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Bel Canto

Norwegian musical group
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Bel Canto

Summary

Bel Canto is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (118 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bel Canto received the Spellemann Award for pop record of the year[3].
  • Bel Canto received the Spellemann Award for group of the year[4].
  • Bel Canto received the Spellemannprisen for dance/techno[5].
  • Bel Canto's instance of is recorded as musical group[6].
  • Bel Canto's genre is dream pop[7].
  • Bel Canto's record label is recorded as I.R.S. Records[8].
  • Bel Canto's record label is recorded as Columbia Records[9].
  • Bel Canto's record label is recorded as EMI[10].
  • Bel Canto's record label is recorded as Crammed Discs[11].
  • Bel Canto's discography is recorded as Bel Canto discography[12].
  • Bel Canto's country of origin is recorded as Norway[13].
  • 1985 marks the founding of Bel Canto[14].
  • Bel Canto's location of formation is recorded as Tromsø Municipality[15].
  • Bel Canto's official website is recorded as http://belcanto.no/[16].
  • Bel Canto's start of work period is recorded as 1985[17].
  • Bel Canto's name is recorded as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Bel Canto'}[18].

Product Details

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  • Type: Group[19]

  • Country: NO[20]

  • Began / founded: 1985[21]

  • Genre(s): dream pop, new age, synth-pop[22]

  • Community tags: dream pop, new age, synth-pop[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 7537c506-c49b-47a8-a313-4ece139a9ddd[24]

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Founding

1985 marks the founding of Bel Canto[14]. Its location of formation is recorded as Tromsø Municipality[15].

Recognition

Awards received include Spellemann Award for pop record of the year[3], Spellemann Award for group of the year[4], and Spellemannprisen for dance/techno[5].

Why It Matters

Bel Canto ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (118 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25]

FAQs

What awards did Bel Canto receive?

Honors received include Spellemann Award for pop record of the year[3], Spellemann Award for group of the year[4], and Spellemannprisen for dance/techno[5].

Related Entities

Columbia Records EMI Norway

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [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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