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Belle and Sebastian

Scottish indie pop band
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Belle and Sebastian

Summary

Belle and Sebastian is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,602 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Belle and Sebastian's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • Belle and Sebastian's genre is indie rock[4].
  • Belle et Sébastien is named after Belle and Sebastian[5].
  • Belle and Sebastian's record label is recorded as Rough Trade[6].
  • Belle and Sebastian's discography is recorded as Belle & Sebastian discography[7].
  • Belle and Sebastian's Commons category is recorded as Belle & Sebastian[8].
  • Belle and Sebastian's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[9].
  • Belle and Sebastian comprises Stuart Murdoch[10].
  • Belle and Sebastian comprises Isobel Campbell[11].
  • Belle and Sebastian comprises Stuart David[12].
  • Belle and Sebastian comprises Stevie Jackson[13].
  • Belle and Sebastian comprises Chris Geddes[14].
  • Belle and Sebastian comprises Richard Colburn[15].
  • Belle and Sebastian comprises Sarah Martin[16].
  • Belle and Sebastian comprises Bobby Kildea[17].
  • Belle and Sebastian comprises Mick Cooke[18].
  • 1996 marks the founding of Belle and Sebastian[19].
  • Belle and Sebastian's location of formation is recorded as Glasgow[20].
  • Belle and Sebastian's official website is recorded as http://www.belleandsebastian.com/[21].
  • Belle and Sebastian's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Belle and Sebastian[22].
  • Belle and Sebastian's topic has template is recorded as Template:Belle and Sebastian[23].
  • Belle and Sebastian's present in work is recorded as Drinks With[24].
  • Belle and Sebastian's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Belle and Sebastian'}[25].
  • Belle and Sebastian's start of work period is recorded as 1996[26].
  • Belle and Sebastian's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Belle and Sebastian'}[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: GB[29]

  • Began / founded: 1996-01[30]

  • Genre(s): baroque pop, chamber pop, dance-pop, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock, psychedelic pop, sunshine pop, synth-pop, twee pop[31]

  • Community tags: baroque pop, chamber pop, dance-pop, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock, jeepster, psychedelic pop, rough trade, scottish, sunshine pop, synth-pop, twee pop[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: e5c7b94f-e264-473c-bb0f-37c85d4d5c70[33]

Body

Founding

1996 marks the founding of Belle and Sebastian[19]. Its location of formation is recorded as Glasgow[20].

Why It Matters

Belle and Sebastian ranks in the top 3% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,602 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . americansongwriter.com. americansongwriter.com. Provenance: 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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