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Midnight Oil

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Midnight Oil

Summary

Midnight Oil is a rock band[1]. It draws 2,544 Wikipedia views per month (rock_band category, ranking #122 of 861).[2]

Key Facts

  • Midnight Oil received the Sydney Peace Prize[3].
  • Midnight Oil is in the country of Australia[4].
  • Midnight Oil's instance of is recorded as rock band[5].
  • Midnight Oil's genre is alternative rock[6].
  • Midnight Oil's genre is new wave[7].
  • Midnight Oil's genre is punk rock[8].
  • Midnight Oil's record label is recorded as Columbia Records[9].
  • Midnight Oil's record label is recorded as CBS[10].
  • Midnight Oil's record label is recorded as Epic Records[11].
  • Midnight Oil's record label is recorded as Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Inc.[12].
  • Midnight Oil's record label is recorded as Universal Music Group[13].
  • Midnight Oil's discography is recorded as Midnight Oil discography[14].
  • Midnight Oil's Commons category is recorded as Midnight Oil[15].
  • Midnight Oil's country of origin is recorded as Australia[16].
  • Midnight Oil comprises Peter Garrett[17].
  • 1976 marks the founding of Midnight Oil[18].
  • Midnight Oil's location of formation is recorded as Sydney[19].
  • Midnight Oil's official website is recorded as http://www.midnightoil.com[20].
  • Midnight Oil's official website is recorded as http://midnightoil.com[21].
  • Midnight Oil's official website is recorded as https://www.midnightoil.com/[22].
  • Midnight Oil's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Midnight Oil[23].
  • Midnight Oil's topic has template is recorded as Template:Midnight Oil[24].
  • Midnight Oil's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'Midnight Oil'}[25].
  • Midnight Oil's start of work period is recorded as 1976[26].
  • Midnight Oil's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+11960'}[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: AU[29]

  • Began / founded: 1976[30]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, new wave, pop rock, post-punk, rock[31]

  • Community tags: alternative rock, australian, big music, new wave, pop rock, post-punk, rock[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 05072650-4b05-4e8b-83d0-dba2576e306a[33]

Body

Recognition

Midnight Oil received the Sydney Peace Prize[3].

Why It Matters

Midnight Oil draws 2,544 Wikipedia views per month (rock_band category, ranking #122 of 861).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34]

FAQs

What awards did Midnight Oil receive?

Honors received include Sydney Peace Prize[3].

Related Entities

Australia Columbia Records Epic Records Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Inc. Sydney Universal Music Group

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . 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.
  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. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. 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. 8d ago · Duffseb · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Musik-sammler.de artist id → midnight-oil
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P9965]]: midnight-oil"
  2. 22d ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Record label → Columbia Records, CBS, Epic Records +2
    Social media followers → {'amount': '+11960'}, {'amount': '+202000'}, {'amount': '+14015'} +5
    Topic's main category → Category:Midnight Oil
    Country of origin → Australia
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P6927]]: midnight-oil, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/214801023|midnight oil (#214801023)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7190|NME artist]] #"
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