House music originated in Chicago in the early 1980s and was initially popular in clubs catering to African American, Latino, and gay communities. It later spread to other cities and Europe, becoming mainstream by the mid-1990s globally. Ministry of Sound in London is a prominent nightclub and record label that has helped popularize house music worldwide since 1995 through various compilation albums mixed by DJs. As of the late 2000s, house music retains popularity in clubs and has seen some mainstream success through producers bringing lighter, Eurodance-influenced house tracks to pop charts. House concepts and production techniques have also influenced mainstream pop and hip hop.

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3. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other locations such as New York City, New Jersey, Toronto, Montreal, London, Detroit, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Miami.

5. Ministry of Sound has a global network of international labels including dedicated offices in Australia, Germany and the United States. Its record label was first established in 1995 with the release of The Annual, a compilation album of various House/Dance music tracks mixed by UK DJs Boy George and Pete Tong.

8. With this steady, yet subtle, mainstream success throughout the years, House has gained momentum and concepts developed by House producers have infected the mainstream pop and hip-hop worlds.

9. With the introduction of Vocoders and Auto-Tune, as well as the popularization of digital audio workstations and new production techniques like sidechaining and heavy compression, House is becoming more and more a part of musical culture.