Polydor

German-British record label
Organization record_label Q155152
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Polydor

Summary

Polydor is a record label[1]. Polydor ranks in the top 2% of record_label entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,387 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Polydor is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Polydor is in the country of Germany[4].
  • Polydor is in the country of Japan[5].
  • Polydor's instance of is recorded as record label[6].
  • Polydor's headquarters location is recorded as London[7].
  • Polydor's headquarters location is recorded as United States[8].
  • Polydor's child organization or unit is recorded as Fascination Records[9].
  • Polydor's discography is recorded as Polydor catalog[10].
  • Polydor's Commons category is recorded as Polydor Records[11].
  • 1913 marks the founding of Polydor[12].
  • Polydor's location of formation is recorded as Germany[13].
  • Polydor's parent organization or unit is recorded as Universal Music Group[14].
  • Polydor's parent organization or unit is recorded as Deutsche Grammophon[15].
  • Polydor's parent organization or unit is recorded as PolyGram[16].
  • Polydor's parent organization or unit is recorded as Universal Music LLC[17].
  • Polydor's distributed by is recorded as Universal Music Group[18].
  • Polydor's distributed by is recorded as Interscope Geffen A&M[19].
  • Polydor's distributed by is recorded as Universal Music LLC[20].
  • Polydor's official website is recorded as http://www.polydor.co.uk[21].
  • Polydor's official website is recorded as http://polydor.co.uk[22].
  • Polydor's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Polydor Records[23].
  • Polydor's owner of is recorded as Fiction Records[24].
  • Polydor's name is recorded as Polydor[25].
  • Polydor's has works in the collection is recorded as Groninger Museum[26].
  • Polydor's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+161063'}[27].

Body

Founding

1913 marks the founding of Polydor[12]. Polydor's location of formation is recorded as Germany[13].

Operations

Headquarters locations include London[7], a metropolis[28], in Roman Empire[29], founded in 0047[30] and United States[8], a sovereign state[31], in United States[32], founded in 1776[33]. Parent organizations include Universal Music Group[14], a record company[34], in United States[35], founded in 1934[36], headquartered in Santa Monica[37]; Deutsche Grammophon[15], a record label[38], in Germany[39], founded in 1898[40], headquartered in Hanover[41]; PolyGram[16], a record label[42], in Netherlands[43], founded in 1972[44], headquartered in Amsterdam[45]; and Universal Music LLC[17], a business[46], in Japan[47], founded in 1990[48], headquartered in Akasaka[49]. Polydor's child organization or unit is recorded as Fascination Records[9].

Why It Matters

Polydor ranks in the top 2% of record_label entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,387 views/month).[2] Polydor has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] Polydor is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . 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. 4w ago · Hannolans · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has works in the collection → Groninger Museum
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P6379]]: [[Q1542668]], groninger museum ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/c5a6d992c4b|details]])"
  2. 6w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 216D-D0D9-3295-FC4D-229E
    Distributed by → Universal Music Group, Interscope Geffen A&M, Universal Music LLC
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14750]]: 216D-D0D9-3295-FC4D-229E, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
  3. 6w ago · Sakik20001 · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent organization or unit → Universal Music Group, Deutsche Grammophon, PolyGram +1
    Country → United Kingdom, Germany, Japan
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P17]]: [[Q17]]"
  4. 14w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Website → —
    Aliases → —
    Operator → —
    Country → —
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14536]]: 365977, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782398664614"
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