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Vampire Weekend

American indie rock band
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Vampire Weekend

Summary

Vampire Weekend is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,593 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Vampire Weekend received the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album[3].
  • Vampire Weekend received the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album[4].
  • Vampire Weekend's instance of is recorded as musical group[5].
  • Vampire Weekend's genre is alternative rock[6].
  • Vampire Weekend's record label is recorded as XL Recordings[7].
  • Vampire Weekend's record label is recorded as Columbia Records[8].
  • Vampire Weekend's discography is recorded as Vampire Weekend discography[9].
  • Vampire Weekend's Commons category is recorded as Vampire Weekend[10].
  • Vampire Weekend's country of origin is recorded as United States[11].
  • Vampire Weekend comprises Ezra Koenig[12].
  • Vampire Weekend comprises Chris Tomson[13].
  • Vampire Weekend comprises Chris Baio[14].
  • 2006 marks the founding of Vampire Weekend[15].
  • Vampire Weekend's location of formation is recorded as New York City[16].
  • Vampire Weekend's official website is recorded as https://www.vampireweekend.com/[17].
  • Vampire Weekend's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Vampire Weekend[18].
  • Vampire Weekend's nominated for is recorded as Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album[19].
  • Vampire Weekend's nominated for is recorded as Grammy Award for Album of the Year[20].
  • Vampire Weekend's start of work period is recorded as 2006[21].
  • Vampire Weekend's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Vampire Weekend'}[22].
  • Vampire Weekend's member category is recorded as Category:Vampire Weekend members[23].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[24]

  • Country: US[25]

  • Began / founded: 2006-02-06[26]

  • Genre(s): afrobeat, alternative rock, chamber pop, indie pop, indie rock, indietronica, leftfield[27]

  • Community tags: afrobeat, alternative rock, american, chamber pop, indie, indie pop, indie rock, indietronica, leftfield[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: af37c51c-0790-4a29-b995-456f98a6b8c9[29]

Body

Founding

2006 marks the founding of Vampire Weekend[15]. Its location of formation is recorded as New York City[16].

Recognition

Awards received include Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album[3], a class of award[30], in United States[31], founded in 1991[32].

Why It Matters

Vampire Weekend ranks in the top 1% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,593 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

FAQs

What awards did Vampire Weekend receive?

Honors received include Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album[3] and Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album[4].

Related Entities

Columbia Records New York City United States XL Recordings

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Grammy Awards. wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . Grammy Awards. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Grammy Awards. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Grammy Awards. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] ↑ . 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. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20d ago · הנדב הנכון · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → Rostam Batmanglij, Ezra Koenig, Chris Tomson +1
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1705]]: Vampire Weekend"
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