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Shakatak

British pop group
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Shakatak

Summary

Shakatak is a musical group[1]. Shakatak ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (915 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shakatak's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • Shakatak's genre is jazz[4].
  • Shakatak's record label is recorded as Polydor[5].
  • Shakatak's discography is recorded as Shakatak discography[6].
  • Shakatak's Commons category is recorded as Shakatak[7].
  • Shakatak's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[8].
  • Shakatak comprises Jill Saward[9].
  • January 1, 1980 marks the founding of Shakatak[10].
  • Shakatak's official website is recorded as http://www.shakatak.com[11].
  • Shakatak's start of work period is recorded as 1980[12].
  • Shakatak's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Shakatak'}[13].

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[14]

  • Country: GB[15]

  • Began / founded: 1980[16]

  • Genre(s): brit funk, jazz fusion, jazz-funk, smooth jazz[17]

  • Community tags: brit funk, britfunk, jazz fusion, jazz-funk, smooth jazz[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: f6372053-44f7-4353-9c76-979116a9822d[19]

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Founding

January 1, 1980 marks the founding of Shakatak[10].

Why It Matters

Shakatak ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (915 views/month).[2] Shakatak has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20]

Related Entities

Polydor United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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