rhythm and blues

genre of popular music that originated within African-American communities in the 1940s
Intangible music_genre Q45981
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rhythm and blues

Summary

rhythm and blues is a music genre[1]. It ranks in the top 0.62% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,088 views/month, #12 of 1,946).[2]

Key Facts

  • rhythm and blues's instance of is recorded as music genre[3].
  • rhythm and blues is a type of popular music[4].
  • rhythm and blues's Commons category is recorded as Rhythm and blues[5].
  • 1938 marks the founding of rhythm and blues[6].
  • rhythm and blues's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rhythm and blues[7].
  • rhythm and blues's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:R&B and Soul Music[8].
  • rhythm and blues's described by source is recorded as DDEX AVS Data Dictionary Version 1[9].
  • rhythm and blues's topic has template is recorded as Template:Rhythm and blues[10].
  • rhythm and blues's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Rhythm and blues'}[11].
  • rhythm and blues's equivalent class is recorded as http://service.ddex.net/dd/DD-AVS-001/dd/ddex_RAndB[12].
  • rhythm and blues's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'R&B'}[13].
  • rhythm and blues's different from is recorded as Rythm and Blues[14].
  • rhythm and blues's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15].

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Definition and Type

rhythm and blues's instance of is recorded as music genre[3]. It is a type of popular music[4].

Origins

1938 marks the founding of rhythm and blues[6].

Why It Matters

rhythm and blues ranks in the top 0.62% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,088 views/month, #12 of 1,946).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 156 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

It has been cited as an influence by Julia Kathrine Hansen[18], a singer[19], b. 2003[20], of Kingdom of Denmark[21].

FAQs

Who did rhythm and blues influence?

rhythm and blues has been cited as an influence by Julia Kathrine Hansen[18].

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] . Retrieved . 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.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [21] . 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. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from Rythm and Blues
    Topic has template Template:Rhythm and blues
    Subclass of popular music
    Instance of
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 4483, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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