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It alway's makes me wonder why there are so many genres of music when some sound so close to each other.
I decided to look up a list of the different genres of music..
How has it come to this?? And this list according to the comment section missed a few hundred ..

https://www.musicgenreslist.com/
LIST OF TYPE OF MUSIC | MUSIC GENRES
I decided to look up a list of the different genres of music..
How has it come to this?? And this list according to the comment section missed a few hundred ..
https://www.musicgenreslist.com/
LIST OF TYPE OF MUSIC | MUSIC GENRES
- Alternative
- Art Punk
- Alternative Rock
- Britpunk
- College Rock
- Crossover Thrash (thx Kevin G)
- Crust Punk (thx Haug)
- Emotional Hardcore (emo / emocore) – (Thanks Timothy)
- Experimental Rock
- Folk Punk
- Goth / Gothic Rock
- Grunge
- Hardcore Punk
- Hard Rock
- Indie Rock
- Lo-fi (hat tip to Ben Vee Bedlamite)
- Musique Concrète
- New Wave
- Progressive Rock
- Punk
- Shoegaze (with thx to Jackie Herrera)
- Steampunk (with thx to Christopher Schaeffer)
- Anime
- Blues
- Acoustic Blues
- African Blues
- Blues Rock
- Blues Shouter
- British Blues
- Canadian Blues
- Chicago Blues
- Classic Blues
- Classic Female Blues
- Contemporary Blues
- Contemporary R&B
- Country Blues
- Delta Blues
- Detroit Blues
- Electric Blues
- Folk Blues
- Gospel Blues
- Harmonica Blues
- Hill Country Blues
- Hokum Blues
- Jazz Blues
- Jump Blues
- Kansas City Blues
- Louisiana Blues
- Memphis Blues
- Modern Blues
- New Orlean Blues
- NY Blues
- Piano Blues
- Piedmont Blues
- Punk Blues
- Ragtime Blues (cheers GFS)
- Rhythm Blues
- Soul Blues
- St. Louis Blues
- Soul Blues
- Swamp Blues
- Texas Blues
- Urban Blues
- Vandeville
- West Coast Blues
- Children’s Music
- Lullabies
- Sing-Along
- Stories
- Classical
- Avant-Garde
- Ballet
- Baroque
- Cantata
- Chamber Music
- String Quartet
- Chant
- Choral
- Classical Crossover
- Concerto
- Concerto Grosso
- Contemporary Classical (thx Julien Palliere)
- Early Music
- Expressionist (thx Mr. Palliere)
- High Classical
- Impressionist
- Mass Requiem
- Medieval
- Minimalism
- Modern Composition
- Modern Classical
- Opera
- Oratorio
- Orchestral
- Organum
- Renaissance
- Romantic (early period)
- Romantic (later period)
- Sonata
- Symphonic
- Symphony
- Wedding Music
- Comedy
- Novelty
- Parody Music (Weird Al!)
- Stand-up Comedy
- Vaudeville (cheers Ben Vee Bedlamite)
- Commercial (thank you Sheldon Reynolds)
- Jingles
- TV Themes
- Country
- Alternative Country
- Americana
- Australian Country
- Bakersfield Sound
- Bluegrass
- Progressive Bluegrass
- Reactionary Bluegrass
- Blues Country
- Cajun Fiddle Tunes
- Christian Country
- Classic Country
- Close Harmony
- Contemporary Bluegrass
- Contemporary Country
- Country Gospel
- Country Pop (thanks Sarah Johnson)
- Country Rap
- Country Rock
- Country Soul
- Cowboy / Western
- Cowpunk
- Dansband
- Honky Tonk
- Franco-Country
- Gulf and Western
- Hellbilly Music
- Honky Tonk
- Instrumental Country
- Lubbock Sound
- Nashville Sound
- Neotraditional Country
- Outlaw Country
- Progressive
- Psychobilly / Punkabilly
- Red Dirt
- Sertanejo
- Texas County
- Traditional Bluegrass
- Traditional Country
- Truck-Driving Country
- Urban Cowboy
- Western Swing
- Zydeco
- Dance (EDM – Electronic Dance Music – see Electronic below – with thx to Eric Shaffer-Whiting & Drew
)
- Club / Club Dance (thx Luke Allfree)
- Breakcore
- Breakbeat / Breakstep
