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{{Distinguish|Eurobeat|Eurodisco|Europop}}
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{{Infobox music genre
| name              = Eurodance
| other_names       = {{hlist|Euro-NRG}}
| stylistic_origins = {{hlist|[[House music|House]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Euro-Dance Music Genre Overview|url=http://www.allmusic.com/style/euro-dance-ma0000005013|website=AllMusic|publisher=Complex Media|access-date=12 November 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717012122/http://www.allmusic.com/style/euro-dance-ma0000005013|archive-date=17 July 2017}}</ref>|[[Eurodisco]]<ref name="allmusic guide"/>|[[Hi-NRG]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Euro-Dance Music Genre Overview|url=http://www.allmusic.com/style/euro-dance-ma0000005013|website=AllMusic|publisher=Complex Media|access-date=12 November 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717012122/http://www.allmusic.com/style/euro-dance-ma0000005013|archive-date=17 July 2017}}</ref>|[[Trance music|trance]]<ref name="allmusic guide"/>|[[new beat]]|[[techno]]<ref name="RoGPM">{{cite book |last1= Ahlers |last2= Jacke |first1= Michael |first2= Christoph |date= 2017 |title= Perspectives on German Popular Music |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=BjklDwAAQBAJ&q=Perspectives+on+German+Popular+Music |location= London & New York |publisher= Routledge, Taylor & Francis Ltd |page= 113 |isbn= 9781472479624 |access-date= 31 October 2020 |archive-date= 6 June 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240606212632/https://books.google.com/books?id=BjklDwAAQBAJ&q=Perspectives+on+German+Popular+Music#v=snippet&q=Perspectives%20on%20German%20Popular%20Music&f=false |url-status= live }}</ref>|[[Hip hop music|hip hop]]<ref name="allmusic guide"/>|[[hip house]]|[[dance-pop]]}}
| cultural_origins  = 1980s, Europe <ref>[https://thevinylfactory.com/features/toy-tonics-teutonik-disaster-interview/ German punk to Euro dance] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925055541/https://thevinylfactory.com/features/toy-tonics-teutonik-disaster-interview/ |date=25 September 2022 }} Retrieved 6 July 2022</ref>
| derivatives       = * [[Dream trance]]
*[[hard dance]]
*[[Italo dance]]
*[[bubblegum dance]]
| subgenres         = 
| fusiongenres      =
* [[Reggae fusion#Euro reggae|Euro reggae]]
* Eurohouse
* [[Eurotrance]]
| regional_scenes   = {{hlist|Europe|Italy|Belgium|Germany|France|Denmark|Netherlands|Sweden|United Kingdom}}
| other_topics      = *[[List of Eurodance artists|List of artists]]
*[[Europop]]
*[[Eurobeat]]
| subgenrelist      = 
}}
'''Eurodance''' (sometimes referred to as '''Euro-NRG''') is a genre of [[electronic dance music]] that originated in the late 1980s in [[Europe]]. It combines many elements of [[Hip-hop|rap]], [[techno]] and [[Eurodisco]].<ref name="allmusic guide"/> This genre of music is heavily influenced by the use of rich vocals, sometimes with [[Rapping|rapped]] verses. This, combined with cutting-edge synthesizers, strong [[Bass (sound)|bass]] [[rhythm]] and melodic [[Hook (music)|hooks]], establishes the core foundation of Eurodance music.<ref name="allmusic guide"/>

