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The Radio Dept.

Swedish band that plays synthpop
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The Radio Dept.

Summary

The Radio Dept. is a musical group[1]. The Radio Dept. ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (428 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Radio Dept. received the P3 Guld Award for Best Pop Recording[3].
  • The Radio Dept.'s instance of is recorded as musical group[4].
  • The Radio Dept.'s genre is synth-pop[5].
  • The Radio Dept.'s genre is shoegaze[6].
  • The Radio Dept.'s genre is twee pop[7].
  • The Radio Dept.'s genre is indie rock[8].
  • The Radio Dept.'s record label is recorded as Shelflife Records[9].
  • The Radio Dept.'s discography is recorded as The Radio Dept. discography[10].
  • The Radio Dept.'s Commons category is recorded as The Radio Dept.[11].
  • The Radio Dept.'s country of origin is recorded as Sweden[12].
  • 1995 marks the founding of The Radio Dept.[13].
  • The Radio Dept.'s location of formation is recorded as Lund[14].
  • The Radio Dept.'s official website is recorded as http://labrador.se/portfolio/the-radio-dept/[15].
  • The Radio Dept.'s start of work period is recorded as 1995[16].

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[17]

  • Country: SE[18]

  • Began / founded: 1995[19]

  • Genre(s): dream pop, indie pop, shoegaze[20]

  • Community tags: dream pop, indie pop, shoegaze[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: e664d1cd-23ab-48d5-b8fa-e98485daa5be[22]

Body

Founding

1995 marks the founding of The Radio Dept.[13]. The Radio Dept.'s location of formation is recorded as Lund[14].

Recognition

The Radio Dept. received the P3 Guld Award for Best Pop Recording[3].

Why It Matters

The Radio Dept. ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (428 views/month).[2] The Radio Dept. has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] The Radio Dept. is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

FAQs

What awards did The Radio Dept. receive?

Honors received include P3 Guld Award for Best Pop Recording[3].

Related Entities

Lund Sweden

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . sverigesradio.se. Retrieved . sverigesradio.se. Provenance: 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.

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

  1. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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