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Rhythm Nation

Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues

Rhythm Nation is a Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Marvin Gaye, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and Sly and the Family Stone. Those roots explain a lot about how Rhythm Nation arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Sleigh Bells, Jamie Lidell, Kylie Minogue, Lady Gaga and Peter Andre, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 19 connections around Rhythm Nation, reaching back through Marvin Gaye and forward to Sleigh Bells. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

"Rhythm Nation" is a song by American singer Janet Jackson, released in October 1989 by A&M Records as the second single from her fourth studio album, Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989). It was written and produced by Jackson, in collaboration with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Jackson developed the song's concept in response to various tragedies in the media, deciding to pursue a socially conscious theme by using a political standpoint within upbeat dance music. In the United States, it peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Hot Black Singles and Dance Club Play charts. It also peaked within the top 40 of several singles charts worldwide. "Rhythm Nation" received several accolades, including BMI Pop Awards for "Most Played Song", the Billboard Award for "Top Dance/Club Play Single" and a Grammy nomination for Jackson as "Producer of the Year". It has been included in two of Jackson's greatest hits collections, Design of a Decade: 1986–1996 (1995) and Number Ones (2009).

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Rhythm NationMarvin GayeBob DylanJoni MitchellSly and the Family S…Sleigh BellsJamie LidellKylie MinogueLady GagaPeter AndreOK GoMickey AvalonUsher

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Rhythm Nation grew out of Marvin Gaye, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and Sly and the Family Stone, went on to shape Sleigh Bells, Jamie Lidell, Kylie Minogue and Lady Gaga. 19 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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