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Genre meaning: A genre is a specific type of music, film, or writing. Your favorite literary genre might be science fiction, and your favorite film genre might be horror flicks about cheerleaders. Go figure. In music, genre refers to musical style such as jazz, salsa or rock.
Here is a complete list of music genres:
Alternative
Art Punk
Alternative Rock
Britpunk
College Rock
Crossover Thrash
Crust Punk
Emotional Hardcore
Experimental Rock
Folk Punk
Goth / Gothic Rock
Grunge
Hardcore Punk
Hard Rock
Indie Rock
Lo-fi
Musique Concrète
New Wave
Progressive Rock
Punk
Shoegaze
Steampunk
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
Dark Blues
Delta Blues
Detroit Blues
Doom 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
Rhythm Blues
Soul Blues
St. Louis Blues
Soul Blues
Swamp Blues
Texas Blues
Urban Blues
Vandeville
West Coast Blues
Zydeco
Children's Music
Lullabies
Sing-Along
Stories
Classical
Avant-Garde
Ballet
Baroque
Cantata
Chamber Music
- o String Quartet
Chant
Choral
Classical Crossover
Concerto
Concerto Grosso
Contemporary Classical
Early Music
Expressionist
High Classical
Impressionist
Mass Requiem
Medieval
Minimalism
Modern Composition
Modern Classical
Opera
Oratorio
Orchestral
Organum
Renaissance
Romantic
Romantic
Sonata
Symphonic
Symphony
Wedding Music
Comedy
Novelty
Parody Music
Stand-up Comedy
Vaudeville
Commercial
- o Jingles o TV Themes
Country
Alternative Country
Americana
Australian Country
Bakersfield Sound
Bluegrass
- o Progressive Bluegrass o Reactionary Bluegrass
Blues Country
Cajun Fiddle Tunes
Christian Country
Classic Country
Close Harmony
Contemporary Bluegrass
Contemporary Country
Country Gospel
Country Pop
Country Rap
Country Rock
Country Soul
Cowboy / Western
Cowpunk
Dansband
Honky Tonk
Franco-Country
Gulf and Western
Hellbilly Music
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)
Club / Club Dance
Breakcore
Breakbeat / Breakstep
- o 4-Beat o Acid Breaks o Baltimore Club o Big Beat o Breakbeat Hardcore o Broken Beat o Florida Breaks o Nu Skool Breaks
Brostep
Chillstep
Deep House
Dubstep
Electro House
Electroswing
Exercise
Future Garage
Garage
Glitch Hop
Glitch Pop
Grime
Hardcore
- o Bouncy House o Bouncy Techno o Breakcore o Digital Hardcore o Doomcore o Dubstyle o Gabber o Happy Hardcore o Hardstyle o Jumpstyle o Makina o Speedcore o Terrorcore o UK Hardcore
Hard Dance
Eurodance
Horrorcore
House
- o Acid House o Chicago House o Deep House o Diva House o Dutch House o Electro House o Freestyle House o French House o Funky House o Ghetto House o Hardbag o Hip House o Italo House o Latin House o Minimal House o Progressive House o Rave Music o Swing House o Tech HouseTribal House o UK Hard House o US Garage o Vocal House
Jackin House
Jungle / Drum'n'bass
Liquid Dub
Regstep
Speedcore
Techno
- o Acid Techno o Detroit Techno o Free Tekno o Ghettotech o Minimal o Nortec o Schranz o Techno-Dnb o Technopop o Tecno Brega o Toytown Techno
Trance
