Bad Company

British rock band
Organization musical_group Q745517
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Bad Company

Summary

Bad Company is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,082 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bad Company's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • Bad Company's genre is blues rock[4].
  • Bad Company's genre is hard rock[5].
  • Bad Company's record label is recorded as Island Records[6].
  • Bad Company's record label is recorded as Atco Records[7].
  • Bad Company's record label is recorded as Atlantic Records[8].
  • Bad Company's discography is recorded as Bad Company discography[9].
  • Bad Company's Commons category is recorded as Bad Company[10].
  • Bad Company's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[11].
  • 1973 marks the founding of Bad Company[12].
  • Bad Company's location of formation is recorded as Westminster[13].
  • Bad Company's official website is recorded as https://www.badcompany.com[14].
  • Bad Company's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bad Company[15].
  • Bad Company's nominated for is recorded as Grammy Award for Best New Artist[16].
  • Bad Company's topic has template is recorded as Template:Bad Company[17].
  • Bad Company's has characteristic is recorded as supergroup[18].
  • Bad Company's has characteristic is recorded as rock band[19].
  • Bad Company's different from is recorded as Bad Company[20].
  • Bad Company's start of work period is recorded as 1973[21].
  • Bad Company's has list is recorded as list of band members of Bad Company[22].
  • Bad Company's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Bad Company'}[23].
  • Bad Company's member category is recorded as Category:Bad Company members[24].
  • Bad Company's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+40947'}[25].
  • Bad Company's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+84200'}[26].
  • Bad Company's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+42141'}[27].

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Founding

1973 marks the founding of Bad Company[12]. Its location of formation is recorded as Westminster[13].

Why It Matters

Bad Company ranks in the top 1% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,082 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

It has been cited as an influence by Van Halen[30], a musical group[31], founded in 1972[32].

FAQs

Who did Bad Company influence?

Bad Company has been cited as an influence by Van Halen[30].

References

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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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  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] . rockonthenet.com. rockonthenet.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [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. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0343238-Bad-Company-hudebni-skupina, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
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