Century Child

2002 studio album by Nightwish
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Century Child

Summary

Century Child is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (646 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Century Child's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Century Child's genre is symphonic metal[4].
  • Century Child was produced by Tuomas Holopainen[5].
  • Among the performers on Century Child was Nightwish[6].
  • Century Child's record label is recorded as Spinefarm Records[7].
  • Century Child's record label is recorded as Century Media Records[8].
  • Century Child's place of publication is recorded as Finland[9].
  • Century Child is part of Nightwish' albums in chronological order[10].
  • Century Child's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • Century Child's recorded at studio or venue is recorded as Finnvox Studios[12].
  • Century Child was published on June 24, 2002[13].
  • Century Child's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Century Child'}[14].
  • Century Child's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+3011'}[15].
  • Century Child's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[16].

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[17]

  • First release date: 2002-06-24[18]

  • Genre(s): gothic metal, gothic rock, heavy metal, metal, power metal, rock, symphonic metal, symphonic rock[19]

  • Community tags: 00s, goth rock, gothic metal, gothic rock, heavy metal, metal, power metal, rock, symphonic metal, symphonic rock, tarja[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: cc4fe8bd-3996-3fe9-9860-fe23189a22a4[21]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Century Child was Nightwish[6]. It was produced by Tuomas Holopainen[5].

Publication

Century Child was published on June 24, 2002[13]. Its place of publication is recorded as Finland[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Its genre is symphonic metal[4]. It is part of Nightwish' albums in chronological order[10].

Why It Matters

Century Child ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (646 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

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.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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