The Heist

album by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
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The Heist

Summary

The Heist is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (927 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Heist received the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album[3].
  • The Heist received the American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album[4].
  • The Heist's instance of is recorded as album[5].
  • The Heist's genre is hip-hop[6].
  • The Heist followed VS. Redux[7].
  • The Heist was followed by This Unruly Mess I've Made[8].
  • The Heist was produced by Ryan Lewis[9].
  • Among the performers on The Heist was Macklemore & Ryan Lewis[10].
  • The Heist's record label is recorded as Warner Music Group[11].
  • The Heist's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • The Heist was released on October 9, 2012[13].
  • The Heist's nominated for is recorded as Grammy Award for Album of the Year[14].
  • The Heist's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+3849'}[15].
  • The Heist's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[16].

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.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[17]

  • First release date: 2012-10-09[18]

  • Genre(s): alternative hip hop, conscious hip hop, electronic, hip hop, pop rap, west coast hip hop[19]

  • Community tags: alternative hip hop, alternative rap, conscious hip hop, electronic, hip hop, pop rap, rap, west coast hip hop, west coast rap[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 22315cdd-4ed9-427c-9492-560cf4afed58[21]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on The Heist was Macklemore & Ryan Lewis[10]. It was produced by Ryan Lewis[9].

Publication

The Heist was released on October 9, 2012[13]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Its genre is hip-hop[6].

Reception

Awards received include Grammy Award for Best Rap Album[3], a class of award[22], in United States[23], founded in 1996[24] and American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album[4], a class of award[25], in United States[26], founded in 1989[27].

Adaptations and Inspiration

The Heist followed VS. Redux[7]. It was followed by This Unruly Mess I've Made[8].

Why It Matters

The Heist ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (927 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

FAQs

What awards did The Heist receive?

Honors received include Grammy Award for Best Rap Album[3] and American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album[4].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . sputnikmusic.com. sputnikmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [27] . 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. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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