order is a rock band[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of rock band entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (28,179 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Genre: post-punk[3], alternative dance[4], electronic dance music[5], new wave[6], synth-pop[7]
  • Record label: Factory Records[8], London Records[9], Qwest Records[10], Warner Bros. Records[11], Reprise Records[12], Mute Records[13], Factory Benelux[14]
  • Discography: New Order discography[15]
  • Commons category: New Order (band)[16]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[17]
  • Has part(s): Bernard Sumner[18], Stephen Morris[19], Gillian Gilbert[20], Phil Cunningham[21], Tom Chapman[22]
  • Inception: 1980[23]
  • Location of formation: Salford[24]
  • Official website: https://www.neworder.com/[25]
  • Topic's main category: Category:New Order (band)[26]
  • Commons gallery: New Order (band)[27]
  • Topic has template: Template:New Order[28], Q22895018[29]
  • Official name: New Order[30]
  • Different from: New Order[31], New Order (party)[32], The New Order[33]
  • Start of work period: 1980[34]

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[35]

  • Country: GB[36]

  • Began / founded: 1980[37]

  • Genre(s): alternative dance, alternative rock, dance, dance-rock, electronic, house, new wave, post-punk, rock, synth-pop[38]

  • Community tags: alternative dance, alternative rock, british, dance, dance-rock, electronic, house, new wave, popular music, post-punk, rock, synth-pop, synthpop[39]

  • MusicBrainz ID: f1106b17-dcbb-45f6-b938-199ccfab50cc[40]

Why It Matters

New Order has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

It has been cited as an influence by Chvrches[43], a musical group[44], founded in 2011[45] and Planet Funk[46], a musical group[47].

FAQs

Who did New Order influence?

New Order has been cited as an influence by Chvrches[43] and Planet Funk[46].

Related Entities

Mute Records Reprise Records Salford United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . factoryrecords.org. factoryrecords.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . discogs.com. discogs.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . pipfest.no. pipfest.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . pipfest.no. pipfest.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . pipfest.no. pipfest.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . pipfest.no. pipfest.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . pipfest.no. pipfest.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [35] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [38] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [39] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [40] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [47] ↑ . 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. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → k0004154-New-Order-hudebni-skupina
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: k0004154-New-Order-hudebni-skupina, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  2. 22w ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Record label → Factory Records, London Records, Qwest Records +4
    Social media followers → {'amount': '+225000'}, {'amount': '+269000'}, {'amount': '+176542'} +4
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Arthur Freedman Collection Project
    Topic's main category → Category:New Order (band)
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Nme artist id: new-order, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/214801762|new order (#214801762)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7190|NME artist]] #mix'n'"
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