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Introduced
January 1, 1985; 33 years ago (1985-01-01)
TLD type
Sponsored top-level domain
Status
Active
Registry
General Services Administration
Sponsor
General Services Administration
Intended use
Governmental entities
Actual use
United States government; formerly only federal government but later expanded to include state and local government
Registration restrictions
Must meet eligibility requirements and submit authorization letter
Structure
Registrations at second level permitted
Documents
RFC 920; RFC 1591; RFC 2146
Dispute policies
None
DNSSEC
yes
Registry Website
dotgov.gov
The domain name gov is a sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) in the Domain Name System of the Internet. The name is derived from the word government, indicating its restricted use by government entities in the United States. The gov domain is administered by the General Services Administration (GSA), an independent agency of the United States federal government.
The U.S. is the only country that has a government-specific top-level domain in addition to its country-code top-level domain. This is a result of the origins of the Internet as a U.S. federal government-sponsored research network. Other countries typically delegate a second-level domain for this purpose, for example: .gc.ca is the second-level domain for the Government of Canada and all subdomains.
Some U.S. government-related websites use com, or org instead of gov, such the United States Postal Service (usps.com,), various recruiting websites for armed services (e.g., goarmy.com), and the websites for many US cities (e.g., cityofchicago.org). The Department of Defense and its subsidiary organizations use the mil sTLD instead of .gov.
All governments in the U.S. were allowed to apply for delegations in gov after May 2012.[1] For example, domains have been registered for the city of Atlanta (atlantaga.gov), for the county of Loudoun, Virginia (loudoun.gov), and for the U.S. state of Georgia (georgia.gov). This was not always possible; under an earlier policy, only federal agencies were allowed to use the domain, and agencies below cabinet level were required to use subdomains of their parent agency. Inconsistencies exist in addressing of state and local government sites, with some using gov, some us, some using both. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania uses www.pa.gov, www.pennsylvania.gov and www.state.pa.us for the same web site, and still others in com, org or other TLDs.
Contents
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1 Availability
2 Authorization
3 Naming conventions
4 Policy
5 Use by states and territories
6 International equivalents
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
Availability[edit]
Use of the domain gov is restricted to government entities. According to GSA guidelines, this includes U.S. governmental departments, programs, and agencies on the federal level; federally recognized tribes, referred to by the GSA as Native Sovereign Nations, which must use the suffix -NSN.gov; State governmental entities and programs; cities and townships represented by an elected body of officials; counties and parishes represented by an elected body of officials; and U.S. territories.[2]
The URL for registration services is www.dotgov.gov.[3]
Authorization[edit]
To register a gov domain, a letter of authorization must be submitted to the GSA. For federal agencies, the authorization must be submitted by cabinet-level chief information officer (CIO). For state governments, authorization from the governor or state CIO is required. Domains for cities require authorization from the mayor or equivalent official; for counties, authorization may be submitted by county commissioners or equivalent officials, or by the highest-ranking county official.[4] For Native Sovereign Nations, the authorization must come from the Bureau of Indian Affairs.[5]
Naming conventions[edit]
The GSA provides guidelines for naming of second-level domains, such as those used by state and local governments. For states, the domain name must include the full state name or postal abbreviation, and the abbreviation must not be obscured by inclusion in a larger word. For example, invalid.gov for Idaho would be an unacceptable domain name. For local governments, the domain name must include the state name or abbreviation. However, many .gov domain names (such as boston.gov and seattle.gov) do not conform to the naming convention because they were already registered before the GSA enacted this policy and thus they had to be grandfathered in.[6]
Policy[edit]
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Policy regarding the gov domain is laid out in 41 CFR Part 102-173.
