dance music
Britishnoun
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music that is suitable for dancing
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Also called: dance. pop music with a strong electronic rhythm
Example Sentences
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While it has remained popular over the years, Spotify says consumption of dance music for under-25s has grown 73% across the world since 2020.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Clementine Douglas, who will be performing on the main stage with a live band, tells Newsbeat she has seen dance music emerge "out of the underground and go more mainstream".
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Insight from former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and one-time teammate David Beckham, as well as a gripping soundtrack from one half of 1990s dance music legends Orbital, make it a compelling watch.
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
European dance music rhythms collide with contemporary hip-hop deliveries and progressive metal bass undertones as if they were always meant to coalesce.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
To hasten a cure the community constructed a stage and musicians were hired to play soothing dance music so that the dancers might slowly waltz themselves back to good spiritual health.
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
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