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Irene Cara
Irene Cara (born March 18, 1959) is an American singer and actress. Cara won an Academy Award in 1984 in the category of Best Original Song for co-writing "Flashdance... What a Feeling". She is also known for her recording of the song "Fame", and she also starred in the 1980 film Fame.
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Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music that had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Disco was a reaction primarily among New...
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Hi-NRG
Hi-NRG (High Energy) is high-tempo disco music (often with electronic instrumentation), as well as a more specific, derivative genre of electronic dance music that achieved mainstream popularity in the mid to late 1980s. The term was also applied to...
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Dance-pop
Dance-pop is a style of electronic dance music and a subgenre of pop music that evolved from post-disco era, circa 1981, that combines dance beats with a pop, House and/or R&B; song structure. Because there is such an emphasis on fully-formed songs...
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Adult contemporary music
Adult contemporary music (frequently abbreviated AC) is a broad style of popular music that ranges from lush 1960s, vocal-based music to predominantly ballad-heavy music with varying degrees of rock influence". AC radio plays mainstream music...
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Dance music
This article is about dance music in general. You may also be looking for electronic dance music or dance-pop.
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger...
Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B; (also known as R&B; and sometimes described as mainstream R&B;) is a music genre of western popular music. Although the acronym “R&B;” originates from its association with traditional rhythm and blues music, the term R&B; is today...
