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The Essential Billy Joel

2001 compilation album by Billy Joel
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The Essential Billy Joel

Summary

The Essential Billy Joel is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (242 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Essential Billy Joel's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • The Essential Billy Joel's genre is rock music[4].
  • The Essential Billy Joel was performed by Billy Joel[5].
  • The Essential Billy Joel's part of the series is recorded as The Essential[6].
  • The Essential Billy Joel's record label is recorded as Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Inc.[7].
  • The Essential Billy Joel's place of publication is recorded as United States[8].
  • The Essential Billy Joel is part of Billy Joel's albums in chronological order[9].
  • The Essential Billy Joel is part of Billy Joel compilation albums discography[10].
  • The Essential Billy Joel's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • The Essential Billy Joel was distributed by compact disc[12].
  • The Essential Billy Joel was distributed by music streaming[13].
  • The Essential Billy Joel was released on October 2, 2001[14].
  • The Essential Billy Joel's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Essential Billy Joel'}[15].
  • The Essential Billy Joel's has characteristic is recorded as greatest hits album[16].
  • The Essential Billy Joel's has characteristic is recorded as double album[17].
  • The Essential Billy Joel's form of creative work is recorded as compilation album[18].

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

  • Release type: Album[19]

  • Secondary type(s): Compilation[20]

  • First release date: 2001-10-02[21]

  • Genre(s): pop, pop rock, rock, soft rock[22]

  • Community tags: pop, pop rock, rock, soft rock[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 00126607-9303-3bd3-a5b2-1d55ffa8559c[24]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Essential Billy Joel was performed by Billy Joel[5].

Publication

The Essential Billy Joel was released on October 2, 2001[14]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Its genre is rock music[4]. Part of include Billy Joel's albums in chronological order[9] and Billy Joel compilation albums discography[10]. Its part of the series is recorded as The Essential[6]. Recorded distribution format include compact disc[12] and music streaming[13].

Subject and Themes

The Essential Billy Joel's part of the series is recorded as The Essential[6].

Why It Matters

The Essential Billy Joel ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (242 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25]

Related Entities

Billy Joel compact disc Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Inc. United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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