alternative music

group of musical genres (mainly of pop and rock music) that deviate from the dominant trend or commonly accepted official models
Intangible music_genre Q1695023
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alternative music

Summary

alternative music is a music genre[1]. It draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #538 of 1,946).[2]

Key Facts

  • alternative music's instance of is recorded as music genre[3].
  • alternative music's subclass of is recorded as popular music[4].
  • alternative music's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph451069[5].
  • alternative music's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alternative music[6].
  • alternative music's partially coincident with is recorded as independent music[7].
  • alternative music's different from is recorded as alternative rock[8].
  • alternative music's different from is recorded as Alternative music[9].
  • alternative music's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121x6sry[10].
  • alternative music's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/120rs13n[11].
  • alternative music's subreddit is recorded as alternative[12].
  • alternative music's Krugosvet article is recorded as kultura_i_obrazovanie/muzyka/ALTERNATIVNAYA_MUZIKA.html[13].
  • alternative music's Yandex Music genre ID is recorded as alternative[14].
  • alternative music's iTunes genre ID is recorded as 20[15].
  • alternative music's iTunes genre ID is recorded as 1620[16].
  • alternative music's iTunes genre ID is recorded as 8001[17].
  • alternative music's Lemmy community ID is recorded as [email protected][18].

Why It Matters

alternative music draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #538 of 1,946).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

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.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . sh.itjust.works. Retrieved . sh.itjust.works. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). alternative music. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/alternative-music
MLA “alternative music.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/alternative-music.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_alternative-music_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{alternative music}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/alternative-music}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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