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.

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All labels observed (26)

Label Occurrences
Motown canonical 589
Motown Records 246
Motown sound 38

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American record label ⓘ
record label ⓘ
soul music label ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalImpact helped mainstream African American music in the United States ⓘ
influenced global pop music production and songwriting ⓘ
formerHeadquartersLocation Detroit ⓘ
Detroit ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan
foundedAs Motown self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tamla Records
foundedBy Berry Gordy ⓘ
foundingLocation Detroit ⓘ
Detroit ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
genre R&B ⓘ
funk ⓘ
pop ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasMuseumAtFormerHQ Motown Museum ⓘ
headquartersLocation Los Angeles ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California
imprint Gordy Records ⓘ
Motown self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Motown Records

Gordy Records ⓘ
surface form: 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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Motown Record Corporation
peakPeriod 1960s ⓘ
early 1970s ⓘ
product music publishing ⓘ
recorded music ⓘ

Referenced by (931)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rockwell → recordLabel → Motown ⓘ
subject surface form: Somebody's Watching Me
Rockwell → recordLabel → Motown ⓘ
Detroit → nickname → Motown ⓘ
Detroit → knownForMusicGenre → Motown ⓘ
Motown → notableFor → Motown self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motown Sound
Motown → imprint → Motown self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motown Records
Motown → partOf → Motown self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motown Record Corporation
Motown → foundedAs → Motown self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tamla Records
Stevie Wonder → recordLabel → Motown ⓘ
Lionel Richie → recordLabel → Motown ⓘ
Kennedy William Gordy → founded → Motown ⓘ
subject surface form: Berry Gordy
Kennedy William Gordy → recordLabel → Motown ⓘ
Kennedy William Gordy → recordLabel → Motown ⓘ
subject surface form: Rockwell
The D → knownFor → Motown ⓘ
subject surface form: Detroit
this entity surface form: Motown music
The D → nickname → Motown ⓘ
subject surface form: Detroit
The D → musicGenreAssociated → Motown ⓘ
subject surface form: Detroit
Motown Museum → occupiesFormerHeadquartersOf → Motown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motown Records
Motown Museum → associatedWith → Motown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motown Records
Somebody's Watching Me → recordLabel → Motown ⓘ
Somebody's Watching Me → publisher → Motown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motown Records
I’m Gonna Make You Love Me → recordLabel → Motown ⓘ
subject surface form: I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
Gladys Knight → recordLabel → Motown ⓘ
Monica → recordLabel → Motown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motown Records
Purple Snowflakes → hasMusicalStyle → Motown ⓘ
Michael Jackson → recordLabel → Motown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motown Records
Universal Music Group → owns → Motown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motown Records
Diana Ross → genre → Motown ⓘ
Diana Ross → recordLabel → Motown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motown Records
Solange Knowles → influencedBy → Motown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motown music
The Jackson 5 → recordLabel → Motown ⓘ
The Jackson 5 → associatedAct → Motown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motown Records
Tiwa Savage → recordLabel → Motown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motown Records
Berry Gordy → founded → Motown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motown Records
Berry Gordy → founded → Motown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tamla Records
Berry Gordy → founded → Motown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motown Records Corporation
Berry Gordy → soldCompany → Motown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motown Records
The Supremes → recordLabel → Motown ⓘ
The Supremes → associatedAct → Motown ⓘ
The Commodores → memberOf → Motown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motown Records
The Commodores → recordLabel → Motown ⓘ
The Commodores → associatedAct → Motown ⓘ
Tamla → parentOrganization → Motown ⓘ
Tamla → parentOrganization → Motown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motown Records
Tamla → partOf → Motown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motown music empire
Tamla → associatedWith → Motown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motown sound
Tamla → distribution → Motown ⓘ
V.I.P. Records → parentOrganization → Motown ⓘ
The Temptations → recordLabel → Motown ⓘ
The Temptations → associatedMovement → Motown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motown sound
The Four Tops → recordLabel → Motown ⓘ