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dancehall

genre of Jamaican popular music
Intangible music_genre Q474027
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dancehall

Summary

dancehall is a music genre[1]. dancehall ranks in the top 5% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,462 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • dancehall's instance of is recorded as music genre[3].
  • dancehall is a type of reggae[4].
  • dancehall is a type of music of Jamaica[5].
  • dancehall's Commons category is recorded as Dancehall[6].
  • dancehall's country of origin is recorded as Jamaica[7].
  • 1970 marks the founding of dancehall[8].
  • dancehall's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dancehall[9].
  • dancehall's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject African diaspora[10].

Body

Definition and Type

dancehall's instance of is recorded as music genre[3]. Recorded subclass of include reggae[4] and music of Jamaica[5].

Origins

1970 marks the founding of dancehall[8].

Why It Matters

dancehall ranks in the top 5% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,462 views/month).[2] dancehall has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] dancehall is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

Dr. Alban Era Istrefi Jamaica Ozuna Rihanna Sean Kingston Sean Paul

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → Jamaica
    Subclass of → reggae, music of Jamaica
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|13 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 27970, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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