List of Popular Music Genres Information
This is a list of the commercially relevant genres in modern popular music. Styles that are not contemporary or commercially marketed in substantial numbers have been excluded, in accordance with the following criteria:
- Art music: classical music and opera. However Art Music, with the exception of opera, is not usually classified as popular music but as Western Art Music instead.
- Music written for the score of a play, musicals, operetta, zarzuela, film or similar: Filmi, incidental music, video game music, music hall songs and showtunes.
- Ballroom music: tango, pasodoble, cha cha cha and others.
- Religious music: gospel, Gregorian chant, spirituals, hymns and the like.
- Military music, marches, national anthems and related compositions.
- Regional and national musics with no significant commercial impact abroad, except when a version of an international genre: Traditional music, folk, oral traditions, sea shanties, work songs, nursery rhymes, Arabesque, Chalga, Enka, Flamenco, indigenous music and Mor lam sing.
Applicable styles are classified in this list using Allmusic[1] genre categorisation.
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List of genres
African
- (including many genres; not actually a genre itself)
- Afrobeat
- Apala
- Benga
- Bongo Flava
- Bikutsi
- Cape Jazz
- Chimurenga
- Fuji music
- Genge
- Highlife
- Hiplife
- Isicathamiya
- Jit
- Jùjú
- Kapuka aka Boomba
- Kizomba
- Kuduro
- Kwaito
- Kwela
- Makossa
- Maloya
- Marrabenta
- Mbalax
- Museve aka Sungura
- Mbaqanga
- Mbube
- Morna
- Palm-wine
- Raï
- Reggae
- Sakara
- Sega
- Semba
- Soukous aka Congo, Lingala or African rumba
- Taarab
- Zouglou Cote D'Ivoire
Asian
- (including many genres; not actually a genre itself)
- Dangdut
- Luk Thung
- Manila Sound
- Melayu Music
Avant-Garde
Blues
- Acid blues
- African blues
- Blues rock
- Blues shouter
- Boogie-woogie
- British blues
- Canadian blues
- Chicago blues
- Classic female blues
- Contemporary R&B
- Country blues
- Delta blues
- Detroit blues
- Electric blues
- Gospel blues
- Hill country blues
- Hokum blues
- Jazz blues
- Jump blues
- Kansas City blues
- Louisiana blues
- Memphis blues
- Piano blues
- Piedmont blues
- Punk blues
- Rhythm and blues
- Soul blues
- St. Louis blues
- Swamp blues
- Texas blues
- West Coast blues
Comedy music
Country
- Alternative country
- Americana
- Australian country music
- Bakersfield sound
- Bluegrass
- Cajun, Cajun fiddle tunes
- Christian country music
- Classic country
- Close harmony
- Cowboy/Western music
- Dansband music
- Franco-country
- Gulf and western
- Honky Tonk
- Instrumental country
- Lubbock Sound
- Nashville Sound/Countrypolitan
- Neotraditional Country
- New country
- Pop country/Cosmopolitan country
- Sertanejo
- Traditional Country music
- Truck-driving country
- Western swing
Easy listening
Electronic
- Ambient
- Asian Underground
- Breakbeat
- Acid breaks
- Baltimore Club
- Big beat
- Breakbeat hardcore
- Hardcore breaks
- Broken beat
- Florida breaks
- Nu skool breaks
- 4-beat
- Chiptune
- Disco
- Downtempo
- Drum and bass
- Electro
- Electroacoustic
- Electronica
- Electronic rock
- Eurodance
- Hardcore/Hard dance
- Bouncy house
- Bouncy techno
- Breakcore
- Darkcore
- Digital hardcore
- Doomcore
- Gabber
- Happy hardcore
- Hardstyle
- Jumpstyle
- Makina
- Speedcore
- Terrorcore
- UK hardcore
- Hi-NRG
- House
- Industrial
- Post-disco
- Progressive
- Techno
- Trance
- UK garage
Modern folk
- Contemporary folk
- Indie folk
- Neofolk
- Progressive folk
- Anti-folk
- Freak folk
- Filk music
- American folk revival
- British folk revival
- Industrial folk
- Techno-folk
- Freak folk
- Psychedelic folk
Hip Hop
- Old school hip hop
- New school hip hop
- Golden age hip hop
- Alternative hip hop
- Avant-garde hip hop
- Chopped and screwed
- Christian hip hop
- Conscious hip hop
- Country-rap
- Crunk
- Crunkcore
- Electro hop
- Electro music
- Freestyle music
- Freestyle rap
- G-Funk
- Gangsta rap
- Ghetto house
- Ghettotech
- Grime
- Hardcore hip hop
- Hip hop soul
- Hip house
- Hip pop
- Horrorcore
- Hyphy
- Industrial hip hop
- Instrumental hip hop
- Jazz rap
- Lyrical hip hop
- Mafioso rap
- Nerdcore hip hop
- New jack swing
- Political hip hop
- Pop-rap
- Ragga
- Reggaeton
- Rap opera
- Rap rock
- Snap music
- Turntablism
- Underground hip hop
- East Coast hip hop
- Baltimore club
- Brick City club
- Hardcore hip hop
- Mafioso rap
- New Jersey hip hop
- Midwest hip hop
- Southern hip hop
- Atlanta hip hop
- Bounce music
- Crunk
- Houston hip hop
- Chopped and screwed
- Miami bass