==History==
===Background===
Eurodance music originated in the late 1980s in central Europe, especially in Germany, where [[rave]] parties were becoming popular. By 1987, a German party scene was started, based on the well established [[Chicago house]] sound and Belgian [[new beat]]. The following year saw [[acid house]] making a significant impact on popular consciousness in Germany and central Europe as it had in England.<ref>Short [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpC0qlWKb_Q excerpt] from special on German "Tele 5" from 8 December 1988. The show is called "Tanzhouse" hosted by a young Fred Kogel. It includes footage from Hamburg's "Front" with Boris Dlugosch, Kemal Kurum's "Opera House" and the "Prinzenbar". {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303164014/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpC0qlWKb_Q|date=3 March 2013}}</ref> In 1989, German DJs [[Westbam]] and Dr. Motte established the [[Ufo (Club, Berlin)|Ufo Club]], an illegal party venue, and co-founded the [[Love Parade]].<ref name=ROBB>Robb, D. (2002), Techno in Germany: Its Musical Origins and Cultural Relevance, ''German as a Foreign Language Journal'', No.2, 2002, (p. 134).</ref> The parade first occurred in July 1989, when 150 people took to the streets in [[Berlin]].<ref name=Borneman>John Borneman & Stefan Senders, "Politics without a Head: Is the "Love Parade" a New Form of Political Identification?" ''Cultural Anthropology'' J5(2) 294-31, American Anthropological Association. 2000</ref> It was conceived as a political demonstration for peace and international understanding through love and music.<ref name=Borneman/>  On 9 November 1989, the [[Fall of the Berlin Wall|Berlin Wall fell]]; free underground techno parties mushroomed in East Berlin, and a rave scene comparable to that in the UK was established.<ref name="ROBB" /> East German DJ [[Paul van Dyk]] has remarked that the techno-based rave scene was a major force in re-establishing social connections between East and West Germany during the unification period.<ref>Messmer, S. (1998), ''Eierkuchensozialismus'', TAZ, 10 July 1998, (p. 26).</ref> In the same year, German producers Michael Münzing and Luca Anzilotti (under the pseudonyms Benito Benites and John "Virgo" Garrett III) formed the [[Snap!]] project in Frankfurt. Snap! songs combined imported [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] and [[Soul music|soul]] vocals adding rhythm by using computer technology and mixing electronic sounds, bass and drums, mainly [[house music]]. By doing so a new genre was born: Eurodance.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Neue Ehrlichkeit. Mit Tanzmusik aus dem Computer feiern zwei Frankfurter Klangbastler weltweit Erfolge. |url=http://magazin.spiegel.de/EpubDelivery/spiegel/pdf/13683412 |format=PDF |newspaper=Der Spiegel |page=268 |language=DE |date=3 October 1994 |access-date=4 March 2016 |archive-date=7 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307191049/http://magazin.spiegel.de/EpubDelivery/spiegel/pdf/13683412 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Rise and fall===
Snap!'s first single, "[[The Power (Snap! song)|The Power]]", released in 1990, reached number one in the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, and it helped to raise awareness of the genre within Europe. In the following years, other Eurodance acts formed in Frankfurt, including [[Jam and Spoon]], [[Intermission (band)|Intermission]] and [[Culture Beat]]. After the breakthrough single "[[Rhythm is a Dancer]]" by [[Snap!]] in 1992, new groups started to appear all over Europe, mainly in Belgium, the Netherlands and Italy. From 1992 until the genre's decline in popularity after 1995, the sound became increasingly NRG-oriented, leading to songs raising in [[beats per minute]] up to 150. Some of the genre's defining songs in this period, dubbed as the "golden era" of Eurodance, are "[[It's My Life (Dr. Alban song)|It's My Life]]" by [[Dr. Alban]] in 1992, "[[No Limit (2 Unlimited song)|No Limit]]" by Belgian-Dutch group [[2 Unlimited]] in 1993, "[[What Is Love]]" by [[Haddaway]] in the same year, "[[Cotton Eye Joe (Rednex song)|Cotton Eye Joe]]" by [[Rednex]] in 1994, “[[Another Night (song)|Another Night]]” by [[Real McCoy (band)|Real McCoy]] and "[[Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)]]" by [[Scatman John]] in the same year

By 1995, Eurodance dominated European charts with 5 singles in the top 10 of the singles charts. Despite its success, many observers within the music industry said that the Eurodance sound had to change or die, and Eurodance producers and singers started to follow different paths and different sounds, such as [[happy hardcore]] and house music,<ref name="Billboard">{{cite magazine |title= Dance offshots vie for Eurodance dominance |magazine= Billboard |date= 24 June 1995 |page= 82 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=zwsEAAAAMBAJ&q=eurodance+1995+billboard&pg=PA82 |access-date= 25 November 2019 |archive-date= 6 June 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240606213238/https://books.google.com/books?id=zwsEAAAAMBAJ&q=eurodance+1995+billboard&pg=PA82#v=snippet&q=eurodance%201995%20billboard&f=false |url-status= live }}</ref> but not all the groups followed this trend immediately. Notably, the group [[2 Unlimited]] wanted to remain within Eurodance sounds in order to remain chartbusters, although the producer De Coster predicted a retreat from a pop-like to a more [[Club music|club-like]] sound.<ref name="2 Unlimited - Billboard">{{cite magazine |magazine= Billboard |date= 9 March 1996 |page= 29 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=TA8EAAAAMBAJ&q=eurodance+billboard&pg=PA34 |title= 2 Unlimited - Chartbusters |access-date= 25 November 2019 |archive-date= 6 June 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240606213248/https://books.google.com/books?id=TA8EAAAAMBAJ&q=eurodance+billboard&pg=PA34#v=snippet&q=eurodance%20billboard&f=false |url-status= live }}</ref>

