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Take That

British five-piece vocal pop group
MusicGroup boy_band Q152066
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Summary

Take That is a boy band[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of boy band entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29,988 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: The Record of the Year[3]
  • Genre: pop music[4], funk[5]
  • Record label: CBS Records[6], BMG Rights Management[7]
  • Discography: Take That discography[8]
  • Commons category: Take That[9]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[10]
  • Has part(s): Robbie Williams[11], Howard Donald[12], Mark Owen[13], Gary Barlow[14], Jason Orange[15]
  • Inception: 1990[16]
  • Location of formation: Manchester[17]
  • Official website: https://takethat.com/[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Take That[19]
  • Commons gallery: Take That[20]
  • Topic has template: Template:Take That[21]
  • Official name: Take That[22]
  • Start of work period: 1990[23], 2005[24]
  • End of work period: 1996[25]
  • Language used: English[26]
  • Member category: Category:Take That members[27]

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.

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  • Type: Group[28]

  • Country: GB[29]

  • Began / founded: 1990[30]

  • Genre(s): dance-pop, electropop, europop, pop, soft rock, teen pop[31]

  • Community tags: aln-sh, boy band, british, dance-pop, electropop, english, europop, nuno, pop, soft rock, teen pop, uk[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 24d2505b-388c-46cc-8a64-48223ea6d78d[33]

Why It Matters

Take That has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

It has been cited as an influence by Backstreet Boys[36], a musical group[37], founded in 1993[38] and 98 Degrees[39], a boy band[40], founded in 1996[41].

FAQs

What awards did Take That receive?

Honors received include The Record of the Year[3].

Who did Take That influence?

Take That has been cited as an influence by Backstreet Boys[36] and 98 Degrees[39].

Related Entities

Backstreet Boys Gary Barlow Manchester Mark Owen Robbie Williams United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [41] ↑ . 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. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . 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 ↗
    Topic has template → Template:Take That
    Svkkl authority id → k0004595-Take-That-hudebni-skupina
    Official website → https://takethat.com/
    Member category → Category:Take That members
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: k0004595-Take-That-hudebni-skupina, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
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