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I.R.S. Records

American record label
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I.R.S. Records

Summary

I.R.S. Records is a record label[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of record_label entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (499 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • I.R.S. Records is in the country of United States[3].
  • I.R.S. Records's instance of is recorded as record label[4].
  • I.R.S. Records's founder is recorded as Miles Copeland III[5].
  • I.R.S. Records's founder is recorded as Jay Boberg[6].
  • I.R.S. Records's genre is new wave[7].
  • I.R.S. Records's discography is recorded as I.R.S. Records catalog[8].
  • I.R.S. Records's Commons category is recorded as I.R.S. Records[9].
  • 1979 marks the founding of I.R.S. Records[10].
  • I.R.S. Records was dissolved in 1996[11].
  • I.R.S. Records's parent organization or unit is recorded as Universal Music Group[12].
  • I.R.S. Records's official website is recorded as https://www.onamrecords.com/labels/i-r-s-records[13].
  • I.R.S. Records's topic's main category is recorded as Category:I.R.S. Records[14].

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

  • Type: Original Production[15]

  • Country: US[16]

  • Began / founded: 1979[17]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1996[18]

  • Genre(s): rock[19]

  • Community tags: rock[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 5aa5ddcd-b5d9-4bdf-b528-5083dfd98f03[21]

Body

Founding

Founders include Miles Copeland III[5] and Jay Boberg[6]. 1979 marks the founding of I.R.S. Records[10].

Operations

I.R.S. Records's parent organization or unit is recorded as Universal Music Group[12].

Dissolution

I.R.S. Records was dissolved in 1996[11].

Why It Matters

I.R.S. Records ranks in the top 5% of record_label entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (499 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

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References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . AllMusic. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . 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.

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

  1. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [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.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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