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zouk

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zouk

Summary

zouk is a music genre[1]. zouk draws 541 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #363 of 1,946).[2]

Key Facts

  • zouk's instance of is recorded as music genre[3].
  • zouk is a type of French Caribbean music[4].
  • zouk's country of origin is recorded as French West Indies[5].
  • 1986 marks the founding of zouk[6].
  • zouk's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Zouk[7].
  • zouk's location of creation is recorded as French West Indies[8].
  • zouk's derivative work is recorded as kuduro[9].

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Definition and Type

zouk's instance of is recorded as music genre[3]. zouk is a type of French Caribbean music[4].

Origins

1986 marks the founding of zouk[6].

Why It Matters

zouk draws 541 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #363 of 1,946).[2] zouk has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10]

zouk has been cited as an influence by kuduro[11], a music genre[12], founded in 1999[13].

FAQs

Who did zouk influence?

zouk has been cited as an influence by kuduro[11].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [12] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [13] ↑ . 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. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → music genre
    Country of origin → —
    Inception → —
    Country of origin → French West Indies
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 29886, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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