In the late 1990s, the classic Eurodance sound gradually morphed into [[progressive house]].<ref name="wiph">{{cite web |url=http://www.decodedmagazine.com/what-is-progressive-house-2/ |title=What is Progressive House? |first=Simon |last=Huxtable |date=11 August 2014 |work=Decoded Magazine |quote=It was then that the DJs who used to play what was previously known as Euro dance hi jacked the genre and it mutated into the commercial sound people tend to call Progressive House today. |access-date=14 March 2016 |archive-date=10 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310113714/http://www.decodedmagazine.com/what-is-progressive-house-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Amid 2024, an influx of videos on social media platforms would be uploaded under the guise of [[Far-right politics|far-right propaganda]], using snippets taken from songs of the genre, called "Save Europe". This primarily adheres to [[TikTok]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://i-d.co/article/far-right-memes-dance-hits-thinkpiece-dagostino-lamour-toujours-basshunter-all-i-ever-wanted-2024/ | title=How the Far Right is Weaponising Rave Nostalgia }}</ref>

==Definition==
While some use a much broader definition of what is considered "Eurodance",<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|title=Euro-Dance Music Genre Overview|url=http://www.allmusic.com/style/euro-dance-ma0000005013|website=AllMusic|publisher=Complex Media|access-date=12 November 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717012122/http://www.allmusic.com/style/euro-dance-ma0000005013|archive-date=17 July 2017}}</ref> over time, the term particularly came to refer to an NRG-based genre from the 1990s which included a solo vocalist or a rapper/vocalist duet.

==Characteristics of the music==
Most Eurodance is characterized by synthesizer riffs, one or more vocals with simple chorus, one or more rap parts, [[sampling (music)|sampling]] and a drum machine clap beat.<ref name="allmusic guide">{{cite book |author=Bogdanov, Vladimir |title=All Music Guide to Electronica: The Definitive Guide to Electronic Music |edition=4 |year=2001 |publisher=Backbeat Books |isbn=978-0879306281 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/allmusicguidetoe00vlad/page/ x] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/allmusicguidetoe00vlad/page/ }}</ref><ref name="eurodom">{{cite magazine|date=24 June 1995|title=Eurodance Dominates Charts 06/24/95|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> Sometimes non-rap vocals are used.<ref name="eurodom"/>

Eurodance often carries a positive, upbeat attitude; the lyrics usually involve issues of love and peace, dancing and partying, or expressing and overcoming difficult emotions. The early to mid-1990s Eurodance vocals were frequently done by a solo vocalist or a mixed rapper-vocalist duet such as the male–female duets of [[2 Unlimited]], [[La Bouche]] and [[Magic Affair]].<ref name="eurodom"/><ref name="S3">{{cite web|title= Dance! Dance! Dance! |website= Side3 |date= 22 September 2011 |url= http://www.side3.no/dance-dance-dance/3234902.html |access-date= 28 November 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140407083703/http://www.side3.no/dance-dance-dance/3234902.html |archive-date= 7 April 2014 |language= no}}</ref>

