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The Rankin Family discography

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ7759419 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Rankin Family is a Canadian musical family group from Mabou, Nova Scotia. Their discography comprises eight studio albums, two compilation albums, one extended play, 21 singles, 18 music videos, and one video album.

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This entry incorporates text from “The Rankin Family discography” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.