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electronic dance music

broad genre of electronic music
Intangible music_genre Q851213
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Summary

electronic dance music is a music genre[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of music genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,424 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: club/dance music[3], electronic music[4]
  • Commons category: Electronic dance music[5]
  • Inception: 1977[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Electronic dance music[7]
  • Described by source: Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians[8]
  • Partially coincident with: club/dance music[9]
  • Topic has template: Šablona:Elektronická taneční hudba[10]
  • Short name: EDM[11]
  • Different from: EDM[12], dance music[13]
  • Name: electronic dance music[14]

Why It Matters

electronic dance music has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 110 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0217967-elektronicka-hudba
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0217967-elektronicka-hudba, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
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