Many groups used variations of the rapper-vocalist theme, such as a German rapper with American singers ([[Real McCoy (band)|Real McCoy]]), or the use of [[reggae]] rap as in [[Ice MC]] and [[Fun Factory (band)|Fun Factory]], or combination of rapper and reggae vocalist like in the ''[[Life in the Streets]]'' album, or [[scat singing]] as in [[Scatman John]].<ref name="eurodom"/> Solo singing artists such as [[Alessia Aquilani|Alexia]], [[Whigfield]] and [[DJ BoBo]] also contributed to the genre. Some acts like the Swedish [[dance-pop]] originated group [[Ace of Base]] use more pop vocals rather than rap/soul vocals along with Eurodance sound.<ref>{{cite news |first= Erin K. |last= Thompson |title= An Incomplete History of Swedish Pop Geniuses |date= 13 October 2010 |newspaper= [[Seattle Weekly]] |url= http://www.seattleweekly.com/2010-10-13/music/an-incomplete-history-of-swedish-pop-geniuses/ |access-date= 29 November 2019 |archive-date= 2 July 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150702101100/http://www.seattleweekly.com/2010-10-13/music/an-incomplete-history-of-swedish-pop-geniuses/ |url-status= live }}</ref><ref name="BS">{{cite journal |first= Jens |last= Bauszus |title= Sogar Britney Spears wurde in Stockholm entdeckt |journal= [[Focus (German magazine)|Focus]] |url= http://www.focus.de/kultur/musik/tid-25334/schwedens-neuester-popexport-tove-styrke-warum-uns-die-schweden-musikalisch-so-ueberlegen-sind-auch-britney-spears-wurde-in-stockholm-entdeckt_aid_726793.html |date= 28 March 2012 |access-date= 29 November 2019 |language= de |archive-date= 30 July 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200730142533/https://www.focus.de/kultur/musik/tid-25334/schwedens-neuester-popexport-tove-styrke-warum-uns-die-schweden-musikalisch-so-ueberlegen-sind-auch-britney-spears-wurde-in-stockholm-entdeckt_aid_726793.html |url-status= live }}</ref> Pop vocals were particularly popular in the late 1990s Eurodance productions. The Swedish group [[Rednex]] also introduced American [[country music]] elements into the sound.<ref name="Rednex">{{cite magazine |magazine= Billboard |date= 27 May 1995 |page= 113 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=1AsEAAAAMBAJ&q=rednex+country&pg=PA5 |title= Rednex's Country Farce Is Big For Jive |access-date= 29 November 2019 |archive-date= 6 June 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240606214058/https://books.google.com/books?id=1AsEAAAAMBAJ&q=rednex+country&pg=PA5#v=snippet&q=rednex%20country&f=false |url-status= live }}</ref>

Eurodance lyrics are almost always sung in English, regardless of the artist's nationalities.<ref name="eurodom"/> However, there are cases like in the Belgian group's [[Paradisio]] where Spanish lyrics are used along with [[latin music]] elements.<ref>{{cite web|title=Paradisio biography|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/paradisio-mn0000015941|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=29 November 2019|archive-date=25 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825033039/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/paradisio-mn0000015941|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Paradisio biography|url=http://paradisiobailando.com/biography.html|website=paradisiobailando.com|access-date=29 November 2019|archive-date=16 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616054044/http://www.paradisiobailando.com/biography.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Almost all Eurodance emphasizes percussion and rhythm. The tempo is typically around 140 [[beats per minute]], but may vary from 110 to 150.<ref name="eurodom"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://karine.sanche.free.fr/faqs.htm#what |title=The Eurodance Encyclopaedia - FAQs |date=17 October 2013 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017065801/http://karine.sanche.free.fr/faqs.htm#what |archive-date=17 October 2013 }}</ref>

Most Eurodance is very [[melody]]-driven. Most Eurodance songs are in [[minor key]]s, similarly to [[techno]]. This, along with positive lyrics, helps contribute to the overall powerful and emotional sound of Eurodance.<ref name="allmusic guide"/> Besides the contribution of the female or male vocals, there is often a noticeable use of rapid synthesizer [[Arpeggiator|arpeggios]].<ref name="allmusic guide"/>

===Music videos===
Eurodance [[music video]]s were often seen with dance acts by the main vocals of the songs (or models ad-libbing), often dancing in bright-coloured [[infinity cove]] studios or wide, urban spaces (stations, parking garages) with high visual contrast, or in empty nature scenes. 

