Throughout the history of the British Isles, the land that is now the United Kingdom has been a major music producer, drawing inspiration from church music and...
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Popular music of the United Kingdom in the 1990s continued to develop and diversify. While the singles charts were dominated by boy bands and girl groups...
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Music of the United Kingdom developed in the 1960s into one of the leading forms of popular music in the modern world. By the early 1960s the British...
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Popular music of the United Kingdom in the 1970s built upon the new forms of music developed from blues rock towards the end of the 1960s, including folk...
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music of the United Kingdom in the 21st century continued to expand and develop new subgenres and fusions. While talent show contestants were one of the...
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Popular music of the United Kingdom in the 1980s built on the post-punk and new wave movements, incorporating different sources of inspiration from subgenres...
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Music of the United Kingdom began to develop in the 1950s; from largely insular and derivative forms to become one of the leading centres of popular music...
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music of the United Kingdom is taken in this article to mean classical music in the sense elsewhere defined, of formally composed and written music of...
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There are many notable music festivals in the United Kingdom, covering a wide variety of genres, which are usually run from late May to early September...
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variety of forms of music made in the United Kingdom. Since around 1964, with the "British Invasion" of the United States spearheaded by the Beatles,...
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the United Kingdom: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – sovereign...
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off...
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stages of their career as the Bees, the Pyramids, Seven Letters and Zubaba) were a ska and reggae band from the United Kingdom, originating in the late...
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This list of music schools in the United Kingdom includes all tertiary level conservatoires, vocational music schools and specialist music schools for...
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several geo-locations spanning the sub-continent. Music in India began as an integral part of socio-religious life. The 30,000-year-old paleolithic and...
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Ethnicity in the United Kingdom is formally recorded at the national level through a census. The 2011 United Kingdom census recorded a reduced share of White...
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The 2024 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 4 July 2024 to elect 650 members of Parliament to the House of Commons, the lower house...
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This is a summary of 1984 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year. 1984 was a year of several huge selling releases...
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was a sovereign state in Northwestern Europe that was established by the union in 1801 of the Kingdom...
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This is a summary of 2010 in music in the United Kingdom. 1 January – Musicians honoured in the Queen's New Year Honours list include mezzo-soprano Sarah...
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Music of Monaco Music of the Netherlands Music of Portugal Music of Spain Music of the United Kingdom Britpop Music of Scotland Music of Wales Brazilian...
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folk music, although in many ways distinctive, has significant crossovers with the music of Scotland. When English communities migrated to the United States...
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The culture of the United Kingdom is influenced by its combined nations' history; its historically Christian religious life, its interaction with the...
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English, in various dialects, is the most widely spoken language of the United Kingdom, but a number of regional and migrant languages are also spoken...
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The history of the United Kingdom begins in 1707 with the Treaty of Union and Acts of Union. The core of the United Kingdom as a unified state came into...
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summary of 1974 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year. 6 April – The 19th Eurovision Song Contest is staged at the Dome...
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The United States' multi-ethnic population is reflected through a diverse array of styles of music. It is a mixture of music influenced by the music of...
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This is a summary of 1978 in music in the United Kingdom. 14 January – The Sex Pistols play their final show (until a reunion in 1996) at Winterland, San...
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The music of the Kingdom Hearts video game series was composed by Yoko Shimomura with orchestral music arranged by Kaoru Wada. The original soundtracks...
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The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster...
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