No new gov domains for U.S. federal executive branch departments have been allowed to be registered since[update] June 13, 2011, as a result of the implementation of Executive Order 13571[7] issued by President Obama. The move was part of a general attempt to improve the efficiency of U.S. governmental Web usage by weeding out unnecessary, redundant, outdated, or wasteful sites.[8]
Since May 2012, the Federal Executive Branch has a policy of registering no new second-level domains for its agencies, except on a case-by-case basis. Agencies are also prohibited from using other top-level domains such as .org and .com.[9] "Federal Agency domains" were also deleted on August 26, 2014.[1]
Use by states and territories[edit]
As of February 2014[update], all states, the District of Columbia, and all territories except for the Northern Mariana Islands have operational domains in gov:
State or Territory
Domain
Alabama al.gov and alabama.gov
Alaska alaska.gov
American Samoa as.gov and americansamoa.gov
Arizona az.gov and arizona.gov
Arkansas ar.gov and arkansas.gov
California ca.gov
Colorado co.gov and colorado.gov
Connecticut ct.gov
Delaware de.gov and delaware.gov
District of Columbia dc.gov
Florida florida.gov and fl.gov (redirects to myflorida.com)
Georgia ga.gov and georgia.gov
Guam guam.gov
Hawaii hawaii.gov and ehawaii.gov
Idaho idaho.gov
Illinois il.gov and illinois.gov
Indiana in.gov and indiana.gov
Iowa ia.gov and iowa.gov
Kansas ks.gov and kansas.gov
Kentucky ky.gov and kentucky.gov
Louisiana la.gov and louisiana.gov
Maine maine.gov
Maryland md.gov and maryland.gov
Massachusetts ma.gov mass.gov and massachusetts.gov
Michigan mi.gov and michigan.gov
Minnesota mn.gov and minnesota.gov
Mississippi ms.gov and mississippi.gov
Missouri mo.gov and missouri.gov
Montana mt.gov and montana.gov
Nebraska ne.gov and nebraska.gov
Nevada nv.gov and nevada.gov
New Hampshire nh.gov
New Jersey nj.gov and newjersey.gov
New Mexico newmexico.gov
New York ny.gov
North Carolina nc.gov and northcarolina.gov
North Dakota nd.gov and northdakota.gov
Ohio oh.gov and ohio.gov
Oklahoma ok.gov and oklahoma.gov
Oregon oregon.gov
Pennsylvania pa.gov and pennsylvania.gov
Puerto Rico pr.gov and puertorico.gov
Rhode Island ri.gov and rhodeisland.gov
South Carolina sc.gov
South Dakota sd.gov
Tennessee tn.gov and tennessee.gov
Texas tx.gov and texas.gov
Utah utah.gov
Vermont vt.gov and vermont.gov
Virgin Islands vi.gov
Virginia virginia.gov
Washington wa.gov and washington.gov
West Virginia wv.gov
Wisconsin wi.gov and wisconsin.gov
Wyoming wy.gov and wyoming.gov
International equivalents[edit]
Andorra: .gov.ad
Afghanistan: .gov.af
Anguilla: .gov.ai
Albania: .gov.al
Algeria: .gov.dz
Armenia: .gov.am
Angola: .gov.ao
Argentina: .gov.ar
Austria: .gv.at
Australia: .gov.au
Aruba: .gov.aw
Aland: .gov.ax
Azerbaijan: .gov.az
Belarus: .gov.by
Belgium: .gov.be
Brazil: .gov.br
Chile: .gob.cl
Canada: .gc.ca
Quebec: .gouv.qc.ca
All other provinces and territories of Canada: .gov.{xx}.ca, where '{xx}' is the applicable province or territory's postal abbreviation
China: .gov.cn
Colombia: .gov.co
Cyprus: .gov.cy
France: gouv.fr
Hong Kong: .gov.hk
India: .gov.in
Indonesia: .go.id
Iran: gov.ir
Iraq: gov.iq
Ireland: gov.ie
Israel: gov.il
Italy: .gov.it
Japan: .go.jp
Kazakhstan: .gov.kz
Kurdistan Regional Government: .gov.krd
Latvia: .gov.lv
Lithuania: .gov.lt
Malaysia: .gov.my
Malta: .gov.mt
Mexico: .gob.mx
Nepal: .gov.np
New Zealand: .govt.nz
Nigeria: .gov.ng
Peru: .gob.pe
Pakistan: .gov.pk
Philippines: .gov.ph
Poland: .gov.pl
Romania: .gov.ro
Russia: .gov.ru
Slovakia: .gov.sk
Slovenia: .gov.si
South Korea: .go.kr
Spain: .gob.es
Sri Lanka: .gov.lk
Sweden: .gov.se
Switzerland: .admin.ch
Taiwan (Republic of China): .gov.tw
Turkey: .gov.tr
Ukraine: .gov.ua
United Kingdom: .gov.uk
Guernsey: .gov.gg
Jersey: .gov.je
Isle of Man: .gov.im
Scotland: .gov.scot
Uruguay: .gub.uy
Venezuela: .gob.ve
Vietnam: .gov.vn
See also[edit]
usa.gov
.us
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b "Welcome - DOTGOV". Dotgov.gov. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
