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Sigur Rós

Icelandic band
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Summary

Sigur Rós is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of musical group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,482 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Shortlist Music Prize[3], MOJO Awards[4], Icelandic Music Awards[5]
  • Genre: post-metal[6], post-rock[7]
  • Record label: FatCat Records[8], Geffen Records[9]
  • Discography: Sigur Rós discography[10]
  • Commons category: Sigur Rós[11]
  • Country of origin: Iceland[12]
  • Has part(s): Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson[13], Jónsi[14], Georg Hólm[15], Kjartan Sveinsson[16], Orri Páll Dýrason[17]
  • Inception: 1994[18]
  • Location of formation: Reykjavík[19]
  • Official website: https://sigurros.com[20]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Sigur Rós[21]
  • Described by source: UbuWeb[22]
  • Nominated for: Shortlist Music Prize[23]
  • Topic has template: Template:Sigur Rós[24]
  • Official name: Sigur Rós[25]
  • Start of work period: 1994[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: IS[28]

  • Began / founded: 1994-01-04[29]

  • Genre(s): ambient, ambient pop, art pop, art rock, dance, dream pop, electronic, electronica, experimental, experimental rock, instrumental, pop, post-metal, post-rock, rock[30]

  • Community tags: alternative/indie rock, ambient, ambient pop, art pop, art rock, dance, dream pop, electronic, electronica, experimental, experimental rock, icelandic, instrumental, pop, post-metal, post-rock, reykjavík, rock[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: f6f2326f-6b25-4170-b89d-e235b25508e8[32]

Why It Matters

Sigur Rós has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

FAQs

What awards did Sigur Rós receive?

Honors received include Shortlist Music Prize[3], MOJO Awards[4], and Icelandic Music Awards[5].

Related Entities

Geffen Records Iceland Jónsi Reykjavík UbuWeb

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . 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.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . ubu.com. Retrieved . ubu.com. Provenance: 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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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. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0269248-Sigur-Ros-hudebni-skupina
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0269248-Sigur-Ros-hudebni-skupina, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  2. 23w ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location of formation → —
    Genre → post-metal, post-rock
    Location of formation → Reykjavík
    Genre → —
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nme artist id: sigur-ros, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/214796202|sigur ros (#214796202)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7190|NME artist]] #mix'n"
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