38 Special

American rock band
MusicGroup rock_band Q228648
38 Special
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38 Special

Summary

38 Special is a rock band[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of rock_band entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,939 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • 38 Special's instance of is recorded as rock band[3].
  • 38 Special's genre is Southern rock[4].
  • 38 Special's record label is recorded as A&M Records[5].
  • 38 Special's discography is recorded as 38 Special discography[6].
  • 38 Special's Commons category is recorded as .38 Special (musical group)[7].
  • 38 Special's country of origin is recorded as United States[8].
  • 38 Special comprises Donnie Van Zant[9].
  • January 1, 1974 marks the founding of 38 Special[10].
  • 38 Special's location of formation is recorded as Jacksonville[11].
  • 38 Special's official website is recorded as http://www.38special.com/[12].
  • 38 Special's topic's main category is recorded as Category:.38 Special (musical group)[13].
  • 38 Special's topic has template is recorded as Template:38 Special[14].
  • 38 Special's start of work period is recorded as 1974[15].
  • 38 Special's member category is recorded as Category:38 Special (band) members[16].
  • 38 Special's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+3098'}[17].
  • 38 Special's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+3142'}[18].
  • 38 Special's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+82300'}[19].
  • 38 Special's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+90900'}[20].
  • 38 Special's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+106000'}[21].
  • 38 Special's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+123000'}[22].
  • 38 Special's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+140000'}[23].
  • 38 Special's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+156000'}[24].

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[25]

  • Country: US[26]

  • Began / founded: 1974[27]

  • Genre(s): aor, arena rock, blues rock, classic rock, hard rock, pop rock, rock, soft rock, southern rock[28]

  • Community tags: 1970s, 1980s, 2008 universal fire victim, aor, arena rock, blues rock, classic rock, hard rock, pop rock, rock, soft rock, southern rock[29]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 0330a83d-f61e-4989-adb3-afce3943c3ba[30]

Why It Matters

38 Special ranks in the top 8% of rock_band entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,939 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [26] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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