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The Format

American indie rock band
Organization musical_group Q7734862
The Format

Facts

11 properties

Identity

Instance of
musical group
Official website
www.theformat.com[8]
Official name
The Format[9]

Status and dates

Inception
2002[6]

Location

Location of formation
Peoria[7]

People

Founder
Nate Ruess[1]
More facts +5
Genre
indie rock[2]
Country of origin
United States[5]
Different from
Format[10]
Record label
Atlantic Records, Western Tread Recordings[3][4]
Start of work period
2002[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en The Format ja ザ・フォーマット ja フォーマット
🔖 Identifiers · 19
ISNI
0000000469597765
AZLyrics.com artist ID
f/format
Acharts.co artist ID
format
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000067970
Billboard artist ID
the-format
Deezer artist ID
5323
Discogs artist ID
1404108
Europeana entity
agent/base/154407
Facebook username
theformat
Freebase ID
/m/061w26
Last.fm ID
The+Format
LyricsTranslate ID
format-lyrics.html
Show all 19 identifiers +7
MusicBrainz artist ID
81b07a2a-cdf0-4c5e-a68c-8d910e1f0ea6
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000224979
Myspace ID
theformat
Rate Your Music artist ID
the_format
Songkick artist ID
378240
Tidal artist ID
14727
Tumblr username
theformatofficial

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🔗 Connections
Mb:performer of 5
Interventions + Lullabies, Boycott Heaven, Dog Problems, Live from the Living Room: Volume One, Snails
← Mb:member of band 2
Nate Ruess, Sam Means
Country of origin 1
United States
Different from 1
Format
Founder 1
Nate Ruess
Genre 1
indie rock
Instance of 1
musical group
Location of formation 1
Peoria
Record label 1
Atlantic Records
← Different from 1
Format
← Member of 1
Nate Ruess
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Atlantic Records United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . 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. 4d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Deezer artist ID → 5323
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/63224|batch #63224]]: Import Deezer artist ID from MusicBrainz via its artist ID in Wikidata. Also matched on name. Part1: imp"
  2. 4d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location of formation → Peoria
    Wikipedia languages → ['en', 'es', 'it', 'ja', 'ru']
    Different from → Format
    Inception → +2002-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/63220|batch #63220]]: Import Tidal artist ID from MusicBrainz, also matching on name. Part1.: import Tidal artist ID (P4576) f"
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