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List of Popular Music Genres - Wikipedia
List of Popular Music Genres - Wikipedia
Contents
Genres
African
Asian
East Asian
South and southeast Asian
Avant-garde
Blues
Caribbean and Caribbean-influenced
Comedy
Country
Easy listening
Electronic
Folk
Hip hop
Jazz
Latin
Pop
R&B and soul
Rock
Exclusions
References
External links
Bibliography
Genres
African
Marabi
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Hiplife Mbaqanga
Igbo highlife Mbube
Igbo rap amaPiano
Isicathamiya Morna
Jit Ndombolo
Jùjú Palm-wine
gospel music Raï
Kapuka aka Boomba Sakara
Kadongo Kamu Sega
Kizomba Seggae
Kuduro Semba
Kwaito Shangaan electro
Kwela Soukous
Makossa Kwassa kwassa
Maloya Taarab
Marrabenta Zouglou Cote D'Ivoire
Mbalax
Asian
Fann at-Tanbura
Fijiri
Khaliji
Liwa
Sawt
East Asian
Anison
Cantopop
C-pop
Enka
Hong Kong English pop
J-pop
Kayōkyoku
K-pop
Mandopop
Onkyokei
P-pop
Taiwanese pop
V-pop (Vietnamese pop)
Avant-garde
Experimental music
Noise
Lo-fi
Musique concrète
Electroacoustic
Blues
African blues Hokum blues
Blues rock Jump blues
Blues shouter Kansas City blues
British blues Louisiana blues
Canadian blues Memphis blues
Chicago blues Piedmont blues
Classic female blues Punk blues
Contemporary R&B Rhythm and blues
Country blues Soul blues
Delta blues St. Louis blues
Detroit blues Swamp blues
Electric blues Texas blues
Gospel blues West Coast blues
Hill country blues
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Twoubadou Zouk
Comedy
Comedy music
Comedy rock
Novelty music
Parody music
Country
Alternative country Bluegrass
Cowpunk Progressive bluegrass
Blues country Reactionary bluegrass
Hokum Cajun
Outlaw country Cajun fiddle tunes
Progressive country Christian country music
Zydeco Classic country
Country rap Close harmony
Red Dirt Dansband music
Rockabilly Franco-country
Hellbilly music Honky Tonk
Psychobilly/Punkabilly Instrumental country
Country rock Nashville sound
Texas country Neotraditional country
Americana Country pop
Australian country music Sertanejo
Bakersfield sound Traditional country music
Truck-driving country
Western swing
Easy listening
Background music
Beautiful music
Elevator music
Furniture music
Lounge music
Middle of the road
New-age music
Electronic
Ambient Isolationism
Ambient dub Asian Underground
Dark ambient
Drone music
Space music
Illbient
Psybient
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Folk
American folk revival Indie folk
Anti-folk Industrial folk
British folk revival Neofolk
Celtic music Progressive folk
Chalga Protest song
Contemporary folk Psychedelic folk
Filk music Singer-songwriter movement
Folk rock Skiffle
Folktronica Sung poetry
Freak folk Cowboy/Western music
Hip hop
Alternative hip hop Crunkcore
Australian hip hop Drill
Bongo Flava Electro music
Boom bap Emo hip hop
British hip hop Experimental hip hop
Chap hop G-funk
Chopper rap Ghetto house
Christian hip hop Ghettotech
Cloud rap Golden age hip hop
Conscious hip hop Grime
Crunk Hardcore hip hop
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Jazz
Acid jazz Kansas City blues
Afro-Cuban jazz Kansas City jazz
Asian American jazz Latin jazz
Avant-garde jazz Livetronica
Bebop M-Base
Boogie-woogie Mainstream jazz
Bossa nova Modal jazz
British dance band Neo-bop jazz
Cape jazz Neo-swing
Chamber jazz Novelty ragtime
Continental jazz Nu jazz
Cool jazz Orchestral jazz
Crossover jazz Post-bop
Dixieland Punk jazz
Ethno jazz Ragtime
European free jazz Shibuya-kei
Free funk Ska jazz
Free improvisation Smooth jazz
Free jazz Soul jazz
Gypsy jazz Stride jazz
Hard bop Straight-ahead jazz
Jazz blues Swing
Jazz-funk Third stream
Jazz fusion Trad jazz
Jazz rap Vocal jazz
Jazz rock West Coast jazz
Latin
Brazilian Forró
Axé Frevo
Brazilian rock Funk Carioca
Brega Lambada
Tecnobrega Zouk-Lambada
Choro Maracatu
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Pop
Adult contemporary Europop
Arab pop Austropop
Baroque pop Eurobeat
Brill Building French pop
Britpop Italo dance
Bubblegum pop Italo disco
Canción Laïkó
Canzone Latin pop
Chalga Nederpop
Chanson Russian pop
Christian pop Fado
Classical crossover Folk pop
Country pop Iranian pop
C-pop (Chinese popular music) Indie pop
Hokkien pop J-pop (Japanese popular music)
Mandopop Jangle pop
Dance-pop K-pop (Korean popular music)
Disco polo Korean hip hop
Electropop Korean rock
T'ong guitar
Trot
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Rock
Alternative rock Experimental rock
Britpop Art rock
Post-Britpop Industrial rock
Dream pop Post-punk
Shoegaze Gothic rock
Grunge No wave
Post-grunge Noise rock
Indie rock Post-rock
Dunedin sound Post-metal
Math rock Folk rock
Post-punk revival Garage rock
Sadcore Glam rock
Slowcore Hard rock
Beat music
Christian rock
Dark cabaret
Electronic rock
Electronicore
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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 North America and Western Europe, regional and national genres that are not from the
Western world are sometimes classified as world music.
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References
External links
Genres of popular music - Interactive relationships diagram (http://www.wido-software.de/popgenres.html)
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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