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Soukous genre — history, bands and artists

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Geography of Soukous

Where the artists of the genre come from and where it is on the radio

Landmark albums of Soukous

Studio albums that listeners most often call this genre

1992
BreakoutJimmy Cliff
Vampire Weekend2007
Vampire WeekendVampire Weekend
1982
MboaManu Dibango

Soukous by year

How many studio albums of the genre came out each year

Overview

Genre relations

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Subgenres

Subgenres or what Soukous is divided into

Origins

Genres from which Soukous originated

Parent genre

Soukous is a subgenre, i.e. a narrower direction of these styles

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