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Hardwired… to Self-Destruct

2016 studio album by Metallica
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Hardwired… to Self-Destruct

Summary

Hardwired… to Self-Destruct is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 0.74% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,419 views/month, #450 of 60,676).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hardwired… to Self-Destruct's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Hardwired… to Self-Destruct's genre is heavy metal music[4].
  • Hardwired… to Self-Destruct was produced by Greg Fidelman[5].
  • Hardwired… to Self-Destruct was performed by Metallica[6].
  • Hardwired… to Self-Destruct's record label is recorded as Blackened Recordings[7].
  • Hardwired… to Self-Destruct is part of Metallica's albums in chronological order[8].
  • Hardwired… to Self-Destruct is part of Metallica studio albums discography[9].
  • Hardwired… to Self-Destruct's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Hardwired… to Self-Destruct was distributed by compact disc[11].
  • Hardwired… to Self-Destruct was distributed by LP record[12].
  • Hardwired… to Self-Destruct was distributed by music download[13].
  • Hardwired… to Self-Destruct was distributed by music streaming[14].
  • Hardwired… to Self-Destruct was released on November 18, 2016[15].
  • Hardwired… to Self-Destruct's official website is recorded as https://www.metallica.com/releases/albums/release-4878.html[16].
  • Hardwired… to Self-Destruct's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Hardwired… to Self-Destruct'}[17].
  • Hardwired… to Self-Destruct's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+4646'}[18].
  • Hardwired… to Self-Destruct's charted in is recorded as Top Albums France[19].
  • Hardwired… to Self-Destruct's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[20].

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[21]

  • First release date: 2016-11-08[22]

  • Genre(s): hard rock, heavy metal, metal, rock, thrash metal[23]

  • Community tags: 10s, energetic, hard rock, heavy, heavy metal, metal, rock, thrash metal[24]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 55d8ab42-990b-4c94-93c8-9ca7927b5fc0[25]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Hardwired… to Self-Destruct was performed by Metallica[6]. It was produced by Greg Fidelman[5].

Publication

Hardwired… to Self-Destruct was published on November 18, 2016[15]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is heavy metal music[4]. Part of include Metallica's albums in chronological order[8] and Metallica studio albums discography[9]. Recorded distribution format include compact disc[11], LP record[12], music download[13], and music streaming[14].

Why It Matters

Hardwired… to Self-Destruct ranks in the top 0.74% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,419 views/month, #450 of 60,676).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Related Entities

Blackened Recordings compact disc Metallica

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] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Apple Music. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Spotify. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . lescharts.com. lescharts.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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