Jump up ^ "Eligibility Requirements". General Services Administration. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
Jump up ^ "Delegation Record for .GOV". IANA. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
Jump up ^ "Authorization Letter". General Services Administration. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
Jump up ^ "Who authorizes domain names?". General Services Administration. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
Jump up ^ "Sec. 102-173.50 What is the naming convention for States?". General Services Administration. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
Jump up ^ "Executive Order 13571--Streamlining Service Delivery and Improving Customer Service". The White House. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
Jump up ^ "Lost and Found - Mapping Page - DigitalGov". Usa.gov. Archived from the original on 21 August 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
Jump up ^ "Digital Government: Building a 21st Century Platform to Better Serve the American People". United States Federal CIO Council. May 23, 2012. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
External links[edit]
IANA gov whois information
RFC 920, Domain Requirements (defined .com and the other original top-level domains)
RFC 2146, U.S. Government Internet Domain Names
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.ong
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7 Years (Lukas Graham song)
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"7 Years"
Single by Lukas Graham
from the album Lukas Graham
Released
18 September 2015
Format
12"
digital download
Genre
Soul-pop
Length
3:59
Label
Copenhagen
Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)
Lukas Forchammer
Stefan Forrest
Morten Ristorp
Morten Pilegaard
Producer(s)
Future Animals
Pilo
Lukas Graham singles chronology
"Strip No More"
(2015) "7 Years"
(2015) "Golden"
(2016)
"Strip No More"
(2015) "7 Years"
(2015) "Golden"
(2016)
"7 Years" is a song by Danish soul-pop band Lukas Graham from their second studio album, Lukas Graham. The song was released as a digital download on 18 September 2015 by Copenhagen Records.[citation needed] The lyric video was uploaded to YouTube on 17 November 2015, and the music video was uploaded on 15 December 2015.
It topped the charts in Denmark, Sweden, Italy, Austria, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, the UK, and Canada, while reaching the top ten in other European countries, as well as the United States. The song was written by Lukas Forchammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten Ristorp, and Morten "Pilo" Pilegaard. The song was produced by Stefan Forrest and Morten Ristorp under their stage name Future Animals, and Pilegaard. The song was mixed by Delbert Bowers and Morten Pilegaard.[1]
On 12 February 2017, "7 Years" was nominated for three Grammy Awards: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), "7 Years" was the seventh best-selling song of 2016 worldwide with 10.4 million digital downloads and track-equivalent streams.[2]
Contents
[hide]
1 Background
2 Composition
3 Critical reception
3.1 Accolades
4 Chart performance
5 Music video
6 Cover versions
7 Track listing
8 Charts
8.1 Weekly charts
8.2 Year-end charts
9 Certifications
10 Release history
11 References
12 External links
Background[edit]
Frontman Lukas Forchhammer described "7 Years" as a song about his life so far and what he hopes to achieve in the future. He said that the reason the lyrics go as far as the age of 60 is because his father died at 61 and he needed to "pass it to believe it." He continued: "It's a song about growing older. I'm also coming to a realisation that being a father is the most important thing. My biggest dream is not to be some negative old dude, but to have my kids' friends say, 'You're going to visit your dad? Say hi! He's awesome.' I had a perfect father."[3]
Regarding the band's prior failure to break into the international market Forchhammer stated, "It's like my father died at exactly the right moment – and I know that's something I shouldn't say, but I just did! If my dad hadn't died in 2012 I wouldn't have written our song 'Happy Home', which catapulted us into a Scandinavian success story. I wouldn't have written '7 Years', which got us signed to a publisher in America and ultimately signed to Warner Bros."[4]