- o Acid Trance o Classic Trance o Dream Trance o Goa TranceHard Trance o Tech Trance o Uplifting TranceVocal Trance
Trap
Easy Listening
Background
Bop
Elevator
Furniture
Lounge
Middle of the Road
Swing
Electronic
2-Step
8bit - aka 8-bit, Bitpop and Chiptune
Ambient
- o Ambient Dub o Ambient House o Ambient Techno o Dark Ambient o Drone Music o Illbient o Isolationism o Lowercase
Asian Underground
Bassline
Chillwave
Chiptune
- o Bitpop o Game Boy o Nintendocore o Video Game Music o Yorkshire Bleeps and Bass
Crunk
Downtempo
- o Acid Jazz o Balearic Beat o Chill Out o Dub Music o Dubtronica o Ethnic Electronica o Moombahton o Nu Jazz o Trip Hop
Drum & Bass
- o Darkcore o Darkstep o Drumfunk o Drumstep o Hardstep o Intelligent Drum and Bass o Jump-Up o Liquid Funk o Neurofunk o Oldschool Jungle: o Raggacore o Sambass o Techstep
Electro
Crunk- o Electro Backbeat o Electro-Grime o Electropop
Electro-swing
Electroacoustic
- o Acousmatic Music o Computer Music o Electroacoustic Improvisation o Field Recording o Live Coding o Live Electronics o Soundscape Composition o Tape Music
Electronica
- o Berlin School o Chillwave o Electronic Art Music o Electronic Dance Music o Folktronica o Freestyle Music o Glitch o Idm o Laptronica o Skweee o Sound Art o Synthcore
Electronic Rock
- o Alternative Dance o Dance-Punk o Dance-Rock o Dark Wave o Electroclash o Electronicore o Electropunk o Ethereal Wave o Indietronica o New Rave o Space Rock o Synthpop o Synthpunk
Eurodance
- o Bubblegum Dance o Italo Dance o Turbofolk
Hardstyle
Hi-Nrg
- o Eurobeat o Hard Nrg o New Beat
IDM/Experimental
Industrial
Trip Hop
UK Garage
- o 2-Step o 4x4 o Bassline o Grime o Speed Garage
Enka
French Pop
Folk Music
- o American Folk Revival o Anti-Folk o British Folk Revival o Contemporary Folk o Filk Music o Freak Folk o Indie Folk o Industrial Folk o Neofolk o Progressive Folk o Psychedelic Folk o Sung Poetry o 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
- o Brick City Club o Hardcore Hip Hop o Mafioso Rap o 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
- o Chicago Hip Hop o Detroit Hip Hop o Horrorcore o St. Louis Hip Hop o Twin Cities Hip Hop
Motswako
Nerdcore
New Jack Swing
New School Hip Hop
Old School Rap
Rap
Turntablism
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
- o Futurepop
Industrial Metal
Industrial Rock
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
Southern Gospel
Traditional Gospel
Instrumental
March (Marching Band)
J-Pop
J-Rock
J-Synth
J-Ska
J-Punk
Jazz
Acid Jazz
Avant-Garde Jazz
Bebop
Big Band
Blue Note
Contemporary Jazz
Cool
Crossover Jazz
Dixieland
Ethio-jazz
Fusion
Gypsy Jazz
Hard Bop
Latin Jazz
Mainstream Jazz
Ragtime
Smooth Jazz
Trad Jazz
Third Stream
Jazz-Funk
Free Jazz
Modal Jazz
K-Pop
Kayokyoku
Latin
Alternativo & Rock Latino
Argentine tango
Bachata
Baithak Gana
Baladas y Boleros
Bolero
Bossa Nova
Brazilian
