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The Chi-Lites

American R&B/soul vocal group from Chicago, Illinois
Organization musical_group Q467933
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The Chi-Lites

Summary

The Chi-Lites is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,215 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Chi-Lites's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • The Chi-Lites's genre is soul[4].
  • The Chi-Lites's genre is pop music[5].
  • The Chi-Lites's record label is recorded as Brunswick Records[6].
  • The Chi-Lites's discography is recorded as The Chi-Lites discography[7].
  • The Chi-Lites's country of origin is recorded as United States[8].
  • The Chi-Lites's official website is recorded as https://www.chi-litesofficial.com/[9].
  • The Chi-Lites's topic's main category is recorded as Category:The Chi-Lites[10].
  • The Chi-Lites's start of work period is recorded as 1959[11].
  • The Chi-Lites's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Chi-Lites'}[12].

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: 1964[15]

  • Genre(s): chicago soul, contemporary r&b, disco, funk, smooth soul, soul[16]

  • Community tags: 2008 universal fire victim, chicago soul, contemporary r&b, disco, funk, smooth soul, soul[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: daf21090-1c0f-46e6-bd76-9cd4d6ef7128[18]

Why It Matters

The Chi-Lites ranks in the top 1% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,215 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

United States

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.

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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . 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. 4w ago · ZI Jony · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facebook page id → The-Chi-litesFeat-Marshall-Thompson/203508869746092
    Record label → —
    Country of origin → —
    Start of work period → +1959-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P4003]]: The-Chi-litesFeat-Marshall-Thompson/203508869746092, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257116|batch #257116]]"
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