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The Divine Comedy

Briitish chamber pop band from Enniskillen, Northern Ireland
Organization musical_group Q1543686
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The Divine Comedy

Summary

The Divine Comedy is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,127 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Divine Comedy was influenced by Kate Bush[3].
  • The Divine Comedy is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • The Divine Comedy's instance of is recorded as musical group[5].
  • The Divine Comedy's founder is recorded as Neil Hannon[6].
  • The Divine Comedy's genre is baroque pop[7].
  • The Divine Comedy's genre is alternative rock[8].
  • The Divine Comedy's genre is Britpop[9].
  • The Divine Comedy's genre is chamber pop[10].
  • The Divine Comedy is named after The Divine Comedy[11].
  • The Divine Comedy's discography is recorded as The Divine Comedy discography[12].
  • The Divine Comedy's Commons category is recorded as The Divine Comedy (band)[13].
  • The Divine Comedy's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[14].
  • The Divine Comedy comprises Neil Hannon[15].
  • 1989 marks the founding of The Divine Comedy[16].
  • The Divine Comedy's location of formation is recorded as Northern Ireland[17].
  • The Divine Comedy's official website is recorded as http://www.thedivinecomedy.com[18].
  • The Divine Comedy's official website is recorded as https://thedivinecomedy.com/[19].
  • The Divine Comedy's topic's main category is recorded as Category:The Divine Comedy (band)[20].
  • The Divine Comedy's different from is recorded as (The) Divine Comedy[21].
  • The Divine Comedy's start of work period is recorded as 1989[22].
  • The Divine Comedy's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Divine Comedy'}[23].
  • The Divine Comedy's member category is recorded as Category:The Divine Comedy (band) members[24].
  • The Divine Comedy's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+39617'}[25].
  • The Divine Comedy's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+37061'}[26].
  • The Divine Comedy's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+40582'}[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: 1991[30]

  • Genre(s): art pop, baroque pop, chamber pop, cocktail nation, indie pop, indie rock, pop, singer-songwriter[31]

  • Community tags: art pop, baroque pop, chamber pop, cocktail nation, indie pop, indie rock, irish, pop, singer-songwriter, uk[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 49c4378b-3c36-4c5a-8999-8d936e74f39b[33]

Body

Founding

The Divine Comedy's founder is recorded as Neil Hannon[6]. 1989 marks the founding of it[16]. Its location of formation is recorded as Northern Ireland[17].

Why It Matters

The Divine Comedy ranks in the top 5% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,127 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Related Entities

Kate Bush Northern Ireland Parlophone The Divine Comedy United Kingdom

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Discogs. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Discogs. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  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.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · ZI Jony · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start of work period → +1989-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Inception → —
    Facebook numeric id → 288798654027
    Founded by → —
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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