reggae

Summary

reggae is a music genre^[1]. reggae ranks in the top 2% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,392 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• reggae's instance of is recorded as music genre^[3].
• reggae is a type of music of Jamaica^[4].
• reggae's Commons category is recorded as Reggae^[5].
• reggae's country of origin is recorded as Jamaica^[6].
• 1961 marks the founding of reggae^[7].
• reggae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Reggae^[8].
• reggae's described at URL is recorded as https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/01398^[9].
• reggae's described at URL is recorded as https://ich.unesco.org/fr/RL/01398^[10].
• reggae's described at URL is recorded as https://ich.unesco.org/es/RL/01398^[11].
• reggae's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Reggae music^[12].
• reggae's described by source is recorded as DDEX AVS Data Dictionary Version 1^[13].
• reggae's has characteristic is recorded as off-beat^[14].
• reggae's equivalent class is recorded as http://service.ddex.net/dd/DD-AVS-001/dd/ddex_Reggae^[15].
• reggae's exact match is recorded as http://service.ddex.net/dd/DD-AVS-001/dd/ddex_Reggae^[16].
• reggae's practiced by is recorded as reggae musician^[17].
• reggae's intangible cultural heritage status is recorded as Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity^[18].
• reggae's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have^[19].
• reggae's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject African diaspora^[20].
• reggae's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[21].
• reggae's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage^[22].
• reggae's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Reggae^[23].
• reggae's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Music^[24].
• reggae's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Jamaica^[25].

Body

Definition and Type

reggae's instance of is recorded as music genre^[3]. reggae is a type of music of Jamaica^[4].

Origins

1961 marks the founding of reggae^[7].

Influence

Things named for reggae include samba reggae^[26], a music genre^[27], founded in 1987^[28] and Ostróda Reggae Festival^[29], a music festival^[30], in Poland^[31], founded in 2001^[32].

Why It Matters

reggae ranks in the top 2% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,392 views/month).^[2] reggae has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] reggae is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for reggae include samba reggae^[26], a music genre^[27], founded in 1987^[28] and Ostróda Reggae Festival^[29], a music festival^[30], in Poland^[31], founded in 2001^[32].