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easy listening

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easy listening

Summary

easy listening is a music genre[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,512 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • easy listening's instance of is recorded as music genre[3].
  • easy listening is a type of popular music[4].
  • easy listening's Commons category is recorded as Easy listening music[5].
  • easy listening's country of origin is recorded as United States[6].
  • January 1, 1948 marks the founding of easy listening[7].
  • easy listening's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Easy listening music[8].
  • easy listening's different from is recorded as light music[9].
  • easy listening's different from is recorded as musica leggera[10].
  • easy listening's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11].

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Definition and Type

easy listening's instance of is recorded as music genre[3]. It is a type of popular music[4].

Origins

January 1, 1948 marks the founding of easy listening[7].

Why It Matters

easy listening ranks in the top 9% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,512 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1948-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Inception → —
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Instance of → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 8434, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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