Tinariwen

Tuareg band from Algeria

Organization Musical Group Q262317

Facts

15 properties

Identity

Instance of: musical group
Official website: www.tinariwen.com^[21]
Official name: Tinariwen^[23]

Status and dates

Inception: 1979^[19]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 1979 BnF data 1982 edition 2026-10-01 · fr-lo ↗

Location

Location of formation: Kidal^[20]

Relations

Has part(s): Ibrahim ag Alhabib, Alhousseini ag Abdoulahi, Touhami Ag Alhassane, Kedhou ag Ossad, Mohammed Ag Itlal, Liya Ag Ablil^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]

More facts +9

Award received: Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album, BBC Awards, Praetorius music award^[1]^[2]^[3]
Genre: world music, desert blues^[4]^[5]
Languages spoken, written or signed: Tuareg^[22]
Country of origin: Kidal Region^[12]
Discography: Tinariwen discography^[11]
Name in native language: ⵜⵏⵔⵓⵏ^[24]
Record label: Independiente, Outside Music, World Village, Anti-, Epitaph Records^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]
Social media followers: 271k (13k–271k, n=8)^[26]^[27]^[28]^[29]^[30]^[31]^[32]^[33]
Start of work period: 1979^[25]

🏷️ Also known as

en Tinariwen ar تيناريوين de ⵜⵏⵔⵓⵏ fa تیناریون he טינאריוון ja ティナリウェン zh 塔里溫

🔖 Identifiers · 41

ISNI: 0000000091567133
VIAF cluster ID: 312598881
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Tinariwen-Bardentreffen 2010.jpg ↗
Acharts.co artist ID: tinariwen
Album of the Year artist ID: 697
AllMusic artist ID: mn0000603621
Apple Music artist ID: 7420812
BBC Things ID: 05b43107-c3a7-4964-920b-371f2eee2340
Bandcamp profile ID: tinariwenmusic
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 145772697
Billboard artist ID: tinariwen
Deezer artist ID: 8209

Show all 41 identifiers +29

Discogs artist ID: 369298
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: topic/Tinariwen
Europeana entity: agent/base/149117
Facebook username: tinariwenmusic
Freebase ID: /m/01n20bj
Grammy Awards artist ID: tinariwen/10715
Instagram username: tinariwen
J9U entity ID: 987007394962005171
Jaxsta profile ID: 35c3deef-3b32-4cc1-8544-015f8ea1940e
Laut.de artist ID: Tinariwen
LyricsTranslate ID: tinariwen-lyrics.html
MusicBrainz artist ID: 5c98fc12-be83-4246-ae5b-2184192913b9
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID: 23183
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000159841
Myspace ID: tinariwenofficial
NL CR AUT ID: xx0037770
NME artist ID: tinariwen
Radio France person ID: tinariwen
Rate Your Music artist ID: tinariwen
Rock's Backpages artist ID: tinariwen
Rolling Stone artist ID: tinariwen
Songkick artist ID: 340920
Spotify artist ID: 2sf2owtFSCvz2MLfxmNdkb
The Guardian topic ID: music/tinariwen
Tidal artist ID: 3584091
Topic's main category: Category:Tinariwen
X (Twitter) username: TINARIWEN
Yandex Music artist ID: 93820
YouTube channel ID: UCZ3wH-v5zOcq4ZZWI58TGKA

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🔗 Connections

Mb:performer of 10

Aman Iman, Amassakoul, Kel Tinariwen, Amadjar, Amatssou, Elwan, Emmaar, Imidiwan: Companions +2 more

← Mb:member of band 9

Ibrahim ag Alhabib, Alhousseini ag Abdoulahi, Kedhou ag Ossad, Alhassane Ag Touhami, Elaga Ag Hamid, Eyadou Ag Leche, Mina Wallet Oumar, Mohamed ag Itlal +1 more

Award received 2

Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album, BBC Awards

Record label 2

Epitaph Records, Anti-

Compositions 1

Oni Ise Owo

Country of origin 1

Kidal Region

Genre 1

world music

Instance of 1

musical group

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

Tuareg

Location of formation 1

Kidal

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FAQs

What awards did Tinariwen receive?

Honors received include Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album^[1], BBC Awards^[2], and Praetorius music award^[3].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

[4] ↑ Tinariwen — genre (P136): world music. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Tinariwen — genre (P136): desert blues. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Tinariwen — award received (P166): Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Tinariwen — award received (P166): BBC Awards. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Tinariwen — award received (P166): Praetorius music award. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Tinariwen — record label (P264): Independiente. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Tinariwen — record label (P264): Outside Music. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Tinariwen — record label (P264): World Village. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Tinariwen — record label (P264): Anti-. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Tinariwen — record label (P264): Epitaph Records. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Tinariwen — discography (P358): Tinariwen discography. Retrieved 2020-02-13. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Tinariwen — country of origin (P495): Kidal Region. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Tinariwen — has part(s) (P527): Ibrahim ag Alhabib. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Tinariwen — has part(s) (P527): Alhousseini ag Abdoulahi. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Tinariwen — has part(s) (P527): Touhami Ag Alhassane. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Tinariwen — has part(s) (P527): Kedhou ag Ossad. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Tinariwen — has part(s) (P527): Mohammed Ag Itlal. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Tinariwen — has part(s) (P527): Liya Ag Ablil. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Tinariwen — inception (P571): 1979. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Tinariwen — location of formation (P740): Kidal. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Tinariwen — official website (P856): https://www.tinariwen.com/. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Tinariwen — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Tuareg. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Tinariwen — official name (P1448): Tinariwen. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Tinariwen — name in native language (P1559): ⵜⵏⵔⵓⵏ. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Tinariwen — start of work period (P2031): 1979. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Tinariwen — social media followers (P8687): 12,877. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Tinariwen — social media followers (P8687): 164,000. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Tinariwen — social media followers (P8687): 13,154. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Tinariwen — social media followers (P8687): 188,000. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Tinariwen — social media followers (P8687): 13,573. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Tinariwen — social media followers (P8687): 217,000. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Tinariwen — social media followers (P8687): 244,000. YouTube API. Retrieved 2024-01-16. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Tinariwen — social media followers (P8687): 271,000. YouTube API. Retrieved 2025-02-01. wikidata.org.

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9d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Topic's main category → Category:Tinariwen

Has part(s) → Ibrahim ag Alhabib, Alhousseini ag Abdoulahi, Touhami Ag Alhassane +1

Location of formation → Kidal

Award received → Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album, BBC Awards, Praetorius music award

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