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Payolas

Canadian new wave band
Organization musical_group Q7156869
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Summary

Payolas is a musical group[1].

Key Facts

  • Payolas's instance of is recorded as musical group[2].
  • Payolas's genre is alternative rock[3].
  • Payolas's record label is recorded as A&M Records[4].
  • Payolas's discography is recorded as Payolas discography[5].
  • Payolas's country of origin is recorded as Canada[6].
  • 1978 marks the founding of Payolas[7].
  • Payolas's location of formation is recorded as Vancouver[8].
  • Payolas's name is recorded as Payola$[9].

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Founding

1978 marks the founding of Payolas[7]. Payolas's location of formation is recorded as Vancouver[8].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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. 14w ago · Shatterdaymorn · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14443 → ['106979', '100973']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14443: 100973, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289812263|payola (#289812263)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7901|‎Museum of Canadian Music"
  2. 15w ago · BorkedBot bot · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Songkick artist id → 269820
    Rate your music artist id → payola_
    Apple music artist id → 28728525
    Youtube channel id → UCmZFHYyKIgLsiTWVd6_pEPw
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Subject named as: The Payolas - Topic, update youtube data ([[:toolforge:editgroups/b/CB/52763627447c|details]])"
  3. 15w ago · Shatterdaymorn · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1978-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Freebase id → /m/01kzqcl
    Genre → alternative rock
    Record label → A&M Records
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14443: 106979"
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