Cowboy Junkies

Canadian musical group
Organization musical_group Q1138174
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Cowboy Junkies

Summary

Cowboy Junkies is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,981 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cowboy Junkies's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • Cowboy Junkies's genre is alternative rock[4].
  • Cowboy Junkies's record label is recorded as RCA[5].
  • Cowboy Junkies's discography is recorded as Cowboy Junkies discography[6].
  • Cowboy Junkies's Commons category is recorded as Cowboy Junkies[7].
  • Cowboy Junkies's country of origin is recorded as Canada[8].
  • 1986 marks the founding of Cowboy Junkies[9].
  • Cowboy Junkies's official website is recorded as http://www.cowboyjunkies.com/[10].
  • Cowboy Junkies's start of work period is recorded as 1985[11].
  • Cowboy Junkies's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Cowboy Junkies'}[12].

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.

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  • Type: Group[13]

  • Country: CA[14]

  • Began / founded: 1985[15]

  • Genre(s): alternative country, contemporary folk, folk[16]

  • Community tags: alt-country, alternative country, contemporary folk, folk, vyrzukhisuc-artiest[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: b52211f1-49a2-4cd2-8535-dd1ba37ea90b[18]

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Founding

1986 marks the founding of Cowboy Junkies[9].

Why It Matters

Cowboy Junkies ranks in the top 3% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,981 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

It has been cited as an influence by Sarah McLachlan[21], a singer[22], b. 1968[23], of Canada[24], awarded the Officer of the Order of Canada[25], specialised in music composing[26].

FAQs

Who did Cowboy Junkies influence?

Cowboy Junkies has been cited as an influence by Sarah McLachlan[21].

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.

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

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

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [21] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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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