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gospel music

genre of music emphasizing Christian lyrics
Intangible music_genre Q180268
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Summary

gospel music is a music genre[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of music genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,774 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: radio format[3]
  • Subclass of: Christian music[4]
  • Commons category: Gospel music[5]
  • Country of origin: United States[6]
  • Inception: 1600[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Gospel music[8]
  • Described by source: DDEX AVS Data Dictionary Version 1[9]
  • Has characteristic: gospel music award[10]
  • Equivalent class: http://service.ddex.net/dd/DD-AVS-001/dd/ddex_Gospel[11]
  • Short name: gospel[12]
  • Different from: Gospel[13]
  • Exact match: http://service.ddex.net/dd/DD-AVS-001/dd/ddex_Gospel[14]
  • Practiced by: gospel musician[15]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject African diaspora[16]

Why It Matters

gospel music has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). gospel music. Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/gospel-music
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_gospel-music_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{gospel music}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/gospel-music}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-16}}
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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. 22d ago · Clemens Dulcis · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 07075374-n
    Interlingual index id → i73793
    Has characteristic → gospel music award
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has characteristic: gospel music award"
  2. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → gospel-music
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: gospel-music, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289934074|gospel music (#289934074)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → u0002319-gospel
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: u0002319-gospel, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Country of origin → United States
    Different from → Gospel
    Aliases → —
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 8499, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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