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S&M

1999 album by Metallica and San Francisco Symphony
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S&M

Summary

S&M is an album[1]. S&M ranks in the top 1% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,813 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • S&M's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • S&M's genre is heavy metal music[4].
  • S&M was produced by Bob Rock[5].
  • S&M was performed by Metallica[6].
  • Among the performers on S&M was San Francisco Symphony[7].
  • S&M's record label is recorded as Elektra[8].
  • S&M's place of publication is recorded as United States[9].
  • S&M is part of Metallica's albums in chronological order[10].
  • S&M's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • S&M was distributed by direct-to-video[12].
  • S&M was released on November 23, 1999[13].
  • S&M's official website is recorded as https://www.metallica.com/releases/albums/release-4217.html[14].
  • S&M's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'S&M'}[15].
  • S&M's different from is recorded as S&M[16].
  • S&M's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+7982'}[17].
  • S&M's form of creative work is recorded as live album[18].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Album[19]

  • Secondary type(s): Live[20]

  • First release date: 1999-11-22[21]

  • Genre(s): classical, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, rock, speed metal, symphonic metal, symphonic rock, thrash metal[22]

  • Community tags: classical, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, pop/rock, rock, speed metal, symphonic metal, symphonic rock, thrash metal, top40, trash metal[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 49371adc-871d-38f6-bb60-fd9e5af6795f[24]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Metallica[6] and San Francisco Symphony[7]. S&M was produced by Bob Rock[5].

Publication

S&M was released on November 23, 1999[13]. S&M's place of publication is recorded as United States[9]. S&M's language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. S&M's genre is heavy metal music[4]. S&M is part of Metallica's albums in chronological order[10]. S&M was distributed by direct-to-video[12].

Why It Matters

S&M ranks in the top 1% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,813 views/month).[2] S&M has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] S&M is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Related Entities

Elektra Metallica Michael Kamen United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . metallica.com. metallica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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