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Money for Nothing

1988 greatest hits album by Dire Straits
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Money for Nothing

Summary

Money for Nothing is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (754 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Money for Nothing received the SNEP diamond album[3].
  • Money for Nothing's instance of is recorded as album[4].
  • Money for Nothing's genre is rock music[5].
  • Among the performers on Money for Nothing was Dire Straits[6].
  • Money for Nothing's record label is recorded as Vertigo Records[7].
  • Money for Nothing's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[8].
  • Money for Nothing is part of Dire Straits' albums in chronological order[9].
  • Money for Nothing's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Money for Nothing was distributed by music streaming[11].
  • Money for Nothing was published on October 17, 1988[12].
  • Money for Nothing's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Money for Nothing'}[13].
  • Money for Nothing's different from is recorded as Money for Nothing[14].
  • Money for Nothing's form of creative work is recorded as compilation album[15].

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

  • Release type: Album[16]

  • Secondary type(s): Compilation[17]

  • First release date: 1988-10-16[18]

  • Genre(s): aor, blues rock, classic rock, folk rock, pop, pop rock, rock, rock and roll[19]

  • Community tags: 5+ wochen, aor, blues rock, classic rock, compilation, english, folk rock, offizielle charts, pop, pop rock, rock, rock and roll[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 8af3b92c-34b7-3182-b132-1b952637f7a6[21]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Money for Nothing was performed by Dire Straits[6].

Publication

Money for Nothing was published on October 17, 1988[12]. Its place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is rock music[5]. It is part of Dire Straits' albums in chronological order[9]. It was distributed by music streaming[11].

Reception

Money for Nothing received the SNEP diamond album[3].

Why It Matters

Money for Nothing ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (754 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

FAQs

What awards did Money for Nothing receive?

Honors received include SNEP diamond album[3].

Related Entities

Dire Straits United Kingdom Vertigo Records

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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