K-pop

popular music originating in South Korea
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K-pop

Summary

K-pop is a musical scene[1]. K-pop ranks in the top 3% of musical_scene entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,429 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • K-pop's image is recorded as K-pop boybands.jpg[3].
  • K-pop's instance of is recorded as musical scene[4].
  • K-pop's instance of is recorded as subculture[5].
  • K-pop's instance of is recorded as music genre[6].
  • K-pop's maintained by is recorded as WikiProject Korean Entertainment[7].
  • K-pop's logo image is recorded as I love Kpop tattoo 03.png[8].
  • K-pop's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2019103591[9].
  • K-pop's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2020006575[10].
  • K-pop's subclass of is recorded as A-pop[11].
  • K-pop's subclass of is recorded as music of South Korea[12].
  • K-pop's Commons category is recorded as K-pop[13].
  • K-pop's country of origin is recorded as South Korea[14].
  • +1990-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of K-pop[15].
  • K-pop's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02yh8l[16].
  • K-pop's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph1064778[17].
  • K-pop's topic's main category is recorded as Category:K-pop[18].
  • K-pop's page banner is recorded as Wikivoyage K-pop Banner.jpg[19].
  • K-pop's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:K-pop[20].
  • K-pop's topic has template is recorded as Template:K-pop[21].
  • K-pop's BBC Things ID is recorded as 34e08566-b00c-42c9-bf95-ce0e849ff224[22].
  • K-pop's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '케이팝'}[23].
  • K-pop's distribution map is recorded as K-pop worldwide.svg[24].
  • K-pop's YSO ID is recorded as 39586[25].
  • K-pop's hashtag is recorded as kpop[26].
  • K-pop's hashtag is recorded as kpop2[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for K-pop include KPop Demon Hunters[28], an animated film[29], directed by Chris Appelhans[30].

Why It Matters

K-pop ranks in the top 3% of musical_scene entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,429 views/month).[2] K-pop has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] K-pop is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

K-pop has been cited as an influence by Candy Mafia[33], a girl group[34], in Thailand[35], founded in 2009[36].

Entities named for K-pop include KPop Demon Hunters[28], an animated film[29], directed by Chris Appelhans[30].

FAQs

Who did K-pop influence?

K-pop has been cited as an influence by Candy Mafia[33].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . YSO-Wikidata mapping project. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of musical scene, subculture, music genre
    Topic's main category Category:K-pop
    Inception +1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Twitch tag id b6b64b15-447c-4178-9609-d3d511123521
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1417]]: art/K-pop"
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