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Alabama Shakes

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Alabama Shakes

Summary

Alabama Shakes is a rock band[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of rock_band entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,066 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Alabama Shakes received the Americana Award for Emerging Act of the Year[3].
  • Alabama Shakes received the Libera Award for Best Live Act[4].
  • Alabama Shakes received the Libera Award for Record of the Year[5].
  • Alabama Shakes's instance of is recorded as rock band[6].
  • Alabama Shakes's genre is Southern rock[7].
  • Alabama Shakes's genre is blues rock[8].
  • Alabama Shakes's genre is garage rock[9].
  • Alabama Shakes's genre is soul[10].
  • Alabama Shakes's genre is rockabilly[11].
  • Alabama Shakes's genre is punk blues[12].
  • Alabama Shakes's genre is roots rock[13].
  • Alabama Shakes's record label is recorded as ATO Records[14].
  • Alabama Shakes's discography is recorded as Alabama Shakes discography[15].
  • Alabama Shakes's Commons category is recorded as Alabama Shakes[16].
  • Alabama Shakes's country of origin is recorded as United States[17].
  • 2009 marks the founding of Alabama Shakes[18].
  • Alabama Shakes's location of formation is recorded as Athens[19].
  • Alabama Shakes's official website is recorded as https://www.alabamashakes.com/[20].
  • Alabama Shakes's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alabama Shakes[21].
  • Alabama Shakes's nominated for is recorded as Grammy Award for Best New Artist[22].
  • Alabama Shakes's topic has template is recorded as Template:Alabama Shakes[23].
  • Alabama Shakes's start of work period is recorded as 2018[24].
  • Alabama Shakes's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+174470'}[25].
  • Alabama Shakes's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+169446'}[26].
  • Alabama Shakes's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+163357'}[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: US[29]

  • Began / founded: 2009[30]

  • Genre(s): blues rock, rock, soul, southern rock[31]

  • Community tags: blues rock, rock, soul, southern rock[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 40419b33-18e9-4d5a-a674-30b4bb14bac2[33]

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Recognition

Awards received include Americana Award for Emerging Act of the Year[3]; Libera Award for Best Live Act[4], a class of award[34], founded in 2013[35]; and Libera Award for Record of the Year[5], a class of award[36], founded in 2012[37].

Why It Matters

Alabama Shakes ranks in the top 9% of rock_band entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,066 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

FAQs

What awards did Alabama Shakes receive?

Honors received include Americana Award for Emerging Act of the Year[3], Libera Award for Best Live Act[4], and Libera Award for Record of the Year[5].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . americanamusic.org. Retrieved . americanamusic.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . rockonthenet.com. rockonthenet.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 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. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [37] ↑ . 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. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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