Brown Sugar

1995 debut studio album by D'Angelo
MusicAlbum album Q779719
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Brown Sugar

Summary

Brown Sugar is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (712 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Brown Sugar's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Brown Sugar's genre is contemporary R&B[4].
  • Brown Sugar's genre is neo soul[5].
  • Brown Sugar's genre is funk[6].
  • Brown Sugar's genre is jazz[7].
  • Brown Sugar was produced by Raphael Saadiq[8].
  • Brown Sugar was produced by D’Angelo[9].
  • Brown Sugar was produced by Ali Shaheed Muhammad[10].
  • Among the performers on Brown Sugar was D’Angelo[11].
  • Brown Sugar's record label is recorded as EMI[12].
  • Brown Sugar's record label is recorded as EMI Records[13].
  • Brown Sugar's place of publication is recorded as United States[14].
  • Brown Sugar is part of D'Angelo's albums in chronological order[15].
  • Brown Sugar was distributed by music streaming[16].
  • Brown Sugar was released on July 3, 1995[17].
  • Brown Sugar's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Brown Sugar'}[18].
  • Brown Sugar's has characteristic is recorded as debut album[19].
  • Brown Sugar's different from is recorded as brown sugar[20].
  • Brown Sugar's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+3197'}[21].
  • Brown Sugar's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[22].

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

  • Release type: Album[23]

  • First release date: 1995-07-04[24]

  • Genre(s): contemporary r&b, hip hop soul, neo soul, pop, r&b, smooth soul, soul[25]

  • Community tags: club/dance, contemporary r&b, hip hop soul, neo soul, neo-soul, nu-funk, pop, r&b, rhythm and blues, rnb/swing, smooth soul, soul, urban[26]

  • MusicBrainz ID: a4591f67-48d9-36ae-bc68-2deb954d0a15[27]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Brown Sugar was performed by D’Angelo[11]. Producers include Raphael Saadiq[8], D’Angelo[9], and Ali Shaheed Muhammad[10].

Publication

Brown Sugar was published on July 3, 1995[17]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States[14]. Genres include contemporary R&B[4], neo soul[5], funk[6], and jazz[7]. It is part of D'Angelo's albums in chronological order[15]. It was distributed by music streaming[16].

Why It Matters

Brown Sugar ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (712 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . pitchfork.com. pitchfork.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . pitchfork.com. pitchfork.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . pitchfork.com. pitchfork.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [26] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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