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Indochine

French new wave and rock band
Organization musical_group Q1122583
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Indochine

Summary

Indochine is a musical group[1]. Indochine ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (740 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Indochine received the MTV Europe Music Award for Best French Act[3].
  • Indochine received the Victory of the rock album[4].
  • Indochine received the Victory of honor[5].
  • Indochine received the Q3334519[6].
  • Indochine received the Q3334517[7].
  • Indochine received the Q3334517[8].
  • Indochine's instance of is recorded as musical group[9].
  • Indochine's genre is new wave[10].
  • Indochine's genre is rock music[11].
  • Indochine's record label is recorded as Epic Records[12].
  • Indochine's record label is recorded as Jive Records[13].
  • Indochine's record label is recorded as Sony BMG[14].
  • Indochine's record label is recorded as Indochine Records[15].
  • Indochine's discography is recorded as Indochine discography[16].
  • Indochine's Commons category is recorded as Indochine (band)[17].
  • Indochine's country of origin is recorded as France[18].
  • Indochine comprises Nicola Sirkis[19].
  • Indochine comprises Olivier Gérard[20].
  • Indochine comprises Boris Jardel[21].
  • Indochine comprises Marc Éliard[22].
  • Indochine comprises Ludwig Dahlberg[23].
  • 1981 marks the founding of Indochine[24].
  • Indochine's location of formation is recorded as Paris[25].
  • Indochine's official website is recorded as http://www.indo.fr/[26].
  • Indochine's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Indochine'}[27].

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: Group[28]

  • Country: FR[29]

  • Began / founded: 1981[30]

  • Genre(s): new wave, pop, pop rock, rock, synth-pop[31]

  • Community tags: french, new wave, pop, pop rock, rock, synth-pop[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 076caf66-1bb1-4486-8f46-910c83441eab[33]

Body

Founding

1981 marks the founding of Indochine[24]. Indochine's location of formation is recorded as Paris[25].

Identity

Indochine's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Indochine'}[27].

Recognition

Awards received include MTV Europe Music Award for Best French Act[3], a MTV Europe Music Awards[34], founded in 2000[35]; Victory of the rock album[4], a music award[36], in France[37], founded in 1985[38]; Victory of honor[5], a class of award[39], in France[40], founded in 1990[41]; Q3334519[6], a class of music award[42], in France[43], founded in 2000[44]; Q3334517[7], a class of music award[45], in France[46], founded in 2000[47]; and Q3334536[48], a class of music award[49], in France[50], founded in 2000[51].

Why It Matters

Indochine ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (740 views/month).[2] Indochine has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] Indochine is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]

FAQs

What awards did Indochine receive?

Honors received include MTV Europe Music Award for Best French Act[3], Victory of the rock album[4], Victory of honor[5], and Q3334519[6].

Related Entities

Epic Records France Jive Records

References

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

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  17. [51] ↑ . 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. [52] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [53] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · ZI Jony · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start of work period → +1981-00-00T00:00:00Z
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    Facebook numeric id → 124160890653
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