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The Chainsmokers

American electronic music duo
Organization musical_duo Q7721993
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Summary

The Chainsmokers is a musical duo[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of musical duo entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,581 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Genre: electronic dance music[3]
  • Record label: Columbia Records[4]
  • Discography: The Chainsmokers discography[5]
  • Commons category: The Chainsmokers[6]
  • Country of origin: United States[7]
  • Has part(s): Andrew Taggart[8], Alex Pall[9]
  • Inception: 2012[10]
  • Location of formation: New York City[11]
  • Official website: https://thechainsmokers.com[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:The Chainsmokers[13]
  • Nominated for: Grammy Award for Best New Artist[14]
  • Topic has template: Template:The Chainsmokers[15]
  • Official name: The Chainsmokers[16]
  • Start of work period: 2012[17]
  • Has list: list of awards and nominations received by The Chainsmokers[18]

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[19]

  • Country: US[20]

  • Began / founded: 2012[21]

  • Genre(s): dance-pop, edm, electro house, electronic, electropop, future bass[22]

  • Community tags: 2010s, dance-pop, edm, electro house, electronic, electropop, future bass, satire[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 91a81925-92f9-4fc9-b897-93cf01226282[24]

Why It Matters

The Chainsmokers has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Related Entities

Columbia Records New York City United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . 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] ↑ . rockonthenet.com. rockonthenet.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Horcrux · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instrument → —
    Instance of → musical duo
    Uses → Q322400
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Instance of: male duo, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259998|batch #259998]]"
  2. 19w ago · Niryhpr · 2026-06-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instrument → —
    Has part(s) → Andrew Taggart, Alex Pall
    Official website → https://thechainsmokers.com
    Instance of → —
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instrument: Ableton Live"
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