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dance music

music of any genre intended to accompany dancing
Intangible music_genre Q316930
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dance music

Summary

dance music is a music genre[1]. It draws 1,364 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #199 of 1,946).[2]

Key Facts

  • dance music's instance of is recorded as music genre[3].
  • dance music is a type of entertainment music[4].
  • dance music's Commons category is recorded as Dance[5].
  • dance music's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dance music[6].
  • dance music's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[7].
  • dance music's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8].
  • dance music's different from is recorded as electronic dance music[9].
  • dance music's different from is recorded as club/dance music[10].
  • dance music's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11].
  • dance music's WordLift URL is recorded as http://data.thenextweb.com/tnw/entity/dance_music[12].

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Definition and Type

dance music's instance of is recorded as music genre[3]. It is a type of entertainment music[4].

Why It Matters

dance music draws 1,364 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #199 of 1,946).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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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.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . thenextweb.com. thenextweb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). dance music. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/dance-music
MLA “dance music.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/dance-music.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_dance-music_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{dance music}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/dance-music}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → electronic dance music, club/dance music
    Subclass of → entertainment music
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 181, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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