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Pet Shop Boys

British synth-pop duo
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Pet Shop Boys

Summary

Pet Shop Boys is a musical duo[1]. It ranks in the top 0.89% of musical_duo entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,119 views/month, #7 of 787).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pet Shop Boys received the BRIT Awards[3].
  • Pet Shop Boys's instance of is recorded as musical duo[4].
  • Pet Shop Boys's genre is synth-pop[5].
  • Pet Shop Boys's genre is new wave[6].
  • Pet Shop Boys's genre is house music[7].
  • Pet Shop Boys's genre is electronic dance music[8].
  • Pet Shop Boys's genre is alternative dance[9].
  • Pet Shop Boys's genre is sophisti-pop[10].
  • Pet Shop Boys's genre is art pop[11].
  • Pet Shop Boys's record label is recorded as Parlophone[12].
  • Pet Shop Boys's record label is recorded as Rhino[13].
  • Pet Shop Boys's discography is recorded as Pet Shop Boys discography[14].
  • Pet Shop Boys's Commons category is recorded as Pet Shop Boys[15].
  • Pet Shop Boys's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[16].
  • Pet Shop Boys comprises Neil Tennant[17].
  • Pet Shop Boys comprises Chris Lowe[18].
  • August 19, 1981 marks the founding of Pet Shop Boys[19].
  • Pet Shop Boys's location of formation is recorded as London[20].
  • Pet Shop Boys's official website is recorded as https://petshopboys.co.uk[21].
  • Pet Shop Boys's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pet Shop Boys[22].
  • Pet Shop Boys's topic has template is recorded as Template:Pet Shop Boys[23].
  • Pet Shop Boys's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'Pet Shop Boys'}[24].
  • Pet Shop Boys's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Pet Shop Boys'}[25].
  • Pet Shop Boys's start of work period is recorded as 1982[26].

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[27]

  • Country: GB[28]

  • Began / founded: 1981-08-19[29]

  • Genre(s): art pop, dance-pop, disco, electronic, electropop, house, new wave, pop, synth-pop[30]

  • Community tags: art pop, dance-pop, disco, electronic, electropop, house, new wave, pop, queer, synth-pop, synthpop[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: be540c02-7898-4b79-9acc-c8122c7d9e83[32]

Body

Founding

August 19, 1981 marks the founding of Pet Shop Boys[19]. Its location of formation is recorded as London[20].

Identity

Pet Shop Boys's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'it'}[24].

Recognition

Pet Shop Boys received the BRIT Awards[3].

Why It Matters

Pet Shop Boys ranks in the top 0.89% of musical_duo entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,119 views/month, #7 of 787).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

FAQs

What awards did Pet Shop Boys receive?

Honors received include BRIT Awards[3].

Related Entities

London Neil Tennant Parlophone United Kingdom

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. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . brits.co.uk. Retrieved . brits.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . rhino.com. Retrieved . rhino.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . general catalog of BnF. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . general catalog of BnF. 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.

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

  1. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Lmerice · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → lyrics:Pet_Shop_Boys
    Museum of modern art artist id → 46477
    Record label → Parlophone, Rhino
    Aliases → —
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P10069]]: 58249, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257367|batch #257367]]"
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