Home › Entities › music_genre › zydeco

zydeco

music genre evolved in southwest Louisiana which blends blues, rhythm and blues, and music indigenous to the Louisiana Creoles and the Native people of Louisiana
Intangible music_genre Q245296
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

zydeco

Summary

zydeco is a music genre[1]. zydeco ranks in the top 9% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,684 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • zydeco's instance of is recorded as music genre[3].
  • zydeco is a type of music of Louisiana[4].
  • zydeco's Commons category is recorded as Zydeco[5].
  • zydeco's country of origin is recorded as United States[6].
  • January 1, 1936 marks the founding of zydeco[7].
  • zydeco's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Zydeco[8].
  • zydeco's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject African diaspora[9].

Body

Definition and Type

zydeco's instance of is recorded as music genre[3]. zydeco is a type of music of Louisiana[4].

Origins

January 1, 1936 marks the founding of zydeco[7].

Why It Matters

zydeco ranks in the top 9% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,684 views/month).[2] zydeco has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] zydeco is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

Kurt Georg Kiesinger United States

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). zydeco. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/zydeco
MLA “zydeco.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/zydeco.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_zydeco_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{zydeco}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/zydeco}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): zydeco — https://4ort.xyz/entity/zydeco (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/zydeco · Last refreshed:

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. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → music genre
    Country of origin → —
    Inception → —
    Country of origin → United States
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 29990, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.