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Katrina and the Waves

British-American rock band
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Katrina and the Waves

Summary

Katrina and the Waves is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,464 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Katrina and the Waves received the Eurovision Song Contest[3].
  • Katrina and the Waves's instance of is recorded as musical group[4].
  • Katrina and the Waves's genre is rock music[5].
  • Katrina and the Waves's genre is new wave[6].
  • Katrina and the Waves's genre is pop music[7].
  • Katrina and the Waves's genre is pop rock[8].
  • Katrina and the Waves's record label is recorded as EMI[9].
  • Katrina and the Waves's record label is recorded as Capitol Records[10].
  • Katrina and the Waves's record label is recorded as Warner Music Group[11].
  • Katrina and the Waves's record label is recorded as SBK Records[12].
  • Katrina and the Waves's record label is recorded as Attic[13].
  • Katrina and the Waves's discography is recorded as Katrina and the Waves discography[14].
  • Katrina and the Waves's Commons category is recorded as Katrina and the Waves[15].
  • Katrina and the Waves's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[16].
  • Katrina and the Waves comprises Katrina Leskanich[17].
  • 1981 marks the founding of Katrina and the Waves[18].
  • Katrina and the Waves's location of formation is recorded as Cambridge[19].
  • Katrina and the Waves's official website is recorded as http://katrinaandthewaves.com/[20].
  • Katrina and the Waves's participant in is recorded as Eurovision Song Contest 1997[21].
  • Katrina and the Waves's nominated for is recorded as Grammy Award for Best New Artist[22].
  • Katrina and the Waves's start of work period is recorded as 1981[23].
  • Katrina and the Waves's end of work period is recorded as 1999[24].
  • Katrina and the Waves's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Katrina and the Waves'}[25].
  • Katrina and the Waves's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Waves'}[26].
  • Katrina and the Waves's number of viewers/listeners is recorded as {'amount': '+362235'}[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: GB[29]

  • Began / founded: 1981[30]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1999[31]

  • Genre(s): new wave, pop rock, rock[32]

  • Community tags: new wave, pop rock, rock[33]

  • MusicBrainz ID: a57505c9-6b43-4861-a498-fe00b349d591[34]

Body

Founding

1981 marks the founding of Katrina and the Waves[18]. Its location of formation is recorded as Cambridge[19].

Recognition

Katrina and the Waves received the Eurovision Song Contest[3].

Why It Matters

Katrina and the Waves ranks in the top 5% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,464 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

FAQs

What awards did Katrina and the Waves receive?

Honors received include Eurovision Song Contest[3].

Related Entities

Cambridge Capitol Records EMI United Kingdom Warner Music Group

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . 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.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . rockonthenet.com. rockonthenet.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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.
  7. [34] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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