- 4-Beat
- Acid Breaks
- Baltimore Club
- Big Beat
- Breakbeat Hardcore
- Broken Beat
- Florida Breaks
- Nu Skool Breaks
- Brostep (cheers Tom Berckley)
- Chillstep (thx Matt)
- Deep House (cheers Venus Pang)
- Dubstep
- Electro House (thx Luke Allfree)
- Electroswing
- Exercise
- Future Garage (thx Ran’dom Haug)
- Garage
- Glitch Hop (cheers Tom Berckley)
- Glitch Pop (thx Ran’dom Haug)
- Grime (thx Ran’dom Haug / Matthew H)
- Hardcore
- Bouncy House
- Bouncy Techno
- Breakcore
- Digital Hardcore
- Doomcore
- Dubstyle
- Gabber
- Happy Hardcore
- Hardstyle
- Jumpstyle
- Makina
- Speedcore
- Terrorcore
- Uk Hardcore
- Hard Dance
- Hi-NRG / Eurodance
- Horrorcore (thx Matt)
- House
- Acid House
- Chicago House
- Deep House
- Diva House
- Dutch House
- Electro House
- Freestyle House
- French House
- Funky House
- Ghetto House
- Hardbag
- Hip House
- Italo House
- Latin House
- Minimal House
- Progressive House
- Rave Music
- Swing House
- Tech HouseTribal House
- UK Hard House
- US Garage
- Vocal House
- Jackin House (with thx to Jermaine Benjamin Dale Bruce)
- Jungle / Drum’n’bass
- Liquid Dub(thx Ran’dom Haug)
- Regstep (thanks to ‘Melia G)
- Speedcore (cheers Matt)
- Techno
- Acid Techno
- Detroit Techno
- Free Tekno
- Ghettotech
- Minimal
- Nortec
- Schranz
- Techno-Dnb
- Technopop
- Tecno Brega
- Toytown Techno
- Trance
- Acid Trance
- Classic Trance
- Dream Trance
- Goa Trance
- Dark Psytrance
- Full on
- Psybreaks
- Psyprog
- Suomisaundi
- Hard Trance
- Tech Trance
- Uplifting Trance
- Orchestral Uplifting
- Vocal Trance
- Trap (thx Luke Allfree)
- Disney
- Easy Listening
- Background
- Bop
- Elevator
- Furniture
- Lounge
- Middle of the Road
- Swing
- Electronic
- 2-Step (thx Ran’dom Haug)
- 8bit – aka 8-bit, Bitpop and Chiptune – (thx Marcel Borchert)
- Ambient
- Ambient Dub
- Ambient House
- Ambient Techno
- Dark Ambient
- Drone Music
- Illbient
- Isolationism
- Lowercase
- Asian Underground
- Bassline (thx Leon Oliver)
- Chillwave(thx Ran’dom Haug)
- Chiptune (kudos to Dominik Landahl)
- Bitpop
- Game Boy
- Nintendocore
- Video Game Music
- Yorkshire Bleeps and Bass
- Crunk (with thx to Jillian Edwards)
- Downtempo
- Acid Jazz
- Balearic Beat
- Chill Out
- Dub Music
- Dubtronica
- Ethnic Electronica
- Moombahton
- Nu Jazz
- Trip Hop
- Drum & Bass (thx Luke Allfree)
- Darkcore
- Darkstep
- Drumfunk
- Drumstep
- Hardstep
- Intelligent Drum and Bass
- Jump-Up
- Liquid Funk
- Neurofunk
- Oldschool Jungle:
- Darkside Jungle
- Ragga Jungle
- Raggacore
- Sambass
- Techstep
- Electro
- Crunk
- Electro Backbeat
- Electro-Grime
- Electropop
- Electro-swing (thank you Daniel Forthofer)
- Electroacoustic
- Acousmatic Music
- Computer Music
- Electroacoustic Improvisation
- Field Recording
- Live Coding
- Live Electronics
- Soundscape Composition
- Tape Music
- Electronica
- Berlin School
- Chillwave
- Electronic Art Music
- Electronic Dance Music
- Folktronica
- Freestyle Music
- Glitch
- Idm
- Laptronica
- Skweee
- Sound Art
- Synthcore
- Electronic Rock
- Alternative Dance
- Baggy
- Madchester
- Dance-Punk
- Dance-Rock
- Dark Wave
- Electroclash
- Electronicore
- Electropunk
- Ethereal Wave
- Indietronica
- New Rave
- Space Rock
- Synthpop
- Synthpunk
- Alternative Dance
- Eurodance
- Bubblegum Dance
- Italo Dance
- Turbofolk
- Hardstyle (kudos to Dominik Landahl)
- Hi-Nrg
- Eurobeat
- Hard Nrg
- New Beat
- IDM/Experimental
- Industrial
- Trip Hop (thank you Michael Tait Tafoya)
- UK Garage
- 2-Step
- 4×4
- Bassline
