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soul

genre of popular music
Intangible music_genre Q131272
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Summary

soul is a music genre[1]. soul ranks in the top 2% of music genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,535 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: rhythm and blues[3]
  • Commons category: Soul music[4]
  • Country of origin: United States[5]
  • Inception: 1955[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Soul music[7]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:R&B and Soul Music[8]
  • Short name: soul[9], سول[10]
  • Practiced by: soul musician[11]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject African diaspora[12], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13]

Why It Matters

soul has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] soul is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

soul has been cited as an influence by acid jazz[16], a music genre[17], founded in 1987[18] and soul blues[19], a music genre[20], founded in 1968[21].

FAQs

Who did soul influence?

soul has been cited as an influence by acid jazz[16] and soul blues[19].

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References

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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.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [21] ↑ . 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. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Practiced by → soul musician
    Country of origin → United States
    Instance of → music genre
    Aliases → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 12375, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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