List of popular music genres
This is a list of the commercially relevant genres in modern popular music. Applicable styles are classified in this list using AllMusic[1] genre categorization.
African
Main article: African popular music
- African heavy metal
- African hip hop
- Afrobeat
- Apala
- Benga
- Bongo Flava
- Bikutsi
- Cape Jazz
- Chimurenga
- Congolese rumba
- Coupé-Décalé
- Fuji music
- Genge
- Highlife
- Hiplife
- Igbo highlife
- Igbo rap
- Isicathamiya
- Jit
- Jùjú
- Kapuka aka Boomba
- Kadongo Kamu
- Kizomba
- Kuduro
- Kwaito
- Kwela
- Makossa
- Maloya
- Marrabenta
- Mbalax
- Mbaqanga
- Mbube
- Morna
- Ndombolo
- Palm-wine
- Raï
- Sakara
- Sega
- Seggae
- Semba
- Shangaan electro
- Soukous
- Taarab
- Zouglou Cote D'Ivoire
Asian
Main article: Asian music
East Asian
South and southeast Asian
Main article: Music of Southeast Asia
Avant-garde
Main article: Avant-garde music
Blues
Main article: Blues
- African blues
- Blues rock
- Blues shouter
- 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
- Jump blues
- Kansas City blues
- Louisiana blues
- Memphis blues
- Piedmont blues
- Punk blues
- Rhythm and blues
- Soul blues
- St. Louis blues
- Swamp blues
- Texas blues
- West Coast blues
Caribbean and Caribbean-influenced
Main article: List of Caribbean music genres
Comedy
Country
Main article: Country music
- Alternative country
- Blues country
- Hokum
- Outlaw country
- Progressive country
- Zydeco
- Country rap
- Red Dirt
- Rockabilly
- Country rock
- Texas country
- Americana
- Australian country music
- Bakersfield sound
- Bluegrass
- Cajun
- Christian country music
- Classic country
- Close harmony
- Dansband music
- Franco-country
- Honky Tonk
- Instrumental country
- Nashville sound
- Neotraditional country
- Country pop
- Sertanejo
- Traditional country music
- Truck-driving country
- Western swing
Easy listening
Main article: Easy listening
Electronic
Main article: Electronic music
- Dub
- Electro music
- Electroacoustic music
- Electronic rock
- Electronica
- Hardcore
- Hardstyle
- Hi-NRG
- House music
- Acid house
- Ambient house
- Balearic beat
- Chicago house
- Deep house
- Bouncy house
- Diva house/Handbag house
- Electro house
- Electro swing
- French house
- Funky house
- Garage house
- Ghetto house
- Hardbag
- Hard house
- Hip house
- Italo house
- Jazz house
- Kwaito
- Latin house
- Microhouse/Minimal house
- New beat
- Outsider house
- Progressive house
- Rara tech
- Tech house
- Tribal house
- Trival
- Witch house
- Industrial music
- IDM
- Jungle
- Post-disco
- Techno
- Trance music
- UK garage
- Vaporwave
- Video game music
Folk
Main article: Folk music
Hip hop
Main article: Hip hop music
- Alternative hip hop
- Australian hip hop
- Bongo Flava
- British hip hop
- Chap hop
- Christian hip hop
- Conscious hip hop
- Crunk
- Crunkcore
- Drill
- East Coast hip hop
- Electro music
- Experimental hip hop
- Ghetto house
- Ghettotech
- Golden age hip hop
- Grime
- Hardcore hip hop
- Hip house
- Hiplife
- Hip pop
- Industrial hip hop
- Instrumental hip hop
- Kwaito
- Lyrical hip hop
- Low Bap
- Midwest hip hop
- Merenrap
- Motswako
- Nerdcore
- New jack swing
- New school hip hop
- Old school hip hop
- Political hip hop
- Ragga
- Reggaeton
- Rap music
- Reggae Español/Spanish Reggae
- Southern hip hop
- Songo-salsa
- Trap
- Trip hop (or Bristol sound)
- Turntablism
- Underground hip hop
- Urban Pasifika
- West Coast hip hop
Jazz
Main article: Jazz
- Acid jazz
- Afro-Cuban jazz
- Asian American jazz
- Avant-garde jazz
- Bebop
- Boogie-woogie
- Bossa nova
- British dance band
- Cape jazz
- Chamber jazz
- Continental jazz
- Cool jazz
- Crossover jazz
- 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
- 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
- Vocal jazz
- West Coast jazz
Latin
Main article: Latin music
- Brazilian
- Latin Christian
- Latin jazz
- Latin pop
- Latin swing
- Latin rock
- Reggaeton
- Regional Mexican
- Traditional:
- Tropical
Pop
Main article: Pop music
- Adult contemporary
- Arab pop
- Baroque pop
- Brill Building
- Britpop
- Bubblegum pop
- Canción
- Canzone
- Chalga
- Chanson
- Christian pop
- Classical crossover
- Country pop
- C-pop
- Dance-pop
- Disco polo
- Electropop
- Europop
- Fado
- Folk pop
- Iranian pop
- Indie pop
- J-pop
- Jangle pop
- K-pop
- Latin ballad
- Louisiana swamp pop
- Mexican pop
- New Romanticism
- Operatic pop
- Pop rap
- Pop rock
- Pop soul
- Progressive pop
- Psychedelic pop
- Rebetiko
- Schlager
- Sophisti-pop
- Space age pop
- Sunshine pop
- Surf pop
- Synthpop
- Teen pop
- Traditional pop music
- Turkish pop
- Vispop
- Wonky pop
- Worldbeat
R&B and soul
Main articles: Rhythm and blues and Soul music
Rock
Main article: Rock music
- Alternative rock
- Art rock
- Beat music
- Chinese rock
- Christian rock
- Electronicore
- Dark cabaret
- Experimental rock
- Electronic rock
- Folk rock
- Garage rock
- Glam rock
- Hard rock
- Heavy metal
- Alternative metal
- Avant-garde metal
- Black metal
- Christian metal
- Death metal
- Doom metal
- Drone metal
- Folk metal
- Funk metal
- Glam metal
- Gothic metal
- Grindcore
- Industrial metal
- Latin metal
- Metalcore
- Neoclassical metal
- Nu metal
- Post-metal
- Power metal
- Progressive metal
- Rap metal
- Sludge metal
- Speed metal
- Symphonic metal
- Thrash metal
- Jazz rock
- Math rock
- Neue Deutsche Härte
- New wave
- Paisley Underground
- Desert rock
- Pop rock
- Progressive rock
- Psychedelic rock
- Punk rock
- Post-punk
- Rap rock
- Rock and roll
- Southern rock
- Stoner rock
- Sufi rock
- Surf rock
- Visual kei
- Worldbeat
Exclusions
Genres or styles that are not contemporary or commercially marketed in substantial numbers have been excluded, as follows:
- Music written for the score of a play, musicals, or similar: Filmi, incidental music, video game music, music hall songs and showtunes
- Ballroom dance music: pasodoble, cha cha cha and others
- Religious music: Gregorian chant, spirituals, hymns and the like
- Occasional music: Military music, marches, national anthems and related compositions
- Regional and national music with no significant commercial impact abroad, except when it is a version of an international genre, such as: traditional music, oral traditions, sea shanties, work songs, nursery rhymes, Arabesque and indigenous music. In the music industry, regional and national that are not from the Western world are usually classified as world music.
References
- ↑ Allmusic web site
External links
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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