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Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

American funk/soul band
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Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

Summary

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (563 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings's genre is funk[4].
  • Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings's genre is deep funk revival[5].
  • Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings's record label is recorded as Daptone Records[6].
  • Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings's Commons category is recorded as Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings[7].
  • Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings's country of origin is recorded as United States[8].
  • Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings comprises Sharon Jones[9].
  • 1996 marks the founding of Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings[10].
  • Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings's location of formation is recorded as New York City[11].
  • Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings's official website is recorded as http://sharonjonesandthedapkings.com[12].
  • Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings's start of work period is recorded as 1996[13].
  • Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+26216'}[14].
  • Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+28129'}[15].
  • Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+25593'}[16].
  • Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+24717'}[17].

Product Details

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  • Type: Group[18]

  • Country: US[19]

  • Began / founded: 1996[20]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2018[21]

  • Genre(s): funk, soul[22]

  • Community tags: classic pop and rock, funk, soul[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 8d50cd20-34f2-4abe-ba16-0759ee0fb9f5[24]

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Founding

1996 marks the founding of Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings[10]. Its location of formation is recorded as New York City[11].

Why It Matters

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (563 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Related Entities

New York City United States

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . allmusic.com. allmusic.com. Provenance: 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.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [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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