# Empire (disambiguation)

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
* Empire (2023 film), by Frederikke Aspöck
* 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
* Empire (podcast), a British podcast

## 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)

## Other uses

* Empire (program), a computer software for molecular orbital calculations
* Empire High School, Tucson, Arizona
* Empire silhouette, a style of women's fashion
* Empire style, a design movement
* Project EMPIRE, a design-study for a human mission to Mars