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Tinariwen

Tuareg band from Algeria
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Tinariwen

Summary

Tinariwen is a musical group[1]. Tinariwen ranks in the top 2% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,247 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tinariwen received the Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album[3].
  • Tinariwen received the BBC Awards[4].
  • Tinariwen received the Praetorius music award[5].
  • Tinariwen's instance of is recorded as musical group[6].
  • Tinariwen's genre is world music[7].
  • Tinariwen's genre is desert blues[8].
  • Tinariwen's record label is recorded as Independiente[9].
  • Tinariwen's record label is recorded as Outside Music[10].
  • Tinariwen's record label is recorded as World Village[11].
  • Tinariwen's record label is recorded as Anti-[12].
  • Tinariwen's record label is recorded as Epitaph Records[13].
  • Tinariwen's discography is recorded as Tinariwen discography[14].
  • Tinariwen's Commons category is recorded as Tinariwen[15].
  • Tinariwen's country of origin is recorded as Kidal Region[16].
  • Tinariwen comprises Ibrahim ag Alhabib[17].
  • Tinariwen comprises Alhousseini ag Abdoulahi[18].
  • Tinariwen comprises Touhami Ag Alhassane[19].
  • Tinariwen comprises Kedhou ag Ossad[20].
  • Tinariwen comprises Mohammed Ag Itlal[21].
  • Tinariwen comprises Liya Ag Ablil[22].
  • 1979 marks the founding of Tinariwen[23].
  • Tinariwen's location of formation is recorded as Kidal[24].
  • Tinariwen's official website is recorded as https://www.tinariwen.com/[25].
  • Tinariwen's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tinariwen[26].
  • Tinariwen's Commons gallery is recorded as Tinariwen[27].

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

  • Type: Group[28]

  • Country: ML[29]

  • Began / founded: 1982[30]

  • Genre(s): desert blues, folk, traditional pop[31]

  • Community tags: african, desert blues, folk, malian, tishoumaren, touareg, traditional pop, tuareg[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 5c98fc12-be83-4246-ae5b-2184192913b9[33]

Body

Founding

1979 marks the founding of Tinariwen[23]. Tinariwen's location of formation is recorded as Kidal[24].

Identity

Tinariwen's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'tmh', 'text': 'Tinariwen'}[34].

Recognition

Awards received include Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album[3], a class of award[35], in United States[36], founded in 1992[37]; BBC Awards[4], an award[38]; and Praetorius music award[5].

Why It Matters

Tinariwen ranks in the top 2% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,247 views/month).[2] Tinariwen has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39]

FAQs

What awards did Tinariwen receive?

Honors received include Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album[3], BBC Awards[4], and Praetorius music award[5].

Related Entities

Epitaph Records

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [38] ↑ . 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. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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