A Single Man

1978 studio album by Elton John
MusicAlbum album Q1215498
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A Single Man

Summary

A Single Man is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (631 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • A Single Man's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • A Single Man's genre is rock music[4].
  • A Single Man's genre is pop music[5].
  • A Single Man's genre is disco[6].
  • Among the performers on A Single Man was Elton John[7].
  • A Single Man's record label is recorded as MCA Records[8].
  • A Single Man's record label is recorded as The Rocket Record Company[9].
  • A Single Man is part of Elton John's albums in chronological order[10].
  • A Single Man's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • A Single Man was published on October 16, 1978[12].
  • A Single Man's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'A Single Man'}[13].
  • A Single Man's has characteristic is recorded as musical hit[14].
  • A Single Man's different from is recorded as A Single Man[15].
  • A Single Man's charted in is recorded as UK Albums Chart[16].
  • A Single Man's charted in is recorded as Billboard 200[17].
  • A Single Man's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+11'}[18].
  • A Single Man's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[19].

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

  • Release type: Album[20]

  • First release date: 1978-10-10[21]

  • Genre(s): classic rock, electronic, piano rock, pop, pop rock, rock, singer-songwriter, soft rock[22]

  • Community tags: album rock, classic rock, contemporary pop/rock, electronic, piano rock, pop, pop rock, pop/rock, rock, singer-songwriter, singer/songwriter, soft rock[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 09064761-d34e-335b-a3da-eb4063042dc6[24]

Body

Authorship and Creation

A Single Man was performed by Elton John[7].

Publication

A Single Man was published on October 16, 1978[12]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Genres include rock music[4], pop music[5], and disco[6]. It is part of Elton John's albums in chronological order[10].

Why It Matters

A Single Man ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (631 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25]

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.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . 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] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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