Electronicbeats describes the cliché Eurodance music video as having "strobe-lit rave scenes, pixelated ‘90s computer graphics and, of course, an urban montage: cue the subway stations, streetlights and business commuters". "[[Pump up the Jam]]{{"'}}s music video is described as having a "colour scheme of brilliant reds, greens and purples in a staggering array of chequered backdrops [...] [It is] a great insight tot the power of music videos on party wardrobes".<ref>{{cite web |title=Rhythm Is A Dancer: 10 Eurodance Videos From The Heyday Of '90s Commercial Rave |url=https://www.electronicbeats.net/the-feed/10-eurodance-videos/ |website=electronic beats |date=3 May 2018 |access-date=1 August 2023 |archive-date=25 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925061909/https://www.electronicbeats.net/the-feed/10-eurodance-videos/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Bright, sometimes over-saturated colour schemes were used, with contemporary party clothing or outfits referring to [[space-age]], with videos that were fully or in part using [[computer-generated imagery]] elements and effects.
Large, sometimes digitally multiplied, [[dance troupe]]s also frequently featured. 

As the music is largely electronically generated, shots of artists in studios or playing at concerts, frequent in videos of other genres, were infrequent.

==Popularity==
===In Europe===
[[File:Pandora (artist).JPG|thumb|[[Pandora (singer)|Pandora]] in [[Karlstad]], Sweden, in 2004]]
From the early to mid-1990s, Eurodance was popular in Europe; the style received extensive airplay on radio stations and television shows, resulting in many singles appearing in the charts. Technotronic from Belgium had hits with "Pump Up the Jam" and "Get Up" (featuring Ya Kid K). 

By 1996, the popularity of this genre had started to decline. From then, the classic Eurodance sound gradually morphed into [[progressive house]].<ref name="wiph"/> By 1997 and towards the end of the millennium [[House music|house]] and [[Trance music|trance]] music increased popularity over Eurodance in Europe's commercial, chart-oriented dance records.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.toucanmusic.co.uk/articles/trance.html|title=A history of trance music|first=John|last=M.|access-date=29 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121226184520/http://www.toucanmusic.co.uk/articles/trance.html|archive-date=26 December 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="AMProgTrance">{{cite web|title=Progressive Trance|url=http://www.allmusic.com/style/progressive-trance-ma0000011914|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=29 November 2019|archive-date=17 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417061108/https://www.allmusic.com/style/progressive-trance-ma0000011914|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clubglow.com/dj-news/is-trance-dead/|title=Is Trance Dead?|publisher=clubglow.com|date=1 May 2012|access-date=29 November 2019|archive-date=3 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503120200/http://www.clubglow.com/dj-news/is-trance-dead/|url-status=live}}</ref> In the early 2000s, the mainstream music industry in Europe moved away from Eurodance in favour of other styles of dance music such as [[nu-disco]], [[electro house]], [[dance-pop]] and [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Electro House|url=http://thedancemusicguide.com/electro-house|website=Beat Explorers' Dance Music Guide|quote=Electro House rose to prominence in the early to mid 2000s as a heavier alternative to other house subgenres that were prevalent at the time.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150615061216/http://thedancemusicguide.com/electro-house|archive-date=15 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Andy Kellman's 100 Favorite Charting R&B Singles of 2000-2009|last=Kellman|first=Andy|url=http://www.allmusic.com/blog/post/andy-kellmans-100-favorite-charting-rb-singles-of-2000-2009|website=AllMusic|date=17 January 2011|access-date=8 March 2016|archive-date=22 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422215100/https://www.allmusic.com/blog/post/andy-kellmans-100-favorite-charting-rb-singles-of-2000-2009|url-status=live}}</ref>

====United Kingdom====
After [[Cappella (band)|Cappella]]'s [[Gianfranco Bortolotti]] set up Media Records in Brescia, northern Italy<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mediarecords.dance/about-us/|title=About Us|website=Mediarecords.dance|access-date=7 January 2021|archive-date=17 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117150320/http://www.mediarecords.dance/about-us/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.richtvx.com/interview-with-gianfranco-bortolotti/|title=Interview with Gianfranco Bortolotti|website=Richtvx.com|date=7 July 2020|access-date=7 January 2021|archive-date=17 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117094512/https://www.richtvx.com/interview-with-gianfranco-bortolotti/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ra.co/labels/9741|title=Media Records · Record label ⟋ RA|website=Resident Advisor|access-date=7 January 2021|archive-date=26 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126230740/https://ra.co/labels/9741|url-status=live}}</ref> to release his 'commercial European dance music' (a set-up which included fifteen studios featuring various production teams working almost non-stop on a huge number of records) he decided to take the label into other markets and set up a UK office in the UK. Run by Peter Pritchard and featuring many records by [[Stu Allan]]'s British Eurodance act [[Clock (dance act)|Clock]], this record company would eventually turn into hard house label [[Nukleuz]] (known for its DJ Nation releases).

