Asia

Summary

Asia is a musical group^[1]. Asia ranks in the top 1% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,888 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• A notable work attributed to Asia is Don't Cry^[3].
• A notable work attributed to Asia is Heat of the Moment^[4].
• Asia's instance of is recorded as musical group^[5].
• Asia's genre is progressive rock^[6].
• Asia's record label is recorded as Geffen Records^[7].
• Asia's discography is recorded as Asia discography^[8].
• Asia's Commons category is recorded as Asia (musical group)^[9].
• Asia's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom^[10].
• Asia comprises John Wetton^[11].
• Asia comprises Geoff Downes^[12].
• Asia comprises Carl Palmer^[13].
• Asia comprises Sam Coulson^[14].
• 1981 marks the founding of Asia^[15].
• Asia's location of formation is recorded as England^[16].
• Asia's official website is recorded as http://www.originalasia.com/^[17].
• Asia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Asia (band)^[18].
• Asia's nominated for is recorded as Grammy Award for Best New Artist^[19].
• Asia's topic has template is recorded as Template:Asia (band)^[20].
• Asia's has characteristic is recorded as rock band^[21].
• Asia's different from is recorded as Asia Featuring John Payne^[22].
• Asia's start of work period is recorded as 1981^[23].
• Asia's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Asia'}^[24].
• Asia's member category is recorded as Category:Asia (band) members^[25].
• Asia's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+15375'}^[26].
• Asia's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+11754'}^[27].

Product Details

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• Type: Group^[28]

• Country: GB^[29]

• Began / founded: 1981^[30]

• Genre(s): hard rock, progressive rock, rock^[31]

• Community tags: 2008 universal fire victim, english, hard rock, progressive rock, rock, supergroup^[32]

• MusicBrainz ID: 8f695099-c714-4ad0-8888-36eca37fee84^[33]

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Founding

1981 marks the founding of Asia^[15]. Asia's location of formation is recorded as England^[16].

Why It Matters

Asia ranks in the top 1% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,888 views/month).^[2] Asia has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] Asia is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]