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.
Contents
African[edit]
Main article: African popular music
- African heavy metal
- African hip hop
- Afrobeat
- Apala
- Benga
- Bongo Flava
- Bikutsi
- Cape Jazz
- Chimurenga
- 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
- Palm-wine
- Raï
- Sakara
- Sega
- Seggae
- Semba
- Shangaan electro
- Soukous aka Congo, Lingala or African rumba
- Taarab
- Zouglou Cote D'Ivoire
Asian[edit]
Main article: Asian music
East Asian[edit]
South and southeast Asian[edit]
Main article: Music of Southeast Asia
Avant-garde[edit]
Main article: Avant-garde music
Blues[edit]
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[edit]
Main article: List of Caribbean music genres
Comedy[edit]
Country[edit]
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[edit]
Main article: Easy listening
Electronic[edit]
Main article: Electronic music
Folk[edit]
Main article: Folk music
Hip hop[edit]
Main article: Hip hop music
- Alternative hip hop
- Australian hip hop
- Avant-garde hip hop
- Bongo Flava
- British hip hop
- Chap hop
- Christian hip hop
- Conscious hip hop
- Country-rap
- Crunkcore
- Cumbia rap
- Drill
- East Coast hip hop
- Electro music
- Freestyle music
- Freestyle rap
- Gangsta rap
- Ghetto house
- Ghettotech
- Golden age hip hop
- Grime
- Hardcore hip hop
- Hip hop soul
- Hip house
- Hiplife
- Hip pop
- Igbo rap
- Industrial hip hop
- Instrumental hip hop
- Jazz rap
- 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 opera
- Rap rock
- 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[edit]
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[edit]
Main articles: Latin American music and Music of Spain
Brazilian[edit]
Main article: Music of Brazil
Pop[edit]
Main article: Pop music
- Adult contemporary
- Arab pop
- Baroque pop
- Bubblegum pop
- Chalga
- Chanson
- Christian pop
- Classical crossover
- Country pop
- C-pop
- Dance-pop
- Disco polo
- Electropop
- Europop
- 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
- 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[edit]
Main articles: Rhythm and blues and Soul music
Rock[edit]
Main article: Rock music
- Neue Deutsche Härte
- 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
- Jazz rock
- Math rock
- New wave
- Paisley Underground
- Desert rock
- Pop rock
- Progressive rock
- Psychedelic rock
- Punk rock
- Post-punk
- Rap rock
- Rock and roll
- Southern rock
- Sufi rock
- Surf rock
- Visual kei
- Worldbeat
Exclusions[edit]
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: tango, 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
References[edit]
External links[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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