Composition[edit]
"7 Years" is a soul-pop song with hip hop influences,[5] written in the key of G minor. It runs at 60 bpm. It is accompanied by a midtempo piano line, a percussion backbeat, slideshow projector incorporations, and a synthesized string section.[6]
Critical reception[edit]
Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten critic Anders Houmøller Thomsen compared the song to The Beatles' "When I'm Sixty-Four": "The ballad '7 Years' sounds like a current answer to The Beatles' 'When I'm Sixty-Four'. '7 Years' bubbles with ignited storytelling about life's fast speed, when the daydreams of childhood and youth suddenly becomes replaced by retirement-melancholia. Graham finds his own path between sweet sentimentality and heartbreaking empathy, and like a young McCartney, Graham also has a similar instinctive ability to craft superglue-sticking choruses."[7]
Accolades[edit]
Time magazine named "7 Years" one of the Top 10 Worst Songs of 2016, they commented saying, "Good luck explaining the meteoric popularity of this (yes, catchy) chewy contemporary pop-rock ballad, which makes a listener yearn for the artistic integrity of a band like Maroon 5."[8]
Chart performance[edit]
For the issue dated 6 February 2016, "7 Years" debuted at number 96 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. It became Lukas Graham's first single on the Hot 100.[9] The song peaked at number two on the chart dated 9 April 2016, and became the highest-charting Danish act since "Apache" (1961) by Jørgen Ingmann.[10] The song stayed there for four non-consecutive weeks, being held off of the top spot by Rihanna and Drake's "Work" and Desiigner's "Panda".[11] "7 Years" also debuted at number 28 on the US Digital Songs chart with 26,000 digital copies sold.[12] During 2016, the song sold 2.089 million copies in the US, making it the fourth best-selling song of the year, behind The Chainsmokers' "Closer", Flo Rida's "My House" and Justin Timberlake's "Can't Stop the Feeling!".[13] "7 Years" was biggest hit in the US by a foreign-born act since Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" in 2012.[13]
On 12 February 2016, "7 Years" peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart, with combined weekly sales of 105,000 units (including 3.65 million streams). The song became the first number-one single by a Danish act since Aqua's "Turn Back Time" (1998).[14] On 11 March 2016, "7 Years" spent its fifth consecutive week at number-one, becoming the longest-running number-one single by a Danish act.[15] On 18 March 2016, "7 Years" was replaced by Mike Posner's "I Took a Pill in Ibiza" at number one, selling 261 copies less than Posner.[16] It was the best-selling song in the UK in 2016 with 856,559 copies sold that year,[17] although as it had fewer streams than Drake's "One Dance", which gave "7 Years" a combined total 1.49 million units against "One Dance"'s 1.95 million, it was ranked number 2 on the chart.[18]
"7 Years" peaked at number one on the Australian Singles Chart, which makes Lukas Graham only the third Danish act to chart at number one (since Cut 'N' Move's "Give It Up", and Aqua's "Barbie Girl" and "Doctor Jones").[19] On the chart issue dated 11 April 2016, "7 Years" spent its eighth consecutive week at number one, becoming the longest-running number-one single by a Danish act. It overtook the previous record set by Aqua's "Doctor Jones", which spent seven consecutive weeks at number one in 1997–98.[20]
Music video[edit]
A music video to accompany the release of "7 Years" was first released on YouTube on 15 December 2015 at a total length of four minutes. The video is written, directed and edited by Danish Film Director René Sascha Johannsen [21] As of May 2018, it has received over 660 million views on YouTube.
The video was shot partially in Christiana, Copenhagen, the birthplace of Lukas Graham.
