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Imperial

American record label started in 1947 by Lew Chudd
Organization record_label Q1660305
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Imperial

Summary

Imperial is a record label[1]. Imperial ranks in the top 10% of record_label entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (172 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Imperial is in the country of United States[3].
  • Imperial's instance of is recorded as record label[4].
  • Imperial's founder is recorded as Lew Chudd[5].
  • Imperial's genre is jazz[6].
  • Imperial's headquarters location is recorded as Los Angeles[7].
  • Imperial's discography is recorded as Imperial (US) catalog[8].
  • Imperial's Commons category is recorded as Imperial Records[9].
  • 1947 marks the founding of Imperial[10].
  • Imperial's parent organization or unit is recorded as Universal Music Group[11].
  • Imperial's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Imperial'}[12].
  • Imperial's different from is recorded as Imperial[13].

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: Production[14]

  • Country: US[15]

  • Began / founded: 1947[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: afe5e60c-918e-48ab-a692-66940684ade7[17]

Body

Founding

Imperial's founder is recorded as Lew Chudd[5]. 1947 marks the founding of Imperial[10].

Identity

Imperial's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Imperial'}[12].

Operations

Imperial's headquarters location is recorded as Los Angeles[7]. Imperial's parent organization or unit is recorded as Universal Music Group[11].

Why It Matters

Imperial ranks in the top 10% of record_label entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (172 views/month).[2] Imperial has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Imperial is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Cher Elmer Bernstein Fats Domino Los Angeles Maurice Chevalier record label Ricky Nelson Tony Randall United States Universal Music Group

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . 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] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Imperial. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/imperial-q1660305
MLA “Imperial.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/imperial-q1660305.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_imperial-q1660305_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Imperial}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/imperial-q1660305}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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