As Media turned into Nukleuz, it would fall to [[All Around the World Productions]] to be the label in the 21st Century which was more likely to release Eurodance tracks in the UK than other, with its [[Clubland TV]] music channel still having regular blocks of Eurodance videos in 2020<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.co.uk/mobile/channellisting.asp?ch=1269#451931293|title=Clubland TV TV Listings - TVGuide.co.uk|website=www.tvguide.co.uk|access-date=30 November 2020|archive-date=2 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302103938/https://www.tvguide.co.uk/mobile/channellisting.asp?ch=1269#451931293|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tvepg.eu/en/united_kingdom/channel/clubland_tv|title=Clubland TV - TVEpg.eu - United Kingdom|website=Tvepg.eu|access-date=7 January 2021}}</ref> (though extending its scope to include hits by David Guetta as well as [[Cascada]] and [[Scooter (band)|Scooter]])

===North America===
====Canada====
During the 1990s, Eurodance became popular in Canada, which produced its own variant called Candance (although it was mostly referred to as "Eurodance" or "dance music").<ref>{{cite web|author=Dart, Chris|date=24 February 2015|url=https://www.cbcmusic.ca/posts/11874/emjay-love-inc-and-beyond-remembering-canadian-eur|title=Emjay, Love Inc. and beyond: remembering Canadian Eurodance|publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]|access-date=21 May 2018|archive-date=18 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218024312/http://www.cbcmusic.ca/posts/11874/emjay-love-inc-and-beyond-remembering-canadian-eur|url-status=live}}</ref> Eurodance received significant airplay on radio stations in the [[Greater Toronto Area]] such as [[CKDX-FM|Power 88.5]], [[CING-FM|Energy 108]] and [[CIDC-FM|Hot 103.5]]. Montreal was also a major Eurodance market, with [[MC Mario]]'s famous radio show on [[CJFM-FM|Mix 96]], called ''Party Mix'' and ''Bouge de là'', a popular TV show on [[MusiquePlus]]. Eurodance featured prominently on ''[[Electric Circus]]'', a dance-party TV show broadcast nationally in English and French versions.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Teitel |first1=Emma |title=Is Kiesza trolling us? |url=https://macleans.ca/culture/arts/so-long-bros/ |access-date=19 December 2023 |work=Macleans.ca |date=19 July 2014 |archive-date=19 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231219191325/https://macleans.ca/culture/arts/so-long-bros/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Beginning in mid-1992, Eurodance began to dominate the ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' [[Canadian dance chart|dance chart]] in Canada, with acts such as [[2 Unlimited]], [[Snap!]], [[Captain Hollywood Project]], [[Culture Beat]], [[Haddaway]], Whigfield, each reaching number-one.

From approximately 1992 to 2000, Canadian acts such as [[Capital Sound]], [[Love Inc. (group)|Love Inc.]], [[Jacynthe Millette-Bilodeau|Jacynthe]] and [[Emjay]] had success with the Eurodance sound. The Toronto sound was more pop-oriented, while the Montreal one was more house-oriented.

====United States====
Compilation albums such as the ''DMA Dance: Eurodance'' series (1995–1997) from Interhit Records and ''[[DMA (magazine)|Dance Music Authority]]'' magazine were popular and helped to define the genre as well as to make it accessible in the U.S. and Canada.<ref>{{cite journal | last =Gajarsky | first =Bob | title =Review: Various Artists, DMA Dance Volume 3 | journal =Consumable Online | issue =109 | location =Hoboken, NJ | date =19 May 1997 | url =http://westnet.com/consumable/1997/05.19/reveurod.html <!-- http://www.westnet.com/consumable/1997/05.19/c970519.txt text digest version --> | url-status =dead | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070630003830/http://www.westnet.com/consumable/1997/05.19/reveurod.html | archive-date =30 June 2007 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Reggae fusion]] (Euro reggae)
* [[List of Eurodance artists]]
* [[List of Eurodance songs]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190527231227/http://www.eurodancehits.com/ EuroDanceHits.com]
* [http://eurodancemag.blogspot.com Eurodance Magazine]
* [http://eurokdj.com The Eurodance Encyclopedia], by Karine Sanche

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