The Lightning Seeds

English rock band
Organization musical_group Q1973228
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The Lightning Seeds

Summary

The Lightning Seeds is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,270 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Lightning Seeds's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • The Lightning Seeds's genre is synth-pop[4].
  • The Lightning Seeds's record label is recorded as Virgin Records[5].
  • The Lightning Seeds's discography is recorded as The Lightning Seeds discography[6].
  • The Lightning Seeds's Commons category is recorded as The Lightning Seeds[7].
  • The Lightning Seeds's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[8].
  • The Lightning Seeds comprises Ian Broudie[9].
  • 1989 marks the founding of The Lightning Seeds[10].
  • The Lightning Seeds's location of formation is recorded as Liverpool[11].
  • The Lightning Seeds's has characteristic is recorded as rock band[12].
  • The Lightning Seeds's start of work period is recorded as 1989[13].
  • The Lightning Seeds's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Lightning Seeds'}[14].
  • The Lightning Seeds's member category is recorded as Category:The Lightning Seeds members[15].
  • The Lightning Seeds's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+12392'}[16].
  • The Lightning Seeds's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+11550'}[17].
  • The Lightning Seeds's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+45300'}[18].
  • The Lightning Seeds's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+13871'}[19].
  • The Lightning Seeds's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+61600'}[20].
  • The Lightning Seeds's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+15277'}[21].
  • The Lightning Seeds's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+61200'}[22].
  • The Lightning Seeds's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+59900'}[23].
  • The Lightning Seeds's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+59000'}[24].

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[25]

  • Country: GB[26]

  • Began / founded: 1989[27]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, britpop, electronic, indie pop, new wave, pop rock, rock, trip hop[28]

  • Community tags: 2008 universal fire victim, alternative rock, british, britpop, classic pop and rock, electronic, england, english, indie pop, liverpool, new wave, nu-disco, pop rock, rock, synthpop, trip hop, uk[29]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 1ba601a0-3401-4b28-8ddd-9af8203661e8[30]

Body

Founding

1989 marks the founding of The Lightning Seeds[10]. Its location of formation is recorded as Liverpool[11].

Why It Matters

The Lightning Seeds ranks in the top 5% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,270 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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

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.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [26] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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