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DNCE

Alternative rock
Alternative rock

DNCE is a Alternative rock act. Their sound grew out of Prince, Sekai no Owari, Bee Gees, Led Zeppelin and Electric Light Orchestra. Those roots explain a lot about how DNCE arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jonas Brothers, Joe Jonas, MKTO, Maroon 5 and Charlie Puth, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bruno Mars, Rod Stewart, Nicki Minaj, Selena Gomez and Kygo, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 42 connections around DNCE, reaching back through Prince and forward to Bruno Mars. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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DNCEPrinceSekai no OwariBee GeesLed ZeppelinElectric Light Orche…Sly and the Family S…WeezerEarth Wind and FireBruno MarsRod StewartNicki MinajSelena GomezKygoCharli XCXJonas BrothersHailee SteinfeldJonas BrothersJoe JonasMKTOMaroon 5Charlie PuthThe VampsKevin JonasHot Chelle Rae

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DNCE connections

DNCE grew out of Prince, Sekai no Owari, Bee Gees and Led Zeppelin, shares an orbit with Jonas Brothers, Joe Jonas, MKTO and Maroon 5, went on to shape Bruno Mars, Rod Stewart, Nicki Minaj and Selena Gomez. 42 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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