Big Country

Scottish musical group; rock band
Organization musical_group Q858738
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Big Country

Summary

Big Country is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,414 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • A notable work attributed to Big Country is In a Big Country[3].
  • Big Country's instance of is recorded as musical group[4].
  • Big Country's genre is alternative rock[5].
  • Big Country's record label is recorded as Mercury Records[6].
  • Big Country's discography is recorded as Big Country discography[7].
  • Big Country's Commons category is recorded as Big Country[8].
  • Big Country's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[9].
  • Big Country comprises Stuart Adamson[10].
  • 1981 marks the founding of Big Country[11].
  • Big Country's location of formation is recorded as Dunfermline[12].
  • Big Country's official website is recorded as http://www.bigcountry.co.uk[13].
  • Big Country's nominated for is recorded as Grammy Award for Best New Artist[14].
  • Big Country's has characteristic is recorded as rock band[15].
  • Big Country's different from is recorded as Big Country[16].
  • Big Country's start of work period is recorded as 1981[17].
  • Big Country's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Big Country'}[18].
  • Big Country's member category is recorded as Category:Big Country members[19].
  • Big Country's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+10708'}[20].
  • Big Country's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+10385'}[21].
  • Big Country's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+11181'}[22].
  • Big Country's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+11973'}[23].

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[24]

  • Country: GB[25]

  • Began / founded: 1981-06[26]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, celtic rock, new romantic, new wave, pop rock, post-punk, rock[27]

  • Community tags: 1980s, 1990s, alternative rock, big music, celtic rock, new romantic, new wave, pop rock, post-punk, rock, scottish[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: b4013ff1-d7ce-4b1a-af6e-e0b19ca7f378[29]

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Founding

1981 marks the founding of Big Country[11]. Its location of formation is recorded as Dunfermline[12].

Why It Matters

Big Country ranks in the top 3% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,414 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . rockonthenet.com. rockonthenet.com. Provenance: 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.

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

  1. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [26] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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