The Chieftains

Irish folk band
Organization Musical Group Q662577
The Chieftains
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Facts

16 properties

Identity

Instance of
musical group

Status and dates

Inception
1963[9]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 1963-01-01 BnF data 1962 edition 2026-10-01 · fr-lo ↗GND (DNB) 1962 edition 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0 ↗

Location

Location of formation
Dublin[10]

Relations

More facts +11
Award received
Castelao Medal[1]
Country of origin
Ireland[6]
Discography
The Chieftains discography[5]
Name
The Chieftains[14]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Irish Traditional Music[15]
Social media followers
+3193[17]
Start of work period
1962[13]
Topic has template
Template:The Chieftains[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en Chieftains en The Chieftains ar ذاتشيفتنز es Chieftains fr Chieftains it Chieftains ja チーフタンズ zh 酋长乐队
🔖 Identifiers · 54
VIAF cluster ID
149710475
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n87121687
GND ID
3016264-6
Acharts.co artist ID
chieftains
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000067406
Apple Music artist ID
118566
Artsdata.ca ID
K10-186
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13902448q
Billboard artist ID
the-chieftains
Canadiana Authorities ID (former scheme)
0019F6570
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Carnegie Hall agent ID
54858
CiNii Research ID
1140000791643041152
Cultureel Woordenboek ID
populaire-muziek/the-chieftains
DR music artist ID
81065
Danish National Filmography person ID
105725
Deezer artist ID
3332
Discogs artist ID
281041
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/The-Chieftains
Facebook username
thechieftains
Freebase ID
/m/02h_pd
Grammy Awards artist ID
chieftains, chieftains/8201
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
the-chieftains
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0244791
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
The_Chieftains
IMDb ID
nm0157298
IdRef ID
178896772
J9U entity ID
987007270593605171
Kinobox person ID
168748
Last.fm ID
The+Chieftains
Libraries Australia ID
35370763
LyricsTranslate ID
chieftains-lyrics.html
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
35384
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000039455
Myspace ID
thechieftains
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA07343264
NE.se ID
chieftains
NL CR AUT ID
xx0014739
National Discography of Italian Song artist/group ID
902
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX106099
Rate Your Music artist ID
the_chieftains
SVKKL authority ID
k0003489-Chieftains
Shazam artist ID
118566
Songkick artist ID
82459
Spotify artist ID
6AnrSlk5Gp1YMXgaI3mWCL
Tidal artist ID
1133
Topic's main category
Category:The Chieftains
X (Twitter) username
thechieftains
📚 Sources · 1
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Source
GND (DNB)
Edition
20260930 · as of 2026-09-30 · newer edition 20261105 landed
Licence
CC0 1.0
Credit
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FAQs

What awards did The Chieftains receive?

Honors received include Castelao Medal[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  8. [8] ↑ . The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  1. 7d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tidal artist ID → 1133
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63220: Import Tidal artist ID from MusicBrainz, also matching on name. Part1.: import Tidal artist ID (P4576) f"
  2. 21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → 1963
    SVKKL authority ID → k0003489-Chieftains
    Topic has template → Template:The Chieftains
    Member category → Category:The Chieftains members
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: k0003489-Chieftains, batch #259497"
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