Matchbox Twenty

American rock band
Organization Musical Group Q482444

Facts

13 properties

Identity

Instance of
musical group
Official website
matchboxtwenty.com[13]
Official name
Matchbox Twenty[15]

Status and dates

Inception
1995[11]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 1995 BnF data 1992 edition 2026-10-01 · fr-lo ↗

Location

Location of formation
Orlando[12]
More facts +7
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[14]
Country of origin
United States[6]
Social media followers
787k (147k–787k, n=8)[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
Start of work period
1995[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Matchbox 20 en Matchbox Twenty en MB20 de Matchbox 20 es Matchbox 20 fi Matchbox 20 fr Matchbox Twenty hu Matchbox 20 hu MB20 ja Matchbox 20 ja マッチボックス20 ja マッチボックス・トゥエンティ ja マッチボックス・トゥエンティー ko 매치박스 트웬티 nl Matchbox 20 pl Matchbox 20 pt Matchbox 20 ru Matchbox 20 ru Роб Томас sv Matchbox 20
🔖 Identifiers · 46
VIAF cluster ID
135661063
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n2007060972
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Matchbox twenty in MAA 03.jpg ↗
Acharts.co artist ID
matchbox_twenty
Album of the Year artist ID
1376
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000383889
Apple Music artist ID
711111
Bandsintown artist ID
14315
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13999154c
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Billboard artist ID
matchbox-twenty
Deezer artist ID
2133
Discogs artist ID
611856
Facebook username
matchboxtwenty
Freebase ID
/m/028d8m
Genius artist ID
Matchbox-twenty
Genius artist numeric ID
71892
IMDb ID
nm1855510
Instagram username
matchboxtwenty
Kinobox person ID
636671
Last.fm ID
Matchbox+Twenty
LyricsTranslate ID
matchbox-twenty-lyrics.html
Munzinger Pop ID
02000001381
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
20907
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000041496
Myspace ID
matchboxtwenty
NL CR AUT ID
ko2008435800
NME artist ID
matchbox-twenty
Quora topic ID
Matchbox-Twenty
Rate Your Music artist ID
matchbox_twenty
Rolling Stone artist ID
matchbox-twenty
SecondHandSongs artist ID
1992
Shazam artist ID
711111
Songkick artist ID
30543
SoundCloud ID
matchbox-twenty
Spotify artist ID
3Ngh2zDBRPEriyxQDAMKd1
Threads username
matchboxtwenty
Tidal artist ID
14999
Topic's main category
Category:Matchbox Twenty
TuneIn artist ID
Matchbox-Twenty-m416611
X (Twitter) username
MatchboxTwenty
YouTube channel ID
UC3Xu7mc5Zzep3lV17hqbs5A
📚 Sources · 1
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Licence
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Credit
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Mb:performer of 15
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← Mb:member of band 5
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Influenced 2
Mb:writer 2
Record label 2
Country of origin 1
Genre 1
Instance of 1
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Location of formation 1
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Summary

Matchbox Twenty is a musical group[1].

Why It Matters

It has been cited as an influence by Maroon 5[25], a musical group[26], founded in 1994[27] and 3 Doors Down[28], a musical group[29], founded in 1996[30].

FAQs

Who did Matchbox Twenty influence?

Matchbox Twenty has been cited as an influence by Maroon 5[25] and 3 Doors Down[28].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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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. 15d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-10-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Merged from another item"
  2. 26w ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Social media followers → 152,061, 154,630, 541,000 +5
    Genre → alternative rock
    Start of work period → 1995
    Inception → 1995
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: NME artist ID: matchbox-twenty, Matched to matchbox twenty (#214800622) in NME arti…"
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