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Kings of Convenience

Norwegian music duo
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Kings of Convenience

Summary

Kings of Convenience is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (731 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kings of Convenience received the Alarmprisen for best video[3].
  • Kings of Convenience's instance of is recorded as musical group[4].
  • Kings of Convenience's genre is folk music[5].
  • Kings of Convenience's record label is recorded as EMI[6].
  • Kings of Convenience's record label is recorded as Astralwerks[7].
  • Kings of Convenience's Commons category is recorded as Kings of Convenience[8].
  • Kings of Convenience's country of origin is recorded as Norway[9].
  • Kings of Convenience comprises Erlend Øye[10].
  • 1998 marks the founding of Kings of Convenience[11].
  • Kings of Convenience's location of formation is recorded as Bergen[12].
  • Kings of Convenience's official website is recorded as http://www.kingsofconvenience.eu/[13].
  • Kings of Convenience's official website is recorded as https://kingsofconvenience.eu/#![14].
  • Kings of Convenience's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kings of Convenience[15].
  • Kings of Convenience's start of work period is recorded as 1998[16].
  • Kings of Convenience's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+15227'}[17].
  • Kings of Convenience's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+15556'}[18].
  • Kings of Convenience's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+15453'}[19].

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[20]

  • Country: NO[21]

  • Began / founded: 1999[22]

  • Genre(s): folk pop, indie folk, indie pop[23]

  • Community tags: classic pop and rock, european, folk pop, indie folk, indie pop, norsk, norvège, norvégien, norway, norwegian[24]

  • MusicBrainz ID: cf0f4547-ffbd-4011-98ad-0bec9ba022db[25]

Body

Founding

1998 marks the founding of Kings of Convenience[11]. Its location of formation is recorded as Bergen[12].

Recognition

Kings of Convenience received the Alarmprisen for best video[3].

Why It Matters

Kings of Convenience ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (731 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

FAQs

What awards did Kings of Convenience receive?

Honors received include Alarmprisen for best video[3].

Related Entities

Bergen EMI Norway

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Stavanger Aftenblad. aftenbladet.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . musikknyheter.no. musikknyheter.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . kingsofconvenience.eu. Retrieved . kingsofconvenience.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . musikknyheter.no. musikknyheter.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [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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  1. 8w ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nme artist id → kings-of-convenience
    Genre → —
    Social media followers → {'amount': '+15227'}, {'amount': '+15556'}, {'amount': '+15453'}
    Location of formation → Bergen
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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