Geffen Records

Summary

Geffen Records is a record label^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.17% of record_label entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,161 views/month, #4 of 2,290).^[2]

Key Facts

• Geffen Records is in the country of United States^[3].
• Geffen Records's instance of is recorded as record label^[4].
• Geffen Records's founder is recorded as Q115055^[5].
• Geffen Records is operated by Geffen Records, Inc.^[6].
• Geffen Records's headquarters location is recorded as Santa Monica^[7].
• Geffen Records's discography is recorded as Geffen Records catalog^[8].
• Geffen Records's Commons category is recorded as Geffen Records^[9].
• 1980 marks the founding of Geffen Records^[10].
• Geffen Records's parent organization or unit is recorded as Universal Music Group^[11].
• Geffen Records's distributed by is recorded as Interscope Geffen A&M^[12].
• Geffen Records's distributed by is recorded as Polydor^[13].
• Geffen Records's official website is recorded as http://www.geffen.com^[14].
• Geffen Records's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Geffen Records^[15].
• Geffen Records's has characteristic is recorded as Labelcode^[16].
• Geffen Records's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Geffen Records'}^[17].
• Geffen Records's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Geffen'}^[18].
• Geffen Records's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+10885'}^[19].

Product Details

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• Type: Production^[20]

• Country: US^[21]

• Genre(s): alternative hip hop, alternative rock, hip hop, rock^[22]

• Community tags: alternative, alternative hip hop, alternative rock, american, américain, california, hip hop, rock, santa monica, us, usa^[23]

• MusicBrainz ID: 0fadc2ce-f7de-4e27-bbe6-612b317e716b^[24]

Body

Founding

Geffen Records's founder is recorded as Q115055^[5]. 1980 marks the founding of it^[10].

Identity

Geffen Records's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Geffen'}^[18].

Operations

Geffen Records's headquarters location is recorded as Santa Monica^[7]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Universal Music Group^[11]. It is operated by it, Inc.^[6].

Why It Matters

Geffen Records ranks in the top 0.17% of record_label entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,161 views/month, #4 of 2,290).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[25] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[26]