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The Parlotones

South African Pop Band
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The Parlotones

Summary

The Parlotones is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (134 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Parlotones's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • The Parlotones's genre is indie rock[4].
  • The Parlotones's discography is recorded as The Parlotones discography[5].
  • The Parlotones's Commons category is recorded as The Parlotones[6].
  • The Parlotones's country of origin is recorded as South Africa[7].
  • 1998 marks the founding of The Parlotones[8].
  • The Parlotones's location of formation is recorded as Johannesburg[9].
  • The Parlotones's official website is recorded as http://www.theparlotones.co.za/[10].
  • The Parlotones's start of work period is recorded as 1998[11].

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[12]

  • Country: ZA[13]

  • Began / founded: 1998[14]

  • Genre(s): rock[15]

  • Community tags: eavesdropping on the songs of whales, rock, south africa[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 01ff95ee-0e52-4809-b67a-d6c26a944747[17]

Body

Founding

1998 marks the founding of The Parlotones[8]. Its location of formation is recorded as Johannesburg[9].

Why It Matters

The Parlotones ranks in the top 7% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (134 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

Related Entities

South Africa

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.

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

  1. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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