jumpstyle
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Jumpstyle is an electronic dance music genre that emerged in Western Europe in the late 1990s, particularly in Belgium and the Netherlands. It is associated with a distinctive dance style commonly referred to as jumpen.
Key facts
- Music genre.name
- Jumpstyle
- Music genre.caption
- Jumpstyle logo; commonly found on merchandise associated with the dance, such as hoodies
- Music genre.cultural_origins
- Late 1990s—2000s in Belgium and Netherlands
- Music genre.fusiongenres
- Melbourne bounce
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Origins (late 1990s–early 2000s)
- Commercial peak (2006–2008)
- Decline and continued niche presence (2010s)
- Online resurgence (2020s)
- Music
- Dance
- Tournaments and competitions
- References
Jumpstyle is an electronic dance music genre that emerged in Western Europe in the late 1990s, particularly in Belgium and the Netherlands. It is associated with a distinctive dance style commonly referred to as jumpen.
The genre developed within the broader European hard dance scene and became commercially prominent during the mid-2000s.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “jumpstyle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.