Cover versions[edit]
English singer Jasmine Thompson released a cover version of the song on 22 April 2016 through Atlantic Records.[22] On 24 April 2016, Dutch singer Jan Versteegh released a cover version of the song through 8Ball Music, which was later included on his debut album, It Takes Swing, which was released on 13 May 2016.[23][24] English singer Conor Maynard covered the song on the album Covers, which was released on 5 August 2016 by Parlophone.[25] Linkin' Bridge, an American musical group from Louisville, Kentucky, covered the song during the semi-finals of NBC's America's Got Talent season 11 on 14 September 2016.[26]
Track listing[edit]
Digital download
No.
Title
Length
1. "7 Years" 3:59
12" vinyl[27]
No.
Title
Length
1. "7 Years" (album version) 3:57
2. "7 Years" (live from Denmark) 4:07
Charts[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (2015–16)
Peak
position
Argentina (Monitor Latino)[28]
6
Australia (ARIA)[29]
1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[30]
1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[31]
1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[32]
4
Brazil (Billboard Hot 100)[33]
4
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[34]
1
Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[35]
2
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[36]
1
Denmark (Tracklisten)[37]
1
Ecuador (National-Report)[38]
19
Europe (Euro Digital Songs)[39]
1
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[40]
5
France (SNEP)[41]
5
Germany (Official German Charts)[42]
6
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[43]
6
Hungary (Stream Top 40)[44]
3
Hungary (Single Top 40)[45]
3
Ireland (IRMA)[46]
1
Israel (Media Forest)[47]
2
Italy (FIMI)[48]
1
Latvia (Latvijas Top 40)[49]
2
Luxembourg Digital Songs (Billboard)[50]
2
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[51]
1
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[52]
3
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[53]
1
Norway (VG-lista)[54]
4
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100) [55]
2
Portugal (AFP)[56]
2
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[57]
1
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[58]
3
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[59]
2
Slovenia (SloTop50)[60]
1
South Africa (EMA)[61]
6
South Korea International Chart (Gaon)[62]
63
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[63]
3
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[64]
1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[65]
3
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[66]
1
US Billboard Hot 100[67]
2
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[68]
2
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[69]
1
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[70]
1
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[71]
33
US Rock Airplay (Billboard)[72]
24
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (2016)
Position
Argentina (Monitor Latino)[73]
84
Australia (ARIA)[74]
3
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[75]
16
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[76]
4
Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia)[77]
40
Brazil (Brasil Hot 100)[78]
40
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[79]
7
Denmark (Tracklisten)[80]
8
Germany (Official German Charts)[81]
22
Hungary (Single Top 40)[82]
19
Israel (Media Forest)[83]
9
Italy (FIMI)[84]
9
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[85]
10
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[86]
2
Poland (ZPAV)[87]
20
Slovenia (SloTop50)[88]
11
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[89]
26
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[90]
6
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[91]
2
US Billboard Hot 100[92]
12
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[93]
10
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[94]
10
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[95]
22
Chart (2017)
Position
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[96]
31
Certifications[edit]
Region
Certification
Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[97]
6× Platinum 420,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[98]
Gold 15,000*
Belgium (BEA)[99]
Platinum 30,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[100]
6× Platinum 480,000^
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[101]
4× Platinum 120,000^
Germany (BVMI)[102]
Platinum 400,000^
Italy (FIMI)[103]
5× Platinum 250,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[104]
3× Platinum 45,000*
Poland (ZPAV)[105]
4× Platinum 80,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[106]
2× Platinum 80,000^
Sweden (GLF)[107]
7× Platinum 280,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[108]
Gold 15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[109]
3× Platinum 1,900,000[110]
United States (RIAA)[111]
4× Platinum 2,118,000[13]
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone
Release history[edit]
Region
Date
Format
Label
Denmark 18 September 2015 Digital download Copenhagen
Worldwide 22 October 2015 Warner Bros.
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Jump up ^ "British single certifications – Lukas Graham – 7 Years". British Phonographic Industry. Select singles in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Enter 7 Years in the search field and then press Enter.
Jump up ^ Copsey, Rob (4 October 2016). "The Official Top 40 Biggest Songs of 2016 so far revealed". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
Jump up ^ "American single certifications – Lukas Graham – 7 Years". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
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