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twist

dance inspired by rock and roll music; music genre associated with the dance
Intangible music_genre Q387916
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twist

Summary

twist is a music genre[1]. twist draws 512 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #395 of 1,946).[2]

Key Facts

  • twist's instance of is recorded as music genre[3].
  • twist's instance of is recorded as type of dance[4].
  • twist is a type of dance[5].
  • twist is a type of rock and roll[6].
  • twist's Commons category is recorded as Twist (dance)[7].
  • twist's country of origin is recorded as United States[8].
  • 1958 marks the founding of twist[9].
  • twist's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Twist (dance)[10].
  • twist's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4[11].
  • twist's different from is recorded as Twist[12].
  • twist's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include music genre[3] and type of dance[4]. Recorded subclass of include dance[5] and rock and roll[6].

Origins

1958 marks the founding of twist[9].

Why It Matters

twist draws 512 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #395 of 1,946).[2] twist has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14]

Related Entities

Françoise Hardy United States

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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Twist
    Country of origin → United States
    Subclass of → dance, rock and roll
    Instance of → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 30000, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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