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News of the World

1977 studio album by Queen
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News of the World

Summary

News of the World is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 0.26% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,551 views/month, #160 of 60,676).[2]

Key Facts

  • News of the World's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • News of the World's genre is rock music[4].
  • News of the World's genre is hard rock[5].
  • News of the World's genre is arena rock[6].
  • News of the World's genre is glam rock[7].
  • News of the World's genre is traditional heavy metal[8].
  • News of the World's genre is blues rock[9].
  • News of the World was produced by Queen[10].
  • News of the World was performed by Queen[11].
  • News of the World's record label is recorded as EMI Records[12].
  • News of the World's record label is recorded as Parlophone[13].
  • News of the World's record label is recorded as EMI[14].
  • News of the World's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[15].
  • News of the World is part of Queen's albums in chronological order[16].
  • News of the World is part of The Complete Works[17].
  • News of the World's Commons category is recorded as News of the World[18].
  • News of the World's language of work or name is recorded as English[19].
  • News of the World was distributed by LP record[20].
  • News of the World was distributed by music streaming[21].
  • News of the World was published on October 28, 1977[22].
  • News of the World's tracklist is recorded as We Will Rock You[23].
  • News of the World's tracklist is recorded as We Are the Champions[24].
  • News of the World's tracklist is recorded as Sheer Heart Attack[25].
  • News of the World's tracklist is recorded as Spread Your Wings[26].
  • News of the World's tracklist is recorded as It's Late[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

  • Release type: Album[28]

  • First release date: 1977-10-28[29]

  • Genre(s): arena rock, art rock, glam rock, hard rock, pop, pop rock, rock[30]

  • Community tags: anthemic, aor classic rock, arena rock, art rock, eclectic, glam rock, hard rock, passionate, playful, pop, pop rock, rock, sexual, triumphant, uplifting[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c172ea98-3a82-3254-b8ad-25a4f465ba03[32]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on News of the World was Queen[11]. It was produced by Queen[10].

Publication

News of the World was published on October 28, 1977[22]. Its place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[15]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[19]. Genres include rock music[4], hard rock[5], arena rock[6], glam rock[7], traditional heavy metal[8], and blues rock[9]. Part of include Queen's albums in chronological order[16] and The Complete Works[17], an album[33]. Recorded distribution format include LP record[20] and music streaming[21].

Why It Matters

News of the World ranks in the top 0.26% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,551 views/month, #160 of 60,676).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Related Entities

EMI Parlophone Queen United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Retrieved . 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.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] ↑ . 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. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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