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rhythm and blues

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

rhythm and blues is a music genre[1]. It ranks in the top 0.62% of music genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,667 views/month, #12 of 1,946).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: popular music[3]
  • Commons category: Rhythm and blues[4]
  • Inception: 1938[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Rhythm and blues[6]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:R&B and Soul Music[7]
  • Described by source: DDEX AVS Data Dictionary Version 1[8]
  • Topic has template: Template:Rhythm and blues[9]
  • Native label: Rhythm and blues[10]
  • Equivalent class: http://service.ddex.net/dd/DD-AVS-001/dd/ddex_RAndB[11]
  • Short name: R&B[12]
  • Different from: Rythm and Blues[13]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14]

Why It Matters

rhythm and blues has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 170 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

It has been cited as an influence by Julia Kathrine Hansen[17], a singer[18], b. 2003[19], of Kingdom of Denmark[20].

FAQs

Who did rhythm and blues influence?

rhythm and blues has been cited as an influence by Julia Kathrine Hansen[17].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [20] ↑ . 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. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 22d ago · Solidest · 2026-09-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'bat_smg', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'br', 'bs', 'ca',
    Rate your music genre id → rhythm-and-blues
    Sitelink count → 85
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Rate your music genre id: rhythm-and-blues, Moving from early R&B"
  2. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → r-b-music
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: r-b-music, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289953092|r b music (#289953092)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
  3. 22w 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 */ Yso id: 4483, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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