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contemporary R&B

popular music genre that combines rhythm and blues with elements of pop, soul, funk, hip-hop, and electronic music
Intangible music_genre Q850412
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Contemporary R&B is a music genre[1].

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: rhythm and blues[3], pop music[4]
  • Commons category: Contemporary R&B[5]
  • Country of origin: United States[6]
  • Inception: January 1, 1980[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Contemporary R&B[8]

Why It Matters

contemporary R&B has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Inception → —
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → rhythm and blues, pop music
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