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Toto

American rock band
MusicGroup rock_band Q207472
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Summary

Toto is a rock band[1]. Toto ranks in the top 2% of rock band entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35,053 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Influenced by: Led Zeppelin[3], The Rolling Stones[4], Boz Scaggs[5]
  • Genre: progressive rock[6], pop rock[7], soft rock[8], hard rock[9], yacht rock[10], arena rock[11]
  • Record label: Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Inc.[12], Frontiers Records[13]
  • Discography: Toto discography[14]
  • Commons category: Toto (musical group)[15]
  • Country of origin: United States[16]
  • Has part(s): Steve Porcaro[17], Bobby Kimball[18], David Hungate[19], Dennis Frederiksen[20], Simon Phillips[21], Greg Phillinganes[22], Steve Lukather[23], David Paich[24], Joseph Williams[25]
  • Inception: 1977[26]
  • Location of formation: Van Nuys[27]
  • Official website: https://totoofficial.com/[28]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Toto (band)[29]
  • Commons gallery: Toto (musical group)[30]
  • Nominated for: Grammy Award for Best New Artist[31]
  • Topic has template: Template:Toto[32]
  • Native label: Toto[33]
  • Different from: Toto[34]
  • Start of work period: 1977[35]
  • End of work period: 2019[36]
  • Name: Toto[37]

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[38]

  • Country: US[39]

  • Began / founded: 1977[40]

  • Genre(s): aor, hard rock, jazz fusion, neo-progressive rock, pagan black metal, pop rock, progressive rock, rock, soft rock, yacht rock[41]

  • Community tags: american, aor, hard rock, jazz fusion, neo-progressive rock, nuno, pagan black metal, pop rock, progressive rock, rock, soft rock, west coast rock, yacht rock[42]

  • MusicBrainz ID: aab5c954-cabe-432e-899e-1c4f99757327[43]

Why It Matters

Toto has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] Toto is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

Toto has been cited as an influence by Richard Marx[46], a musician[47], b. 1963[48], of United States[49].

FAQs

Who did Toto influence?

Toto has been cited as an influence by Richard Marx[46].

Related Entities

Columbia Records Dune James Newton Howard Richard Marx Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Inc. Steve Lukather United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [38] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [41] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [42] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [43] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [49] ↑ . 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. [44] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. 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. 4w ago · Euro know · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genre → progressive rock, pop rock, soft rock +3
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Genre: yacht rock"
  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1977-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Svkkl authority id → k0009011-Toto-hudebni-skupina
    Topic has template → Template:Toto
    Member category → Category:Toto (band) members
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: k0009011-Toto-hudebni-skupina, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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