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

### 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

### 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 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

## 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
* 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)