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Blur

English alternative rock band
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Summary

Blur is a musical group[1]. Blur ranks in the top 0.49% of musical group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32,534 views/month, #101 of 20,490).[2]

Key Facts

  • Field of work: alternative rock[3]
  • Award received: MOJO Awards[4]
  • Genre: Britpop[5], alternative rock[6], indie rock[7], art pop[8], pop rock[9], art rock[10], lo-fi music[11]
  • Record label: Food Records[12], Parlophone[13], SBK Records[14], Virgin Records[15], EMI[16], Warner Records[17]
  • Discography: Blur discography[18]
  • Commons category: Blur[19]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[20]
  • Has part(s): Damon Albarn[21], Graham Coxon[22], Alex James[23], Dave Rowntree[24]
  • Inception: 1988[25]
  • Location of formation: London[26]
  • Official website: https://www.blur.co.uk/[27]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Blur (band)[28]
  • Topic has template: Template:Blur[29]
  • Official name: Blur[30]
  • Native label: Blur[31]
  • Different from: Blur[32]
  • Start of work period: 1989[33]

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[34]

  • Country: GB[35]

  • Began / founded: 1990[36]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, art rock, britpop, experimental rock, grunge, indie rock, madchester, neo-psychedelia, noise rock, post-grunge, shoegaze, slacker rock[37]

  • Community tags: alternative rock, art rock, baggy, britannique, british, britpop, experimental rock, grunge, indie rock, madchester, neo-psychedelia, noise rock, post-grunge, shoegaze, slacker rock[38]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ba853904-ae25-4ebb-89d6-c44cfbd71bd2[39]

Why It Matters

Blur has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] Blur is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

FAQs

What awards did Blur receive?

Honors received include MOJO Awards[4].

Related Entities

Damon Albarn EMI London Parlophone United Kingdom Virgin Records

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [34] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [37] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [38] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [39] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Wiki6518 · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Field of work → alternative rock
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Field of work: alternative rock, Added from LC Name Authority File n92019924"
  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official shop url → https://store.warnermusic.com/collections/blur
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Official shop url: https://store.warnermusic.com/collections/blur, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/313428252|Blur (#313428252)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/"
  3. 8w ago · LaserMoai · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom wiki id → blur-band
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Fandom wiki id: blur-band"
  4. 13w ago · Geagea · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of israel j9u id → 987007410253105171
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007410253105171, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1783595065105; Based on LC id in the National Library of Israel"
  5. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James +1
    Has parts → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Blur (band)
    Record label → —
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: k0004381-Blur-hudebni-skupina, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
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