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The Brothers Johnson

American funk and R&B band
Organization Musical Group Q2078198

Facts

11 properties

Identity

Instance of
musical group

Status and dates

Inception
1975[7]

Location

Location of formation
Los Angeles[8]

Relations

Has part(s)
George Johnson[6]
More facts +7
Genre
funk, rhythm and blues, soul[1][2][3]
Nominated for
Grammy Award for Best New Artist[9]
Country of origin
United States[5]
Has characteristic
sibling duo[10]
Name
The Brothers Johnson[12]
Record label
A&M Records[4]
Start of work period
1975[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en Brothers Johnson en The Brothers Johnson es Brothers Johnson fr The Brothers Johnson it Brothers Johnson ja ザ・ブラザーズ・ジョンソン ja ブラザーズ・ジョンソン zh 約翰遜兄弟 zh 约翰逊兄弟
🔖 Identifiers · 22
ISNI
0000000106728199
VIAF cluster ID
151771454
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n91073770
GND ID
5555844-6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Brothers Johnson.jpg ↗
AZLyrics artist ID
b/brothersjohnson
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000624215
BBC Things ID
c534eddc-2ae9-401f-842a-e704c8013e0f
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13902150f
Carnegie Hall agent ID
52206
Deezer artist ID
16517
Discogs artist ID
88606
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FAST ID
669274
Freebase ID
/m/0flp5
Grammy Awards artist ID
brothers-johnson, brothers-johnson/7631
MusicBrainz artist ID
cfb830a4-66ca-4d81-a099-033883b39ad8
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000057602
NL CR AUT ID
xx0091880
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX93543
SBN author ID
DDSV356207
Songkick artist ID
155739
Tidal artist ID
30521
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🔗 Connections
Genre 3
rhythm and blues, soul, funk
Mb:performer of 3
Right on Time, Blam!, Light Up the Night
← Mb:member of band 2
Louis Johnson, George Johnson
Country of origin 1
United States
Influenced 1
Seal
Instance of 1
musical group
Location of formation 1
Los Angeles
Nominated for 1
Grammy Award for Best New Artist
Record label 1
A&M Records
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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[13]

  • Country: US[14]

  • Began / founded: 1975[15]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2015-05-21[16]

  • Genre(s): funk, r&b[17]

  • Community tags: 2008 universal fire victim, funk, r&b[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: cfb830a4-66ca-4d81-a099-033883b39ad8[19]

Why It Matters

The Brothers Johnson has been cited as an influence by Seal[20], a singer-songwriter[21], b. 1963[22], of United Kingdom[23], awarded the Grammy Award for Song of the Year[24].

FAQs

Who did The Brothers Johnson influence?

The Brothers Johnson has been cited as an influence by Seal[20].

Related Entities

A&M Records Los Angeles Seal United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . rockonthenet.com. rockonthenet.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 8d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Deezer artist ID → 16517
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63224: Import Deezer artist ID from MusicBrainz via its artist ID in Wikidata. Also matched on name. Part1: imp"
  2. 9d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → George Johnson
    Has characteristic → sibling duo
    Location of formation → Los Angeles
    Inception → 1975
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63220: Import Tidal artist ID from MusicBrainz, also matching on name. Part1.: import Tidal artist ID (P4576) f"
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