Motown

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American record label record label soul music label

Motown is a legendary American record label, founded in Detroit, that became famous for its influential soul and pop music and for launching the careers of numerous iconic artists.

Aliases (15)

Motown Records ×32
Motown sound ×8
Tamla Records ×4
Motown music ×2
A Tribute to Motown’s 40th Anniversary ×1
Motown Gospel ×1
Motown Record Corporation ×1
Motown Records (as member of DeBarge) ×1
Motown Records Corporation ×1
Motown Records brand ×1
Motown Sound ×1
Motown catalog ×1
Motown family of labels ×1
Motown music empire ×1
Tamla-Motown ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American record label → record label → soul music label →
country	United States →
culturalImpact	helped mainstream African American music in the United States → influenced global pop music production and songwriting →
formerHeadquartersLocation	Detroit → Detroit, Michigan →
foundedAs	Tamla Records →
foundedBy	Berry Gordy →
foundingLocation	Detroit → Detroit, Michigan → United States →
genre	R&B → funk → pop → soul →
hasMuseumAtFormerHQ	Motown Museum →
headquartersLocation	Los Angeles → Los Angeles, California →
imprint	Gordy Records → Motown Records → Soul Records → Tamla → V.I.P. Records →
inception	1959 →
industry	music industry →
launchedCareerOf	Diana Ross → Lionel Richie → Martha and the Vandellas → Marvin Gaye → Smokey Robinson & The Miracles → Stevie Wonder → The Commodores → The Four Tops → The Jackson 5 → The Supremes → The Temptations →
notableFor	Motown Sound → influential soul and pop music → racially integrated pop music success in the 1960s →
ownedBy	Universal Music Group →
parentOrganization	Universal Music Group →
partOf	Motown Record Corporation →
peakPeriod	1960s → early 1970s →
product	music publishing → recorded music →

Referenced by (138)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
All in Love Is Fair → BJ the Chicago Kid ("Motown Records") → Boogie On Reggae Woman → Brian McKnight ("Motown Records") → Dancing on the Ceiling → Diana Ross ("Motown Records") → Endless Love → Fingertips → Fingertips – Part 2 → For Once in My Life → Gladys Knight → Hey Love → Higher Ground → Hotter than July → I Just Called to Say I Love You → I Wish → I'm Gonna Make You Love Me → Innervisions ("Tamla Records") → Isn't She Lovely → It’s Your World (Part 1 & 2) ("Motown Records") → James DeBarge ("Motown Records (as member of DeBarge)") → Kennedy William Gordy → Lately → Lionel Richie → Living for the City → Marlon Jackson → Martha and the Vandellas → Marvin Gaye → Master Blaster (Jammin') → Michael Jackson ("Motown Records") → Monica ("Motown Records") → Music of My Mind → Overjoyed → Part-Time Lover → Pastime Paradise → Queen Latifah → Rockwell → Rockwell → Signed, Sealed & Delivered → Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours → Sir Duke → Smokey Robinson → Smokey Robinson & The Miracles → Somebody's Watching Me → Somebody's Watching Me → Songs in the Key of Life → Stevie Wonder → Stevland Hardaway Judkins → Stuck on You → Superstition → Talking Book → Tasha Cobbs ("Motown Gospel") → That Girl → The Commodores → The Four Tops → The Four Tops ("Tamla-Motown") → The Jackson 5 → The Supremes → The Temptations → Three Times a Lady → Tito Jackson → Tiwa Savage ("Motown Records") → Up-Tight → Uptight (Everything's Alright) → Where I'm Coming From → Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday → You Are the Sunshine of My Life →	recordLabel
A Time to Love → All Night Long (All Night) → Can't Slow Down → Fulfillingness' First Finale → Hello (Lionel Richie song) → Say You, Say Me →	label
Dancing on the Ceiling ("Motown Records") → Smokey Robinson & The Miracles ("Motown Records") → The Commodores → The Jackson 5 ("Motown Records") → The Supremes →	associatedAct
Hitsville U.S.A. ("Motown sound") → Motown Museum ("Motown Records") → Tamla ("Motown sound") → Universal Motown Republic Group ("Motown Records brand") →	associatedWith
Berry Gordy → Berry Gordy ("Motown Records") → Berry Gordy ("Tamla Records") → Berry Gordy ("Motown Records Corporation") →	founded
Diana Ross → For Once in My Life → Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours → Uptight (Everything's Alright) →	genre
Tamla → Tamla ("Motown Records") → V.I.P. Records →	parentOrganization
Motown ("Motown Record Corporation") → Smokey Robinson & The Miracles ("Motown sound") → Tamla ("Motown music empire") →	partOf
Say You, Say Me ("Motown Records") → Somebody's Watching Me ("Motown Records") → Stuck on You ("Motown Records") →	publisher
Pastime Paradise ("Motown Records") → Where I'm Coming From ("Motown Records") →	copyrightHolder
Detroit → Detroit →	nickname
Gordy Records ("Motown Records") → Gordy Records →	parentCompany
For Once in My Life ("Motown Records") → My Cherie Amour →	recordCompany
Gordy Records ("Motown family of labels") →	affiliation
The Temptations ("Motown sound") →	associatedMovement
Gordy family ("Motown sound") →	associatedWithGenre
Studio A →	associatedWithLabel
Studio A ("Motown sound") →	associatedWithMovement
Gordy family ("Motown Records") →	associatedWithOrganization
Universal Motown Republic Group ("Motown Records") →	dissolvedInto
Hotter than July ("Motown Records") →	distributedBy
Tamla →	distribution
Motown ("Tamla Records") →	foundedAs
Gordy family ("Motown Records") →	foundedOrganization
Super Bowl XXXII ("A Tribute to Motown’s 40th Anniversary") →	halftimeShowTheme
Jackson family ("Motown Records") →	hasAssociatedRecordLabel
Jackson family →	hasGenreAssociation
Purple Snowflakes →	hasMusicalStyle
Motown ("Motown Records") →	imprint
Solange Knowles ("Motown music") →	influencedBy
My Cherie Amour ("Motown sound") →	isClassicOf
Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday ("Motown Records") →	isInCatalogueOf
Uptight (Everything's Alright) ("Motown catalog") →	isPartOf
Detroit ("Motown music") →	knownFor
Detroit →	knownForMusicGenre
Where I'm Coming From ("Tamla Records") →	labelImprint
The Commodores ("Motown Records") →	memberOf
Smokey Robinson ("Motown sound") →	movement
Detroit →	musicGenreAssociated
Motown ("Motown Sound") →	notableFor
Motown Museum ("Motown Records") →	occupiesFormerHeadquartersOf
Universal Music Group ("Motown Records") →	owns
Berry Gordy ("Motown Records") →	soldCompany
Universal Motown Republic Group ("Motown Records") →	subsidiaryLabel