List of Music Genres and Styles
Here’s a categorized selection of music genres and styles, featuring a few hundred popular and common genres:
Avant-garde & Experimental
- Electroacoustic
- Industrial music
- Noise music
- Progressive music
- Psychedelic music
Blues
- Chicago blues
- Delta blues
- Electric blues
- Gospel blues
- Rhythm and blues
Country
- Bluegrass
- Country blues
- Country pop
- Country rock
- Nashville sound
Easy Listening
- Adult contemporary music
- Elevator music (muzak)
- Lounge music
- Soft rock
Electronic
- Ambient
- Breakbeat
- Disco
- Drum and bass
- Dub
- Electro
- House music
- Techno
- Trance music
Folk
- Americana
- Celtic music
- Folk rock
- Indie folk
- Singer-songwriter
Hip Hop
- Alternative hip hop
- Gangsta rap
- Trap
- UK drill
Jazz
- Bebop
- Big band
- Cool jazz
- Jazz fusion
- Smooth jazz
Pop
- Dance-pop
- Electropop
- Indie pop
- K-pop
- Synth-pop
R&B & Soul
- Contemporary R&B
- Funk
- Gospel music
- Neo soul
- Quiet storm
Rock
- Alternative rock
- Classic rock
- Hard rock
- Indie rock
- Punk rock
Metal
- Black metal
- Death metal
- Heavy metal
- Industrial metal
- Power metal
Punk
- Anarcho punk
- Hardcore punk
- Pop punk
- Punk rock
- Skate punk
Regional Music
- Brazilian music (e.g., Samba, Bossa nova)
- Caribbean music (e.g., Reggae, Dancehall)
- African music (e.g., Afrobeat, Highlife)
- Asian music (e.g., J-pop, K-pop)
This list includes some of the most influential and widespread genres across the main categories of music. Each category represents a broad spectrum of styles, capturing both traditional and modern sounds.