Loverboy

Canadian rock band
Organization musical_group Q650374
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Loverboy

Summary

Loverboy is a musical group[1]. Loverboy ranks in the top 2% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,590 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • A notable work attributed to Loverboy is Working for the Weekend[3].
  • Loverboy received the Juno Award for Album of the Year[4].
  • Loverboy received the Juno Award for Group of the Year[5].
  • Loverboy received the Juno Award for Single of the Year[6].
  • Loverboy received the Juno Award for Album of the Year[7].
  • Loverboy received the Juno Award for Group of the Year[8].
  • Loverboy received the Juno Award for Group of the Year[9].
  • Loverboy's instance of is recorded as musical group[10].
  • Loverboy's genre is rock music[11].
  • Loverboy's genre is album-oriented rock[12].
  • Loverboy's genre is hard rock[13].
  • Loverboy's genre is pop rock[14].
  • Loverboy's record label is recorded as CMC International[15].
  • Loverboy's record label is recorded as Columbia Records[16].
  • Loverboy's discography is recorded as Loverboy discography[17].
  • Loverboy's Commons category is recorded as Loverboy[18].
  • Loverboy's country of origin is recorded as Canada[19].
  • Loverboy comprises Scott Smith[20].
  • Loverboy comprises Mike Reno[21].
  • Loverboy comprises Paul Dean[22].
  • Loverboy comprises Ken Sinnaeve[23].
  • 1980 marks the founding of Loverboy[24].
  • Loverboy's location of formation is recorded as Calgary[25].
  • Loverboy's official website is recorded as https://www.loverboyband.com/[26].
  • Loverboy's nominated for is recorded as Juno Award for Breakthrough Group of the Year[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: CA[29]

  • Began / founded: 1979[30]

  • Genre(s): hard rock, rock[31]

  • Community tags: canadian, hard rock, rock[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c11ba128-03b1-404d-ae88-452524b7ecc3[33]

Body

Founding

1980 marks the founding of Loverboy[24]. Loverboy's location of formation is recorded as Calgary[25].

Recognition

Awards received include Juno Award for Album of the Year[4], a class of award[34], in Canada[35]; Juno Award for Group of the Year[5], a Juno Awards[36], in Canada[37]; Juno Award for Single of the Year[6], a Juno Awards[38], in Canada[39]; and Canadian Music Hall of Fame[40], a music hall of fame[41], in Canada[42], founded in 1978[43].

Why It Matters

Loverboy ranks in the top 2% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,590 views/month).[2] Loverboy has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44]

FAQs

What awards did Loverboy receive?

Honors received include Juno Award for Album of the Year[4], Juno Award for Group of the Year[5], Juno Award for Single of the Year[6], and Juno Award for Album of the Year[7].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [10] . wikidata.org.
  2. [11] . artistdirect.com. artistdirect.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [12] . wikidata.org.
  4. [13] . karaoke-version.com. karaoke-version.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [14] . wcbsfm.cbslocal.com. wcbsfm.cbslocal.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [40] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [3] . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] . 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.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [43] . 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. [44] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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