- Grime
- Speed Garage
- Enka
- French Pop
- Folk Music (also under various other categories)
- American Folk Revival
- Anti-Folk
- British Folk Revival
- Contemporary Folk
- Filk Music
- Freak Folk
- Indie Folk
- Industrial Folk
- Neofolk
- Progressive Folk
- Psychedelic Folk
- Sung Poetry
- Techno-Folk
- German Folk
- German Pop
- Fitness & Workout
- Hip-Hop/Rap
- Alternative Rap
- Avant-Garde
- Bounce
- Chap Hop
- Christian Hip Hop
- Conscious Hip Hop
- Country-Rap
- Crunkcore
- Cumbia Rap
- Dirty South
- East Coast
- Brick City Club
- Hardcore Hip Hop
- Mafioso Rap
- New Jersey Hip Hop
- Freestyle Rap
- G-Funk
- Gangsta Rap
- Golden Age
- Hardcore Rap
- Hip-Hop
- Hip Pop
- Hyphy
- Industrial Hip Hop
- Instrumental Hip Hop
- Jazz Rap
- Latin Rap
- Low Bap
- Lyrical Hip Hop
- Merenrap
- Midwest Hip Hop
- Chicago Hip Hop
- Detroit Hip Hop
- Horrorcore
- St. Louis Hip Hop
- Twin Cities Hip Hop
- Motswako
- Nerdcore
- New Jack Swing
- New School Hip Hop
- 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: Comedy
- Christmas: Jazz
- Christmas: Modern
- Christmas: Pop
- Christmas: R&B
- Christmas: Religious
- Christmas: Rock
- Easter
- Halloween
- Holiday: Other
- Thanksgiving
- Indie Pop
- Industrial
- Aggrotech
- Coldwave
- Cybergrind
- Dark Electro
- Death Industrial
- Electro-Industrial
- Electronic Body Music
- Futurepop
- Industrial Metal
- Neue Deutsche Härte
- Industrial Rock
- Noise
- Japanoise
- Power Electronics
- Power Noise
- Witch House
- Inspirational – Christian & Gospel
- CCM
- Christian Metal
- Christian Pop
- Christian Rap
- Christian Rock
- Classic Christian
- Contemporary Gospel
- Gospel
- Christian & Gospel
- Praise & Worship
- Qawwali (with thx to Jillian Edwards)
- Southern Gospel
- Traditional Gospel
- Instrumental
- March (Marching Band)
- J-Pop (also under ‘Asian’)
- J-Rock
- J-Synth
- J-Ska
- J-Punk
- 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 (also under ‘Asian’)
- Karaoke
- Kayokyoku
- Latin
- Alternativo & Rock Latino
- Argentine tango (gracias P. Moth & Sandra Sanders)
- Bachata
- Baithak Gana
- Baladas y Boleros
- Bolero
- Bossa Nova (with thx to Marcos José Sant’Anna Magalhães & Alex Ede for the reclassification)
- Brazilian
- Axé
- Bossa Nova
- Brazilian Rock
- Brega
- Choro
- Forró
- Frevo
- Funk Carioca
- Lambada
- Maracatu
- Música Popular Brasileira
- Música Sertaneja
- Pagode
- Samba
- Samba Rock
- Tecnobrega
- Tropicalia
- Zouk-Lambada
- Chicha
- Criolla
- Contemporary Latin
- Cumbia (gracias Richard Kemp)
- Flamenco / Spanish Flamenco (thank you Michael Tait Tafoya & Sandra Sanders)
- Huayno
- Latin Jazz
- Mariachi
- Nuevo Flamenco (and again Michael Tafoya)
- Pop Latino
- Portuguese fado (and again Sandra Sanders)
- *****
- ***** Rock
- Ranchera
- Raíces
- Raison
- Reggaeton y Hip-Hop
- Regional Mexicano
- Salsa y Tropical
- Soca
- Son
- Tejano
- Timba
- Twoubadou
- Zouk
- New Age
- Environmental
- Healing
- Meditation
- Nature
- Relaxation
- Travel
- Opera
- Pop
- Adult Contemporary
- Arab Pop
- Baroque
- Britpop
- Bubblegum Pop (thx Haug & John Maher)
- Chamber Pop (thx Haug)
- Chanson
- Christian Pop
- Classical Crossover
- Europop
- Austropop
- Balkan Pop
- French Pop
- Latin Pop
- Laïkó
- Nederpop
- Russian Pop
- Dance Pop
- Dream Pop (thx Haug)
- Electro Pop (thx Haug)
- Iranian Pop
- Jangle Pop
- Latin Ballad
- Levenslied
- Louisiana Swamp Pop
- Mexican Pop
- Motorpop
- New Romanticism
- Orchestral Pop (thx Haug)
- Pop Rap
- Popera
- Pop/Rock
