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Texas

Scottish musical group; alternative rock band
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Texas

Summary

Texas is a musical group[1]. Texas ranks in the top 4% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,504 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Texas received the NRJ Music Award for International Group/Duo/Troupe of the Year[3].
  • Texas's instance of is recorded as musical group[4].
  • Texas's genre is alternative rock[5].
  • Texas's genre is pop rock[6].
  • Texas's record label is recorded as Mercury Records[7].
  • Texas's record label is recorded as Vertigo Records[8].
  • Texas's record label is recorded as BMG Rights Management[9].
  • Texas's discography is recorded as Texas discography[10].
  • Texas's Commons category is recorded as Texas (band)[11].
  • Texas's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[12].
  • Texas comprises Sharleen Spiteri[13].
  • Texas comprises Johnny McElhone[14].
  • Texas comprises Ally McErlaine[15].
  • Texas comprises Eddie Campbell[16].
  • Texas comprises Ross McFarlane[17].
  • Texas comprises Michael Bannister[18].
  • Texas comprises Tony McGovern[19].
  • 1986 marks the founding of Texas[20].
  • Texas's location of formation is recorded as Glasgow[21].
  • Texas's official website is recorded as http://www.texas.uk.com/[22].
  • Texas's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Texas (band)[23].
  • Texas's start of work period is recorded as 1986[24].
  • Texas's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Texas'}[25].
  • Texas's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+14310'}[26].
  • Texas's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+14314'}[27].

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[28]

  • Country: GB[29]

  • Began / founded: 1986[30]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, blue-eyed soul, indie rock, pop rock, rock, soft rock[31]

  • Community tags: aln-sh, alternative rock, blue-eyed soul, british, female vocals, indie rock, pop rock, rock, rock and indie, scotland, scottish, soft rock, uk[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 7289d10d-d8d2-41ff-8308-c56ec9346e07[33]

Body

Founding

1986 marks the founding of Texas[20]. Texas's location of formation is recorded as Glasgow[21].

Recognition

Texas received the NRJ Music Award for International Group/Duo/Troupe of the Year[3].

Why It Matters

Texas ranks in the top 4% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,504 views/month).[2] Texas has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34]

FAQs

What awards did Texas receive?

Honors received include NRJ Music Award for International Group/Duo/Troupe of the Year[3].

Related Entities

Mercury Records United Kingdom Vertigo Records

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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