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Big in Japan

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Big in Japan

Summary

Big in Japan is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (488 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Big in Japan's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • Big in Japan's genre is punk rock[4].
  • Big in Japan's record label is recorded as Zoo Records[5].
  • Big in Japan's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[6].
  • Big in Japan comprises Bill Drummond[7].
  • January 1, 1977 marks the founding of Big in Japan[8].
  • Big in Japan's location of formation is recorded as Liverpool[9].
  • Big in Japan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Big in Japan (band)[10].
  • Big in Japan's start of work period is recorded as 1977[11].

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[12]

  • Country: GB[13]

  • Began / founded: 1977[14]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1978[15]

  • Genre(s): punk[16]

  • Community tags: alternative, england, liverpool, punk, uk[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: fda504fc-02d9-4fdf-a4a5-b2d86c8d9fb9[18]

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Founding

January 1, 1977 marks the founding of Big in Japan[8]. Its location of formation is recorded as Liverpool[9].

Why It Matters

Big in Japan ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (488 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Liverpool United Kingdom

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.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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