This article is about the genre of music. For other uses, see Dance hall (disambiguation).
Dancehall
Stylistic origins
Reggae
dub
toasting
ska
rocksteady
Cultural origins
Late 1970s Jamaica, especially Kingston
Derivative forms
Reggaeton
dembow
afroswing
Subgenres
Trap Dancehall
Trinibad
Fusion genres
Reggae fusion
Oldschool jungle
Tropical house[1]
Tropical pop[2][3]
Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s.[4][5] Initially, dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s.[6][7] In the mid-1980s, digital instrumentation became more prevalent, changing the sound considerably, with digital dancehall (or "ragga") becoming increasingly characterized by faster rhythms. Key elements of dancehall music include its extensive use of Jamaican Patois rather than Jamaican standard English and a focus on the track instrumentals (or "riddims").
Dancehall saw initial mainstream success in Jamaica in the 1980s, and by the 1990s, it became increasingly popular in Jamaican diaspora communities. In the 2000s, dancehall experienced worldwide mainstream success, and by the 2010s, it began to heavily influence the work of established Western artists and producers, which has helped to further bring the genre into the Western music mainstream.[8][9][10]
Music of Jamaica
General topics
Related articles
Genres
Dancehall
Dub
Dub poetry
Kumina
Lovers rock
Mento
Niyabinghi
Raggamuffin
Reggae
Reggae fusion
Rocksteady
Roots reggae
Ska
Ska jazz
Ska punk
Sound systems
Toasting
Nationalistic and patriotic songs
National anthem
Jamaica, Land We Love
Regional music
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba and the Dutch Antilles
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
Bonaire
Cayman Islands
Cuba
Costa Rica
Curaçao
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guyana
Haiti
Mauritius
Martinique
Montserrat
Panama
Puerto Rico
St Kitts and Nevis
St Lucia
St Vincent and Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos
Virgin Islands
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