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Kings of Leon

American rock band
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Summary

Kings of Leon is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of musical group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29,127 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame[3], Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal[4], Grammy Award for Record of the Year[5]
  • Genre: alternative rock[6]
  • Record label: Sony Music[7]
  • Discography: Kings of Leon discography[8]
  • Commons category: Kings of Leon[9]
  • Country of origin: United States[10]
  • Inception: 1999[11]
  • Location of formation: Nashville[12]
  • Official website: https://kingsofleon.com[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Kings of Leon[14]
  • Nominated for: Shortlist Music Prize[15]
  • Topic has template: Template:Kings of Leon[16]
  • Has characteristic: rock band[17]
  • Start of work period: 2000[18]
  • Name: Kings of Leon[19]

Why It Matters

Kings of Leon has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

FAQs

What awards did Kings of Leon receive?

Honors received include Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame[3], Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal[4], and Grammy Award for Record of the Year[5].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . omhof.com. omhof.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . grammy.com. grammy.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . grammy.com. grammy.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · ~2026-55258-91 · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'azb', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ckb', 'cs', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es',
    Youtube handle → kingsofleon
    Sitelink count → 50
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Youtube handle: kingsofleon"
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0225377-Kings-of-Leon-hudebni-skupina
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0225377-Kings-of-Leon-hudebni-skupina, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  3. 24w ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Record label → Sony Music
    Social media followers → {'amount': '+584781'}, {'amount': '+644927'}, {'amount': '+574524'} +1
    Image purged at → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Kings of Leon
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Nme artist id: kings-of-leon, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/214803280|kings of leon (#214803280)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7190|NME artist]]"
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