SoundCloud
E361728
SoundCloud is an online audio streaming and music sharing platform that allows artists to upload, promote, and distribute their tracks directly to listeners worldwide.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SoundCloud canonical | 81 |
| SoundCloud for Artists | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3476828 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SoundCloud Context triple: [10 Day, distributionPlatform, SoundCloud]
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A.
SoundCloud rap
SoundCloud rap is a loosely defined hip-hop subgenre that emerged on the SoundCloud platform, characterized by lo-fi or aggressively distorted production, DIY aesthetics, and often emotionally raw or rebellious lyrics.
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B.
Audiomack
Audiomack is a music streaming and audio discovery platform known for hosting and promoting emerging artists, mixtapes, and independent releases.
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C.
Spotify
Spotify is a popular digital music, podcast, and video streaming service that offers on-demand and curated audio content across multiple platforms.
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D.
Clubhouse
Clubhouse is a 2004 American drama film in which John Ortiz appears, centered on a troubled teen who finds an unlikely sense of belonging in a minor league baseball team’s clubhouse.
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E.
Rdio
Rdio was an online music streaming service known for its sleek design and social features, founded by Skype co-founder Janus Friis and launched in 2010.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SoundCloud Target entity description: SoundCloud is an online audio streaming and music sharing platform that allows artists to upload, promote, and distribute their tracks directly to listeners worldwide.
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A.
SoundCloud rap
SoundCloud rap is a loosely defined hip-hop subgenre that emerged on the SoundCloud platform, characterized by lo-fi or aggressively distorted production, DIY aesthetics, and often emotionally raw or rebellious lyrics.
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B.
Audiomack
Audiomack is a music streaming and audio discovery platform known for hosting and promoting emerging artists, mixtapes, and independent releases.
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C.
Spotify
Spotify is a popular digital music, podcast, and video streaming service that offers on-demand and curated audio content across multiple platforms.
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D.
Clubhouse
Clubhouse is a 2004 American drama film in which John Ortiz appears, centered on a troubled teen who finds an unlikely sense of belonging in a minor league baseball team’s clubhouse.
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E.
Rdio
Rdio was an online music streaming service known for its sleek design and social features, founded by Skype co-founder Janus Friis and launched in 2010.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
music streaming service
ⓘ
online audio distribution platform ⓘ social networking service ⓘ |
| allows |
artists to distribute tracks
ⓘ
artists to promote tracks ⓘ artists to upload tracks ⓘ audio streaming ⓘ music sharing ⓘ |
| businessModel | freemium ⓘ |
| cityOfHeadquarters | Berlin ⓘ |
| countryOfHeadquarters | Germany ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| founder |
Alexander Ljung
ⓘ
Eric Wahlforss ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 2007-08 ⓘ |
| foundingYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
embeddable players
ⓘ
monetization tools for artists ⓘ playlists ⓘ private sharing of tracks ⓘ track reposting ⓘ track statistics and analytics ⓘ user comments on tracks ⓘ waveform-based commenting ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Berlin, Germany
ⓘ
linked to:
Berlin
|
| industry |
audio distribution
ⓘ
music streaming ⓘ social media ⓘ |
| offersService |
SoundCloud Free
ⓘ
SoundCloud Go ⓘ SoundCloud Go+ ⓘ
linked to:
SoundCloud Go
SoundCloud for Artists ⓘ
linked to:
SoundCloud
|
| platform |
Android
ⓘ
iOS ⓘ web ⓘ |
| supportsAudioFormat |
AAC
ⓘ
FLAC ⓘ MP3 ⓘ WAV ⓘ |
| supportsContentType |
DJ mixes
ⓘ
music tracks ⓘ podcasts ⓘ spoken word audio ⓘ |
| supportsLoginMethod |
Facebook
ⓘ
Google ⓘ email ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
DJs
ⓘ
linked to:
DJ
music listeners ⓘ musicians ⓘ podcasters ⓘ producers ⓘ |
| website | https://soundcloud.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: SoundCloud Description of subject: SoundCloud is an online audio streaming and music sharing platform that allows artists to upload, promote, and distribute their tracks directly to listeners worldwide.
Referenced by (82)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
C9 (rap collective)
subject linked to:
critically acclaimed project "Telefone"
linked to: SoundCloud
subject linked to:
Matthew Grau
subject linked to:
“Ginseng Strip 2002”