Empire (disambiguation)

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An empire is a group of states or peoples under centralized rule.

Empire may also refer to:

Buildings

Empire (skyscraper), formerly the Imperia Tower, a complex in Moscow, Russia
Empire, Colombo, a residential complex in Sri Lanka
Empire State Building, a skyscraper in New York City

Places in the United States

Empire, Alabama, an unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama
Empire, Arkansas
Empire, California, in Stanislaus County
Empire, Colorado
Empire, Georgia
Empire, Kentucky
Empire, Louisiana
Empire, Michigan
Empire, Missouri
Empire, Nevada
- Empire, Ormsby County, Nevada
Empire, Ohio
Empire, Oregon
Empire, Wisconsin
Empire, Wyoming

Arts, entertainment, and media

Comics and graphic novels

Empire (comics), a 2000 DC Comics miniseries
Empire (graphic novel), by Samuel R. Delany and Howard Chaykin
Empyre, a 2020 Marvel Comics miniseries

Films

Empire (1965 film), by Andy Warhol
Empire (1986 film), by Alexander Sokurov
Empire (2002 film), starring John Leguizamo
The Empire (film), by Bruno Dumont
The Empire Strikes Back, a 1980 film referred to as "Empire" by the Star Wars community

Gaming

Computer and video games

Empire (1972 video game), a 1972 4X wargame
Empire (1977 video game), a 1977–2004 series of turn-based strategy games invented by Walter Bright
- Empire: Wargame of the Century, video game developed by Walter Bright and published by Interstel Corporation in 1987
Empire (PLATO), a 1973 space battle game for the PLATO system
Empire, a 1980s strategy game for the BBC Micro
Empire, or Empire: Alpha Complex, the working titles for the Xbox Live Arcade game Shadow Complex
Empire!, a 1986 space trading and combat video game
Empire: Total War, a 2009 strategy computer game
Empires: Dawn of the Modern World, a 2003 computer game in the Empire Earth series
The Empire, a video game trilogy (I: World Builders, II: Interstellar Sharks, III: Armageddon), developed by David Mullich

Other games

Empire LRP, a large UK fest game run by Profound Decisions
The Empire (Warhammer)

Literature

Empire (Card novel), 2006 novel by Orson Scott Card
Empire (Hardt and Negri book), a 2000 book about imperialism by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri
Empire (H. Beam Piper book), 1981 short story collection by H. Beam Piper
Empire (Saylor novel), by Steven Saylor
Empire (Vidal novel), a 1987 Narratives of Empire novel by Gore Vidal
Empire (graphic novel), a 1978 graphic novel by Samuel R. Delany
Empire, a The Legend of Sigmar book by Graham McNeill
Empire, a Galaxy Science Fiction Novel by Clifford D. Simak
Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World, a book by Niall Ferguson
Empire: What Ruling the World Did to the British, a book by Jeremy Paxman
Empire Trilogy, a fantasy series by Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts
Galactic Empire series, a sci-fi series by Isaac Asimov
The Empire (play), by DC Moore

Music

Groups

Empire (band), a British-German metal band
Empire (English band)
Empire (Japanese group), a Japanese idol group
Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate), an emo group
Empires (band), an American rock group

Albums

Empire (Circle album), 2004, or the title song
Empire (Scott Colley album), 2010
Empire (Frankie DeCarlos album), 2011
Empire (EP), by The Word Alive, 2009
Empire (Kasabian album), 2006
Empire (Madball album), 2010, or the title song
Empire (Derek Minor album), 2015 album by American artist Derek Minor
Empire (Queensrÿche album), 1990
Empire (Super8 & Tab album), 2010
Empire, from the Hood to Hollywood, 2015 album by American rapper Master P
Empires (Animosity album), 2005, or the title song
Empires (Hillsong United album), 2015, or the title song
Empires (Jimi Jamison album), 1999
Empires (VNV Nation album), 1999
The Empire (album), by Vader, 2016

