Music Genres

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
  • Shoegaze (with thx to Jackie Herrera)
  • Steampunk (with thx to Christopher Schaeffer)
• 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
  • Baroque
  • Chamber Music
  • Chant
  • Choral
  • Classical Crossover
  • Early Music
  • High Classical
  • Impressionist
  • Medieval
  • Minimalism
  • Modern Composition
  • Opera
  • Orchestral
  • Renaissance
  • Romantic
  • Wedding Music
• Comedy
  • Novelty
  • Standup Comedy
  • Vaudeville (cheers Ben Vee Bedlamite)
• Commercial (thank you Sheldon Reynolds)
  • Jingles
  • TV Themes
• 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
  • Trap (thx Luke Allfree)
• Disney
• Ear 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
• Fitnes & 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 
  • Chanukah
  • Christmas
  • Christmas: Children’s
  • Christmas: Classic
  • Christmas: Classical
  • Christmas: Jazz
  • Christmas: Modern
  • Christmas: Pop
  • Christmas: R&B
  • Christmas: Religious
  • Christmas: Rock
  • Easter
  • Halloween
  • Holiday: Other
  • Thanksgiving
• Jazz
  • Acid Jazz (with thx to Hunter Nelson)
  • Avant-Garde Jazz
  • Bebop (thx Mwinogo1)
  • Big Band
  • Blue Note (with thx to Jillian Edwards)
  • Contemporary Jazz
  • Cool
  • Crossover Jazz
  • Dixieland
  • Ethio-jazz (with thx to Jillian Edwards)
  • Fusion
  • Gypsy Jazz (kudos to Mike Tait Tafoya)
  • Hard Bop
  • Latin Jazz
  • Mainstream Jazz
  • Ragtime
  • Smooth Jazz
  • Trad Jazz
   
• K-Pop
• Karoke
• Opera
• Pop
  • Adult Contemporary
  • Britpop
  • Bubblegum Pop (thx Haug & John Maher)
  • Chamber Pop (thx Haug)
  • Dance Pop
  • Dream Pop (thx Haug)
  • Electro Pop (thx Haug)
  • Orchestral Pop (thx Haug)
  • Pop/Rock
  • Power Pop (thx Haug)
  • Soft Rock
  • Synthpop (thx Haug)
  • Teen Pop
•  R&B Soul 
  • Contemporary R&B
  • Disco (not a top level genre Sheldon Reynolds!)
  • Doo Wop
  • Funk
  • Modern Soul (Cheers Nik)
  • Motown
  • Neo-Soul
  • Northern Soul (Cheers Nik & John Maher)
  • Psychedelic Soul (thank you John Maher)
  • Quiet Storm
  • Soul
  • 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
  • Rockabilly (it’s here Mark Murdock!)
  • Roots Rock
  • Singer/Songwriter
  • Southern Rock
  • Surf
  • Tex-Mex
  • Time Lord Rock (Trock) ~ (thanks to ‘Melia G)
• Singer / Songwritter
  • 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