LIST OF TYPE OF MUSIC | MUSIC GENRES
• Alternative
Art Punk
Alternative Rock
College Rock
Experimental Rock
Goth / Gothic Rock
Grunge
Hardcore Punk
Hard Rock
Indie Rock
Lo-fi (hat tip to Ben Vee Bedlamite)
New Wave
Progressive Rock
Punk
• Anime
• Blues
Acoustic Blues
Chicago Blues
Classic Blues
Contemporary Blues
Country Blues
Delta Blues
Electric Blues
• Children’s Music
Lullabies
Sing-Along
Stories
• Classical
Avant-Garde
Chamber Music
Chant
Choral
Classical Crossover
Early Music
High Classical
Modern Composition
Opera
Orchestral
Renaissance
Romantic
Wedding Music
• Comedy
Novelty
Standup Comedy
Vaudeville (cheers Ben Vee Bedlamite)
• Country
Alternative Country
Americana
Bluegrass
Contemporary Bluegrass
Contemporary Country
Country Gospel
Country Pop (thanks Sarah Johnson)
Honky Tonk
Outlaw Country
Traditional Bluegrass
Traditional Country
Urban Cowboy
• Dance (EMD – Electronic Dance Music – see Electronic below – with thx to Eric Shaffer-Whiting)
Club / Club Dance (thx Luke Allfree)
Breakbeat
Brostep (cheers Tom Berckley)
Deep House (cheers Venus Pang)
Dubstep
Electro House (thx Luke Allfree)
Exercise
Garage
Glitch Hop (cheers Tom Berckley)
Hardcore
Hard Dance
Hi-NRG / Eurodance
House
Jackin House (with thx to Jermaine Benjamin Dale Bruce)
Jungle / Drum’n’bass
Regstep (thanks to ‘Melia G)
Techno
Trance
• Disney
• Easy Listening
Bop
Lounge
Swing
• Electronic
8bit – aka 8-bit, Bitpop and Chiptune – (thx Marcel Borchert)
Ambient
Bassline (thx Leon Oliver)
Chiptune (kudos to Dominik Landahl)
Crunk (with thx to Jillian Edwards)
Downtempo
Drum & Bass (thx Luke Allfree)
Electro
Electro-swing (thank you Daniel Forthofer)
Electronica
Electronic Rock
Hardstyle (kudos to Dominik Landahl)
IDM/Experimental
Industrial
Trip Hop (thank you Michael Tait Tafoya)
• Enka
• French Pop
• German Folk
• German Pop
• Fitness & Workout
• Hip-Hop/Rap
Alternative Rap
Bounce
Dirty South
East Coast Rap
Gangsta Rap
Hardcore Rap
Hip-Hop
Latin Rap
Old School Rap
Rap
Turntablism (thank you Luke Allfree)
Underground Rap
West Coast Rap
• Holiday
Christmas
Easter
• Indie Pop
• Industrial
• Inspirational – Christian & Gospel
CCM
Classic Christian
• Instrumental
March (Marching Band)
• J-Pop
J-Rock
J-Ska
J-Punk
• Jazz
Bebop (thx Mwinogo1)
Big Band
Contemporary Jazz
Cool
Crossover Jazz
Dixieland
Fusion
Hard Bop
Latin Jazz
Mainstream Jazz
Ragtime
Smooth Jazz
Trad Jazz
• K-Pop
• Karaoke
• Kayokyoku
• Latin
Alternativo & Rock Latino
Argentine tango (gracias P. Moth & Sandra Sanders)
Baladas y Boleros
Bossa Nova (with thx to Marcos José Sant’Anna Magalhães & Alex Ede for the reclassification)
Brazilian
Contemporary Latin
Flamenco / Spanish Flamenco (thank you Michael Tait Tafoya & Sandra Sanders)
Latin Jazz
• New Age
Environmental
Healing
Meditation
Nature
Relaxation
Travel
• Opera
• Pop
Dance Pop
Pop/Rock
• R&B/Soul
Contemporary R&B
Disco (not a top level genre Sheldon Reynolds!)
Funk
Modern Soul (Cheers Nik)
Motown
Neo-Soul
Northern Soul (Cheers Nik & John Maher)
Soul Blues (Cheers Nik)
Southern Soul (Cheers Nik)
• Reggae
Dancehall
Dub
Roots Reggae
Ska
• Rock
Acid Rock (with thanks to Alex Antonio)
Adult-Oriented Rock (thanks to John Maher)
Afro Punk
Adult Alternative
Alternative Rock (thx Caleb Browning)
American Trad Rock
Anatolian Rock
Arena Rock
Art Rock
Blues-Rock
British Invasion
Death Metal / Black Metal
Glam Rock
Gothic Metal (fits here Sam DeRenzis – thx)
Hair Metal
Hard Rock
Metal
Noise Rock (genre – Japanoise – thx Dominik Landahl)
Jam Bands
Post Punk (thx Ben Vee Bedlamite)
Prog-Rock/Art Rock
Psychedelic
Rock & Roll
• Singer/Songwriter
Alternative Folk
Contemporary Folk
Contemporary Singer/Songwriter
Indie Folk (with thanks to Andrew Barrett)
Folk-Rock
Love Song (Chanson – merci Marcel Borchert)
New Acoustic
Traditional Folk
• Soundtrack
Foreign Cinema
Musicals
Original Score
Soundtrack
TV Soundtrack
• Spoken Word
• Tex-Mex / Tejano (with thx to Israel Lopez)
Chicano
Classic
Conjunto
Conjunto Progressive
New Mex
Tex-Mex
• Vocal
A cappella (with kudos to Sheldon Reynolds)
Barbershop (with thx to Kelly Chism)
Doo-wop (with thx to Bradley Thompson)
Gregorian Chant (hat tip to Deborah Knight-Nikifortchuk)
Standards
Traditional Pop
Vocal Jazz
Vocal Pop
• World
Africa
Asia
Australia
Europe
France
Hawaii
Indian Pop
Japanese Pop
North America
South Africa