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World 1 of 10: Avicii
02Artist discovery
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Stockholm, Sweden
House
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Museum in Stockholm built in his memory · Stockholm, Sweden
A museum in Stockholm was built in memory of Tim Bergling, known as Avicii, to exhibit his work. This describes the museum's purpose. It does not imply any involvement by Worlds.fm.
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03What you can do
Six parts of one experience. None of them is live yet, and each is marked with where it stands.
In development
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In development
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In development
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In development
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Planned
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04Cultural orbit
The graph is the heart of Worlds.fm. Artists sit at the centre, with places, genres and connections orbiting outward. A solid line is verified. A dashed line is an affinity.
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Demo data. Places and genres restate cited facts. Affinities are hand-written fixtures, not Qloo results.
05Worlds in frame
Four artists, four places. Each chapter starts from one fact with a source.
01 · Avicii · Stockholm, Sweden
A museum in Stockholm was built in his memory to exhibit his work.
Verified connectionDemo data02 · Rihanna · Barbados
She launched the cosmetics brand Fenty Beauty with LVMH in 2017.
Verified connectionDemo data03 · Bob Marley · Kingston, Jamaica
His former home at 56 Hope Road became a museum in 1986.
Verified connectionDemo data04 · Fela Kuti · Lagos, Nigeria
The New Afrika Shrine in Lagos succeeds the club he created in 1970.
Verified connectionDemo dataA pin on the map should be able to show its sources.
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06How it works
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