Sparklehorse

American musical group
Organization musical_group Q1481379
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Sparklehorse

Summary

Sparklehorse is a musical group[1]. Sparklehorse ranks in the top 5% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,519 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sparklehorse's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • Sparklehorse's genre is alternative rock[4].
  • Sparklehorse's record label is recorded as EMI[5].
  • Sparklehorse's record label is recorded as Astralwerks[6].
  • Sparklehorse's record label is recorded as Capitol Records[7].
  • Sparklehorse's discography is recorded as Sparklehorse discography[8].
  • Sparklehorse's Commons category is recorded as Sparklehorse[9].
  • Sparklehorse's country of origin is recorded as United States[10].
  • Sparklehorse comprises Mark Linkous[11].
  • 1995 marks the founding of Sparklehorse[12].
  • Sparklehorse's location of formation is recorded as Richmond[13].
  • Sparklehorse's official website is recorded as http://www.sparklehorse.com/[14].
  • Sparklehorse's start of work period is recorded as 1995[15].
  • Sparklehorse's end of work period is recorded as 2010[16].
  • Sparklehorse's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sparklehorse'}[17].

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[18]

  • Country: US[19]

  • Began / founded: 1995[20]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2010[21]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, indie folk, indie rock, lo-fi, neo-psychedelia, slowcore[22]

  • Community tags: alternative rock, american, indie folk, indie rock, lo-fi, neo-psychedelia, slowcore[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 45be8e20-3c3c-4e78-98f0-b5bdecf2f703[24]

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Founding

1995 marks the founding of Sparklehorse[12]. Sparklehorse's location of formation is recorded as Richmond[13].

Why It Matters

Sparklehorse ranks in the top 5% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,519 views/month).[2] Sparklehorse has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25]

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.
  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.

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