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The Chemical Brothers

British electronic music band
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Summary

The Chemical Brothers is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 0.56% of musical group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,692 views/month, #115 of 20,490).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album[3]
  • Genre: rock music[4], pop rock[5], punk rock[6], pop rap[7], electronic music[8], big beat[9]
  • Record label: Astralwerks[10], Freestyle Dust[11], Junior Boy's Own[12]
  • Discography: The Chemical Brothers discography[13]
  • Commons category: The Chemical Brothers[14]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[15]
  • Website account on: PureVolume[16]
  • Inception: 1989[17]
  • Location of formation: Manchester[18]
  • Official website: https://www.thechemicalbrothers.com/[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:The Chemical Brothers[20]
  • Participant in: Sónar[21]
  • Topic has template: Template:The Chemical Brothers[22]
  • Has characteristic: musical duo[23]
  • Different from: Dust Brothers[24]
  • Start of work period: 1991[25]
  • Name: The Chemical Brothers[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: GB[28]

  • Began / founded: 1989[29]

  • Genre(s): big beat, breakbeat, electronic, neo-psychedelia, progressive house, techno[30]

  • Community tags: big beat, breakbeat, british, electronic, neo-psychedelia, progressive house, techno[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 1946a82a-f927-40c2-8235-38d64f50d043[32]

Why It Matters

The Chemical Brothers has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

FAQs

What awards did The Chemical Brothers receive?

Honors received include Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album[3].

Related Entities

Hanna United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  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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  1. 21d ago · StorchPDF · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pitchfork artist id → 734-the-chemical-brothers
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  2. 25d ago · Raphael1256 · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → British electronic music band
    Location of formation → Manchester
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  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  5. 23w ago · Lmerice · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1989-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Location of formation → Manchester
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