Editing Worldbeat (section)

{{Short description|Music genre}}
{{Infobox music genre
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| name              = Worldbeat
| stylistic_origins = * [[World music]]
* [[rock music|rock]]
* [[pop music|pop]]
* [[traditional music]]
| cultural_origins  = Mid-1980s, <br> UK, US, West Africa<ref name="allmusic"/>
| subgenres         = 
| fusiongenres      = 
}}

'''Worldbeat''' is a [[music genre]] that blends [[pop music]] or [[rock music]] with [[world music]] or [[traditional music]].<ref name="allmusic">{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/subgenre/worldbeat-ma0000011922|title=Worldbeat Music Genre Overview|website=[[Allmusic]]|access-date=July 21, 2017}}</ref> Worldbeat is similar to other cross-pollination labels of [[popular music|contemporary]] and [[Folk music|roots]] genres, and which suggest a rhythmic, harmonic or textural contrast and synthesis between its modern and ethnic elements.<ref name="colorado">{{Cite web|last=Manuel|first=Peter L.|date=|title=Worldbeat|url=http://autocww.colorado.edu/~toldy2/E64ContentFiles/MusicAndTerms/worldbeat.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724193807/http://autocww.colorado.edu/~toldy2/E64ContentFiles/MusicAndTerms/worldbeat.htm|archive-date=July 24, 2019|website=University of Colorado}}</ref>