blues

Summary

blues is a music genre^[1]. blues ranks in the top 0.82% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,326 views/month, #16 of 1,946).^[2]

Key Facts

• blues's instance of is recorded as music genre^[3].
• blues is a type of popular music^[4].
• blues is a type of music of North America^[5].
• blues is used for music^[6].
• blues's Commons category is recorded as Blues^[7].
• blues's country of origin is recorded as United States^[8].
• 1890 marks the founding of blues^[9].
• blues's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Blues^[10].
• blues's described at URL is recorded as https://www.musicmetricsvault.com/genres/blues/926^[11].
• blues's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Blues^[12].
• blues's described by source is recorded as DDEX AVS Data Dictionary Version 1^[13].
• blues's topic has template is recorded as Template:Blues^[14].
• blues's equivalent class is recorded as http://service.ddex.net/dd/DD-AVS-001/dd/ddex_Blues^[15].
• blues's different from is recorded as blues^[16].
• blues's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'blues'}^[17].
• blues's has part is recorded as traditional blues verse^[18].
• blues's practiced by is recorded as blues musician^[19].
• blues's practiced by is recorded as blues shouter^[20].
• blues's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have^[21].
• blues's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject African diaspora^[22].
• blues's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[23].

Body

Definition and Type

blues's instance of is recorded as music genre^[3]. Recorded subclass of include popular music^[4] and music of North America^[5].

Origins

1890 marks the founding of blues^[9].

Use and Application

blues is used for music^[6].

Why It Matters

blues ranks in the top 0.82% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,326 views/month, #16 of 1,946).^[2] blues has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[24] blues is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[25]

blues has been cited as an influence by blues rock^[26], a music genre^[27], founded in 1960^[28] and early reggae^[29], a music genre^[30], founded in 1965^[31].

FAQs

Who did blues influence?

blues has been cited as an influence by blues rock^[26] and early reggae^[29].