Lights

2010 debut studio album by Ellie Goulding
MusicAlbum album Q1090065
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Lights

Summary

Lights is an album[1]. Lights ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (434 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lights's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Lights's genre is indie pop[4].
  • Lights's genre is synth-pop[5].
  • Lights's genre is folktronica[6].
  • Lights followed An Introduction to Ellie Goulding[7].
  • Lights was produced by Fred Falke[8].
  • Lights was produced by Frankmusik[9].
  • Lights was produced by Fraser T. Smith[10].
  • Lights was produced by Starsmith[11].
  • Lights was performed by Ellie Goulding[12].
  • Lights's record label is recorded as Polydor[13].
  • Lights's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[14].
  • Lights is part of Ellie Goulding's albums in chronological order[15].
  • Lights's language of work or name is recorded as English[16].
  • Lights was distributed by music streaming[17].
  • Lights was distributed by music download[18].
  • Lights's review score is recorded as 3.5[19].
  • Lights was published on February 26, 2010[20].
  • Lights's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Lights'}[21].
  • Lights's has characteristic is recorded as debut album[22].
  • Lights's different from is recorded as Lights[23].
  • Lights's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2211'}[24].
  • Lights's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+10'}[25].
  • Lights's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[26].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[27]

  • First release date: 2010-01-25[28]

  • Genre(s): dance-pop, electronic, electropop, folk pop, pop, pop rock, rock, synth-pop[29]

  • Community tags: dance-pop, electronic, electropop, folk pop, pop, pop rock, rock, synth-pop[30]

  • MusicBrainz ID: e665cc07-f57a-4b0d-8e7a-426095aa529f[31]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Lights was Ellie Goulding[12]. Producers include Fred Falke[8], Frankmusik[9], Fraser T. Smith[10], and Starsmith[11].

Publication

Lights was released on February 26, 2010[20]. Lights's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[14]. Lights's language of work or name is recorded as English[16]. Genres include indie pop[4], synth-pop[5], and folktronica[6]. Lights is part of Ellie Goulding's albums in chronological order[15]. Recorded distribution format include music streaming[17] and music download[18].

Reception

Lights's review score is recorded as 3.5[19].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Lights followed An Introduction to Ellie Goulding[7].

Why It Matters

Lights ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (434 views/month).[2] Lights has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . salacioussound.com. salacioussound.com. 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] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Apple Music. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . AllMusic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . AllMusic. Retrieved . allmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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    Record label Polydor
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