- West Coast hip hop
- Chicano rap
- Gangsta rap
- G-funk
- Hyphy
- Jerkin'
- Native American hip hop
- Northwest hip hop
- Algerian hip hop
- Egyptian hip hop
- Gambian hip hop
- Ivorian hip hop
- Kenyan hip hop
- Moroccan hip hop
- Nigerian hip hop
- Senegalese hip hop
- South African hip hop
- Tanzanian hip hop
- Togolese hip hop
- Zimbabwean hip hop
- Brazilian hip hop
- Canadian hip hop
- Cuban hip hop
- Dominican hip hop
- Haitian hip hop
- Mexican hip hop
- Salvadoran hip hop
- Asian hip hop
- European hip hop
- Albanian hip hop
- Austrian hip hop
- Belgian hip hop
- Bosnian hip hop
- British hip hop
- Bulgarian hip hop
- Czech hip hop
- Dutch hip hop
- Finnish hip hop
- French hip hop
- German hip hop
- Greek hip hop
- Hungarian hip hop
- Icelandic hip hop
- Irish hip hop
- Italian hip hop
- Macedonian hip hop
- Polish hip hop
- Portuguese hip hop
- Romanian hip hop
- Russian hip hop
- Serbian hip hop
- Slovenian hip hop
- Spanish hip hop
- Swedish hip hop
- Swiss hip hop
- Turkish hip hop
- Ukrainian hip hop
- Middle Eastern hip hop
- Bongo Flava
- Cumbia rap
- Grime
- Hiplife
- Kwaito
- Low Bap
- Merenrap
- Motswako
- Reggae Español/Spanish Reggae
- Reggaeton
- Songo-salsa
- Trip hop (or Bristol sound)
- Urban Pasifika
Jazz
- Acid blues
- Acid jazz
- Asian American jazz
- Avant-garde jazz
- Bebop
- Bossa nova
- British dance band
- Cape jazz
- Chamber jazz
- Continental Jazz
- Cool jazz
- Crossover jazz
- Cubop
- Dixieland
- Ethno jazz
- European free jazz
- Free funk
- Free improvisation
- Free jazz
- Gypsy jazz
- Hard bop
- Jazz blues
- Jazz-funk
- Jazz fusion
- Jazz rap
- Jazz rock
- Kansas City blues
- Kansas City jazz
- Latin jazz
- Livetronica
- M-Base
- Mainstream jazz
- Modal jazz
- M-Base
- Neo-bop jazz
- Neo-swing
- Novelty ragtime
- Nu jazz
- Orchestral jazz
- Post-bop
- Punk jazz
- Ragtime
- Shibuya-kei
- Ska jazz
- Smooth jazz
- Soul jazz
- Stride jazz
- Straight-ahead jazz
- Swing
- Third stream
- Trad jazz
- Urban jazz
- Vocal jazz
- West Coast Gypsy jazz
- West Coast jazz
- Zeuhl
Latin American
- (including many genres; not actually a genre itself)
- Axé
- Bachata
- Baithak Gana
- Bossa Nova
- Calypso
- Chutney
- Chutney soca
- Cumbia
- Huayño
- Kompa
- Mambo
- Mariachi
- Merengue
- Música Popular Brasileira
- Ranchera
- Reggaeton
- Salsa
- Samba
- Soca
- Son
- Tejano
- Tropicalismo
- Zouk
Pop
- Arab pop
- Austropop
- Balkan pop
- Baroque pop
- Bubblegum pop
- Classical crossover
- Chinese pop
- Country pop
- Dance-pop
- Disco polo
- Electropop
- Eurobeat
- Europop
- French pop
- Hong Kong and Cantonese pop
- Hong Kong English pop
- Indian pop
- Indonesian pop
- Iranian pop
- Italo dance
- Italo disco
- Jangle pop
- Japanese pop
- Korean pop
- Latin pop
- Levenslied
- Louisiana swamp pop
- Mandarin pop
- Mexican pop
- Motorpop
- Nederpop
- New romantic
- Operatic pop
- Pop rap
- Psychedelic pop
- Russian pop
- Sophisti-pop
- Space age pop
- Sunshine pop
- Surf pop
- Synthpop
- Taiwanese pop
- Teen pop
- Thai pop
- Traditional pop music
- Turkish pop
- Vispop
- Wonky Pop
R&B
- Contemporary R&B
- Doo wop
- Funk
- New jack swing
- Soul
Rock
- Absolutepunk
- Alternative rock
- Art rock
- Beat music
- Blues rock
- Chinese rock
- Dark cabaret
- Experimental rock
- Desert rock
- Electronic rock
- Folk rock
- Garage rock
- Glam rock
- Hard rock
- Heavy metal
- Jazz-Rock
- J-Rock
- Math rock
- New Wave
- Paisley Underground
- Pop rock
- Power pop
- Progressive rock
- Psychedelic rock
- Punk rock
- Anarcho punk
- Art punk
- Deathrock
- Digital Hardcore
- Folk punk
- Garage punk
- Grindcore
- Hardcore punk
- Horror punk
- Noise rock
- Pop punk
- Post-hardcore
- Post-punk
- Psychobilly
- Riot grrrl
- Ska Punk
- Skate Punk
- Rap rock
- Rock and roll
- Rock en Español
- Soft rock
- Southern rock
- Sufi rock
- Surf rock
Ska
- 2 tone
- Dancehall
- Dub
- Lovers rock
- Ragga
- Reggae
- Reggaefusion
- Rocksteady
Other
References
Bibliography
- Borthwick, Stuart, & Moy, Ron (2004) Popular Music Genres: An Introduction. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
- Fabbri, Franco (1982) A Theory of Popular Music Genres: Two Applications. In Popular Music Perspectives, edited by David Horn and Philip Tagg, 52-81. Göteborg and Exeter: A. Wheaton & Co., Ltd.
- Frith, Simon (1996) Performing Rites: On the Value of Popular Music. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
- Holt, Fabian (2007) Genre in Popular Music. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
- Negus, Keith (1999) Music Genres and Corporate Cultures. London and New York: Routledge.
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