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house music

electronic dance music genre, that originated in Chicago, United States, in the early 1980s
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house music

Summary

house music is a music genre[1]. It ranks in the top 0.98% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,495 views/month, #19 of 1,946).[2]

Key Facts

  • house music's instance of is recorded as music genre[3].
  • house music is a type of electronic dance music[4].
  • house music's Commons category is recorded as House music[5].
  • house music's country of origin is recorded as United States[6].
  • 1982 marks the founding of house music[7].
  • house music's topic's main category is recorded as Category:House music[8].
  • house music's location of creation is recorded as Chicago[9].
  • house music's topic has template is recorded as Template:House music[10].
  • house music's different from is recorded as house band[11].

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Definition and Type

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

Origins

1982 marks the founding of house music[7].

Why It Matters

house music ranks in the top 0.98% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,495 views/month, #19 of 1,946).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 26 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] ↑ . 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.

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. 10d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:House music
    Instance of → music genre
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → electronic dance music
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007554030505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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