- o Axé o Bossa Nova o Brazilian Rock o Brega o Choro o Forró o Frevo o Funk Carioca o Lambada o Maracatu o Música Popular Brasileira o Música Sertaneja o Pagode o Samba o Samba Rock o Tecnobrega o Tropicalia o Zouk-Lambada
Chicha
Criolla
Contemporary Latin
Cumbia
Flamenco / Spanish Flamenco
Huayno
Latin Jazz
Mariachi
Merengue TÃpico
Nuevo Flamenco
Pop Latino
Portuguese fado
Punta
Punta Rock
Ranchera
RaÃces
Raison
Reggaeton y Hip-Hop
Regional Mexicano
Salsa y Tropical
Soca
Son
Tejano
Timba
Twoubadou
Zouk
Metal
Heavy Metal
Speed Metal
Thrash Metal
Power Metal
Death Metal
Black Metall
Pagan Metal
Viking Metal
Folk Metal
Symphonic Metal
Gothic Metal
Glam Metal
Hair Metal
Doom Metal
Groove Metal
Industrial Metal
Modern Metal
Neoclassical Metal
New Wave of British Heavy Metal
Post Metal
Progressive Metal
Avantgarde Metal
Sludge
Djent
Drone
Kawaii Metal
Pirate Metal
Nu Metal
Neue Deutsche Härte
Math Metal
Crossover
Grindcore
Hardcore
Metalcore
Deathcore
Post Hardcore
Mathcore
New Age
Environmental
Healing
Meditation
Nature
Relaxation
Travel
Opera
Pop
Adult Contemporary
Arab Pop
Baroque
Britpop
Bubblegum Pop
Chamber Pop
Chanson
Christian Pop
Classical Crossover
Europop
- o Austropop o Balkan Pop o French Pop o Latin Pop o Laïkó o Nederpop o Russian Pop
Dance Pop
Dream Pop
Electro Pop
Iranian Pop
Jangle Pop
Latin Ballad
Levenslied
Louisiana Swamp Pop
Mexican Pop
Motorpop
New Romanticism
Orchestral Pop
Pop Rap
Popera
Pop/Rock
Pop Punk
Power Pop
Psychedelic Pop
Schlager
Soft Rock
Sophisti-Pop
Space Age Pop
Sunshine Pop
Surf Pop
Synthpop
Teen Pop
Traditional Pop Music
Turkish Pop
Vispop
Wonky Pop
Post-Disco
- o Boogie o Dance-pop
Progressive
- o Progressive House / Trance o Progressive Breaks o Progressive Drum & Bass o Progressive Techno
R&B/Soul
Contemporary R&B
Disco
Doo Wop
Funk
Modern Soul
Motown
Neo-Soul
Northern Soul
Psychedelic Soul
Quiet Storm
Soul
Soul Blues
Southern Soul
Reggae
2-Tone
Dancehall
Dub
Roots Reggae
Reggae Fusion
Reggae en Español
- o Spanish Reggae o Reggae 110 o Reggae Bultrón o Romantic Flow
Lovers Rock
Raggamuffin
- o Ragga o Dancehall
Ska
- o 2 Tone o Dub o Rocksteady
Rock
Acid Rock
Adult-Oriented Rock
Afro Punk
Adult Alternative
Alternative Rock
American Traditional Rock
Anatolian Rock
Arena Rock
Art Rock
Blues-Rock
British Invasion
Cock Rock
Death Metal / Black Metal
Doom Metal
Glam Rock
Gothic Metal
Grind Core
Hair Metal
Hard Rock
Math Metal
Math Rock
Metal
Metal Core
Noise Rock
Jam Bands
Post Punk
Prog-Rock/Art Rock
Progressive Metal
Psychedelic
Rock & Roll
Rockabilly
Roots Rock
Southern Rock
Spazzcore
Stoner Metal
Surf
Technical Death Metal
Tex-Mex
Thrash Metal
Time Lord Rock (Trock)
Trip-hop
Alternative Folk
Contemporary Folk
Indie Folk
Folk-Rock
Love Song
New Acoustic
Traditional Folk
Soundtrack
Foreign Cinema
Movie Soundtrack
Musicals
Original Score
Soundtrack
TV Soundtrack
Spoken Word
Tex-Mex / Tejano
Chicano
Classic
Conjunto
Conjunto Progressive
New Mex
Tex-Mex
A cappella
Barbershop
Cantique
Doo-wop
Gregorian Chant
Standards
Traditional Pop
Vocal Jazz
Vocal Pop
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