Songs

"Empire" (Kasabian song), 2006
"Empire" (Queensrÿche song), 1990
"Empire" (Shakira song), 2014
"Empire", a song by Asking Alexandria on the album Asking Alexandria
"Empire", a song by August Burns Red on the album Leveler
"Empire", a song by Bomb the Bass
"Empire", a song by Boysetsfire on the album The Misery Index: Notes from the Plague Years
"Empire (Let Them Sing)", a song by Bring Me the Horizon on the album Sempiternal
"Empire", a song by David Byrne on the album Grown Backwards
"Empire", a song by Chimaira on the album Resurrection
"Empire", a song by Fear Factory on the album Transgression
"Empire", a song by Ella Henderson on the album Chapter One
"Empire", a song by Hybrid on the album Disappear Here
"Empire", a song by In Strict Confidence on the album Face the Fear
"Empire", a song by Mac on the album Shell Shocked
"Empire", a song by Machinae Supremacy on the album Redeemer
"Empire", a song by Of Monsters and Men on the album Beneath the Skin
"Empire", a song by Pete Philly and Perquisite on the album Mystery Repeats
"Empire", a song by Superheist on the album Identical Remote Controlled Reactions
"Empire", a song by The Black Angels on the album Passover
"Empire", a song by Trampled by Turtles on the album Duluth
"Empire", a song by Dar Williams on the album My Better Self
"Empires", a song by 10 Years on the album The Autumn Effect
"Empires", a song by Chicane on the album Easy to Assemble
"Empires", a song by the Smashing Pumpkins on the album Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts
"Empires", a song by Snog
"Empires (Bring Me Men)", a 2002 song by Lamya on the album Learning from Falling
"Empires" (Alicja Szemplińska song), the Polish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020

Periodicals

Empire (film magazine), a British film magazine
Empire (newspaper), an Australian newspaper
Empire News, an 1884–1960 British newspaper

Television

Empire (1962 TV series), a Western series
Empire (1984 TV series), a sitcom
Empire (2005 TV series), a historical drama series
Empire (2006 TV series), a current-events series
Empire (2012 TV series), a documentary series
Empire (2015 TV series), a music industry drama series
"Empire" (Law & Order), a 1999 episode of the police/legal drama series
The Empire (Indian TV series), a 2021 historical drama centered on the Mughal Empire
The Empire (South Korean TV series), a 2022 drama series
"Empire", a Series E episode of the television series QI (2007)

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

Empire (show), a contemporary circus show that debuted in New York City
Galactic Empire (Star Wars), a fictional autocracy in the Star Wars franchise

Brands and enterprises

Airlines

Empire Airlines (1976–1985), a defunct American airline
Empire Airlines, an American airline
Empires Airlines, an American airline that operated in the 1940s

Motor vehicles

Empire (1901 automobile), an American automobile manufactured 1901–1902
Empire (1910 automobile), an American automobile manufactured 1910–1919
Dial EV Empire, a Chinese automobile

Other brands and enterprises

Empire Company, a Canadian holding company
- Empire Theatres, the second-largest movie theatre chain in Canada and a subsidiary of the above company
Empire Distribution, an American distribution company and record label
Empire Interactive, a video game publisher
Empire Records (disambiguation), any of several record labels
Empire Theatre (41st Street), a Broadway theatre that was prominent in the first half of the twentieth century
Empire Today, an American home furnishing company
Moss Empires music hall theatres, and now cinemas as well, originally including:
- O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire
- Empire Cinemas, a British cinema chain, or any of its theatres
  - Empire, Leicester Square, a central London cinema owned by Empire Cinemas
- Hackney Empire, London
- Liverpool Empire Theatre, Liverpool, England

Plants and animals

Empire (apple), a cultivar of apple
Empire (biology), a taxonomic rank of organisms

Transportation

Empire ships, ships prefixed Empire - many ships operated by the British Government
Short Empire, a pre-WWII flying boat

Sports

Atlanta Empire, an American women's gridiron football team
Empire Cricket Club, Barbados
Empire Games, a sporting festival now known as the Commonwealth Games
The Empire (professional wrestling), a professional wrestling stable, formed in 2020 in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW)