List of popular music genres
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This is a list of the commercially relevant genres in modern popular music. Applicable styles are classified in this list using Allmusic[1] genre categorisation.
African genres [edit]
- (including many different genres and traditions)
- 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
Avant-Garde [edit]
Blues [edit]
- 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
- 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
Caribbean and Latin American genres [edit]
- (including many different genres and traditions)
Caribbean [edit]
Brazilian [edit]
Other Latin [edit]
Comedy music [edit]
Country [edit]
- 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
East Asian genres [edit]
- (including many different genres and traditions)
Easy listening [edit]
Electronic [edit]
Modern folk [edit]
Hip Hop [edit]
- 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 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
- Ragga
- Reggaeton
- Rap opera
- Rap rock
- Snap music
- Turntablism
- Underground hip hop
- East Coast hip hop
- Midwest hip hop
- Southern hip hop
- West Coast hip hop
- Bongo Flava
- Cumbia rap
- Hiplife
- Kwaito
- Low Bap
- Merenrap
- Motswako
- Reggae Español/Spanish Reggae
- Reggaeton
- Songo-salsa
- Trip hop (or Bristol sound)
- Urban Pasifika
Jazz [edit]
- Acid 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
- 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
- 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 Gypsy jazz
- West Coast jazz
Pop [edit]
- Arab pop
- Baroque pop
- Bubblegum pop
- Classical crossover
- Country pop
- Dance-pop
- Disco polo
- Electropop
- Europop
- Iranian pop
- Jangle pop
- Levenslied
- Louisiana swamp pop
- Mexican pop
- Motorpop
- New romantic
- Popera
- Pop rap
- Psychedelic pop
- Soft rock
- Sophisti-pop
- Space age pop
- Sunshine pop
- Surf pop
- Synthpop
- Teen pop
- Traditional pop music
- Turkish pop
- Vispop
- Wonky Pop
R&B [edit]
Rock [edit]
- Alternative rock
- Art rock
- Beat music
- Chinese rock
- Dark cabaret
- Experimental rock
- Electronic rock
- Folk rock
- Garage rock
- Glam rock
- Hard rock
- Heavy metal
- Jazz-Rock
- Math rock
- New Wave
- Paisley Underground
- Desert rock
- Pop rock
- Power pop
- Progressive rock
- Psychedelic rock
- Punk rock
- Post-punk
- Rap rock
- Rock and roll
- Southern rock
- Sufi rock
- Surf rock
- Visual kei
Ska [edit]
South and southeast Asian genres [edit]
- (including many different genres and traditions)
Other [edit]
Exclusions [edit]
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, film or similar: Filmi, incidental music, video game music, music hall songs and showtunes.
- Ballroom dance music: tango, pasodoble, cha cha cha and others.
- Religious music: gospel, 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 a version of an international genre: Traditional music, folk, oral traditions, sea shanties, work songs, nursery rhymes, Arabesque, Chalga, Flamenco and indigenous music.
References [edit]
Bibliography [edit]
- 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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