- Pop Punk (thx Makenzie)
- Power Pop (thx Haug)
- Psychedelic Pop
- Schlager
- Soft Rock
- Sophisti-Pop
- Space Age Pop
- Sunshine Pop
- Surf Pop
- Synthpop (thx Haug)
- Teen Pop
- Traditional Pop Music
- Turkish Pop
- Vispop
- Wonky Pop
- Post-Disco
- Boogie
- Dance-pop
- Progressive
- Progressive House / Trance
- Disco House
- Dream House
- Space House
- Progressive Breaks
- Progressive Drum & Bass
- Progressive Techno
- Progressive House / Trance
- 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
- 2-Tone (thx GFS)
- Dancehall
- Dub
- Roots Reggae
- Reggae Fusion
- Reggae en Español
- Spanish Reggae
- Reggae 110
- Reggae Bultrón
- Romantic Flow
- Lovers Rock
- Raggamuffin
- Ragga
- Dancehall
- Ska
- 2 Tone
- Dub
- Rocksteady
- 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 Traditional Rock
- Anatolian Rock
- Arena Rock
- Art Rock
- Blues-Rock
- British Invasion
- Cock Rock
- Death Metal / Black Metal
- Doom Metal (thx Kevin G)
- Glam Rock
- Gothic Metal (fits here Sam DeRenzis – thx)
- Grind Core
- Hair Metal
- Hard Rock
- Math Metal (cheers Kevin)
- Math Rock (thx Ran’dom Haug)
- Metal
- Metal Core (thx Ran’dom Haug)
- Noise Rock (genre – Japanoise – thx Dominik Landahl)
- Jam Bands
- Post Punk (thx Ben Vee Bedlamite)
- Prog-Rock/Art Rock
- Progressive Metal (thx Ran’dom Haug)
- Psychedelic
- Rock & Roll
- Rockabilly (it’s here Mark Murdock!)
- Roots Rock
- Singer/Songwriter
- Southern Rock
- Spazzcore (thx Haug)
- Stoner Metal (duuuude)
- Surf
- Technical Death Metal (cheers Pierre)
- Tex-Mex
- Thrash Metal (thanks to Pierre A)
- Time Lord Rock (Trock) ~ (thanks to ‘Melia G)
- 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
- Movie Soundtrack (thanks Julien)
- 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)
- Cantique (sacred vocal)
- Doo-wop (with thx to Bradley Thompson)
- Gregorian Chant (hat tip to Deborah Knight-Nikifortchuk)
- Standards
- Traditional Pop
- Vocal Jazz
- Vocal Pop
- World
- Africa
- African Heavy Metal
- African Hip Hop
- Afro-Beat
- Afro-Pop
- Apala
- Benga
- Bikutsi
- Bongo Flava
- Cape Jazz
- Chimurenga
- Coupé-Décalé
- Fuji Music
- Genge
- Highlife
- Hiplife
- Isicathamiya
- Jit
- Jùjú
- Kapuka
- Kizomba
- Kuduro
- Kwaito
- Kwela
- Makossa
- Maloya
- Marrabenta
- Mbalax
- Mbaqanga
- Mbube
- Morna
- Museve
- Palm-Wine
- Raï
- Sakara
- Sega
- Seggae
- Semba
- Soukous
- Taarab
- Zouglou
- Asia
- Anison
- C-Pop
- Cantopop
- Enka
- Hong Kong English Pop
- Fann At-Tanbura
- Fijiri
- J-Pop
- Japanese Pop
- K-Pop
- Khaliji
- Kayōkyoku
- Korean Pop
- Liwa
- Mandopop
- Onkyokei
- Taiwanese Pop
- Sawt
- Australia
- Cajun
- Calypso (thx Gerald John)
- Caribbean
- Chutney
- Chutney Soca
- Compas
- Mambo
- Merengue
- Méringue
- Carnatic (Karnataka Sanghetha – thx Abhijith)
- Celtic
- Celtic Folk
- Contemporary Celtic
- Coupé-décalé (thx Samy) – Congo
- Dangdut (thank you Achmad Ivanny)
- Drinking Songs
- Drone (with thx to Robert Conrod)
- Europe
- France
- Hawaii
- Japan
- Klezmer
- Mbalax (thank you Samy) – Senegal
- Middle East
- North America
- Ode (thank you Sheldon Reynolds)
- Piphat (cheers Samy B) – Thailand
- Polka
- Soca (thx Gerald John)
- South Africa
- South America
- South / Southeast Asia
- Baila
- Bhangra
- Bhojpuri
- Dangdut
- Filmi
- Indian Pop
- Hindustani (thank you Abhijith)
- Indian Ghazal (thank you Gitika Thakur)
- Lavani
- Luk Thung
- Luk Krung
- Manila Sound
- Morlam
- Pinoy Pop
- Pop Sunda
- Ragini
- Thai Pop
- Traditional Celtic
- Worldbeat
- Zydeco
- Africa