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

### 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

### Movies

- _Empire_ (1965 movie), by Andy Warhol
- _Empire_ (1986 movie), by Alexander Sokurov
- _Empire_ (2002 movie), starring John Leguizamo
- _The Empire Strikes Back_, a 1980 movie referred to as "Empire" by the Star Wars community

#### 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

#### 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 band

#### 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 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_ (movie magazine), a British movie 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 television series
- _Empire_ (2012 TV series), a documentary series
- _Empire_ (2015 TV series), a musical drama series
- "Empire", a 1999 episode of the police/legal drama series _Law & Order_
- _The Empire_ (web series), a 2021 Indian historical drama centered on the Mughal Empire
- _The Empire_ (South Korean TV series), a 2022 South Korean television series

### 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

### 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

- 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

## Related pages

- Emperor (disambiguation)
- Empire City (disambiguation)
- Empire series (disambiguation)
- Empire State (disambiguation)
- Empire Township (disambiguation)
- Inland Empire (disambiguation)
- Imperium (disambiguation)
- New Empire (disambiguation)