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The Cranberries

Irish musical group; rock band
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Summary

The Cranberries is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 0.029% of musical group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (47,546 views/month, #6 of 20,490).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: MTV Europe Music Award for Best Song[3], Juno Award for International Album of the Year[4]
  • Genre: alternative rock[5], Celtic rock[6], dream pop[7], jangle pop[8], post-punk[9], rock music[10], grunge[11], indie rock[12], new wave[13], folk rock[14], pop rock[15], indie pop[16]
  • Record label: Island Records[17], Universal Music Group[18], Downtown Records[19], Cooking Vinyl[20], Interscope Records[21]
  • Discography: The Cranberries discography[22]
  • Commons category: The Cranberries[23]
  • Country of origin: Ireland[24]
  • Has part(s): Dolores O'Riordan[25], Mike Hogan[26], Noel Hogan[27], Fergal Lawler[28], Niall Quinn[29], Johanna Cranitch[30]
  • Inception: 1989[31]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 2003[32]
  • Location of formation: Limerick[33]
  • Official website: https://cranberries.com/[34]
  • Topic's main category: Category:The Cranberries[35]
  • Topic has template: Template:The Cranberries[36]
  • Has characteristic: rock band[37]
  • Start of work period: 1990[38]
  • End of work period: 2018[39]
  • Has list: list of The Cranberries radio and television sessions[40]
  • Name: The Cranberries[41]

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[42]

  • Country: IE[43]

  • Began / founded: 1989[44]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2019-04-26[45]

  • Genre(s): acoustic rock, alternative rock, celtic rock, chamber pop, dream pop, ethereal wave, jangle pop, pop rock, rock, soft rock[46]

  • Community tags: acoustic rock, alternative rock, celtic rock, chamber pop, dream pop, ethereal wave, jangle pop, pop rock, rock, soft rock[47]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c98d40fd-f6cf-4b26-883e-eaa515ee2851[48]

Why It Matters

The Cranberries has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

FAQs

What awards did The Cranberries receive?

Honors received include MTV Europe Music Award for Best Song[3] and Juno Award for International Album of the Year[4].

Related Entities

Atlantic Records Bertelsmann Music Group Dolores O'Riordan Interscope Records Ireland Island Records Limerick Universal Music Group

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . ukutabs.com. ukutabs.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . theconcertdatabase.com. theconcertdatabase.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . lyricinterpretations.com. lyricinterpretations.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . stuff.co.nz. stuff.co.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . spirit-of-rock.com. spirit-of-rock.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . weheartit.com. weheartit.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . sputnikmusic.com. sputnikmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . musicstack.com. musicstack.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . mp3seznam.cz. mp3seznam.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . cifraclub.com.br. cifraclub.com.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . nme.com. nme.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [42] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [45] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [46] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [47] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [48] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · StarTrekker · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → Dolores O'Riordan, Mike Hogan, Noel Hogan +3
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has part(s): Johanna Cranitch"
  2. 7d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Languages spoken, written or signed → —
    Instance of → musical group
    Wikidata description → Irish musical group; rock band
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    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Languages spoken, written or signed: English, перемещено в / was moved to Dolores O'Riordan, Noel Hogan"
  3. 8d ago · Moebeus · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 72
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  4. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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