What's the 411?

1992 debut studio album by Mary J. Blige
MusicAlbum album Q2779733
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What's the 411?

Summary

What's the 411? is an album[1]. What's the 411? ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (697 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • What's the 411?'s instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • What's the 411?'s genre is contemporary R&B[4].
  • What's the 411? was produced by Sean Combs[5].
  • Among the performers on What's the 411? was Mary J. Blige[6].
  • What's the 411?'s record label is recorded as MCA Records[7].
  • What's the 411?'s place of publication is recorded as United States[8].
  • What's the 411? is part of Mary J. Blige's albums in chronological order[9].
  • What's the 411?'s language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • What's the 411? was distributed by compact disc[11].
  • What's the 411? was distributed by music streaming[12].
  • What's the 411? was released on July 28, 1992[13].
  • What's the 411?'s title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "What's the 411?"}[14].
  • What's the 411?'s has characteristic is recorded as debut album[15].
  • What's the 411?'s duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+3119'}[16].
  • What's the 411?'s number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+12'}[17].
  • What's the 411?'s form of creative work is recorded as studio 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]

  • First release date: 1992-07-28[20]

  • Genre(s): contemporary r&b, pop[21]

  • Community tags: 90 s r b, contemporary r&b, pop, r b[22]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 8debe6e5-7fd1-35ee-9d3f-96523536b9f8[23]

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Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on What's the 411? was Mary J. Blige[6]. What's the 411? was produced by Sean Combs[5].

Publication

What's the 411? was published on July 28, 1992[13]. What's the 411?'s place of publication is recorded as United States[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is contemporary R&B[4]. What's the 411? is part of Mary J. Blige's albums in chronological order[9]. Recorded distribution format include compact disc[11] and music streaming[12].

Why It Matters

What's the 411? ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (697 views/month).[2] What's the 411? has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  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.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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