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boogaloo

genre of Latin music and dance
Intangible music_genre Q892958
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boogaloo

Summary

boogaloo is a music genre[1]. boogaloo draws 377 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #391 of 1,946).[2]

Key Facts

  • boogaloo's instance of is recorded as music genre[3].
  • boogaloo's instance of is recorded as type of dance[4].
  • boogaloo is a type of rhythm and blues[5].
  • boogaloo is a type of Latin music[6].
  • boogaloo is a type of dance[7].
  • boogaloo's country of origin is recorded as United States[8].
  • January 1, 1963 marks the founding of boogaloo[9].
  • boogaloo's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Boogaloo[10].
  • boogaloo's different from is recorded as Boogaloo[11].
  • boogaloo's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject African diaspora[12].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include music genre[3] and type of dance[4]. Recorded subclass of include rhythm and blues[5], Latin music[6], and dance[7].

Origins

January 1, 1963 marks the founding of boogaloo[9].

Why It Matters

boogaloo draws 377 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #391 of 1,946).[2] boogaloo has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] boogaloo is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → —
    Inception → +1963-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → music genre, type of dance
    Subclass of → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007547112005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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